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U.S. Banker
March 2002
John Hackett |
Wealth Management Leaders With profit-generating assets shrinking because of the decline in stock prices, some of the biggest players in the wealth management field are hurting. But all assert the future is rosy, at least for them. Many have doubts, however, about the outlook for other players...   |
U.S. Banker
April 2002 |
Happy Trillion, Citi! It has become uncouth to talk about asset size. But we can't ignore a breathtaking milestone: Citigroup's total assets passed the $1 trillion mark at the end of 2001... |
U.S. Banker
February 2002 |
Total Return Deceptive Total return, which includes dividends and stock appreciation, often can make a bad bank look good and a good bank look bad. That's what happened last year, based on Keefe, Bruyette & Wood's KBW 50 Index, which ranks each of the nation's 50 largest banks... |
Bank Systems & Technology
February 26, 2009
Orla O'Sullivan |
J.P. Morgan Chase to Cut 12,000 Jobs, as WaMu Merged J.P. Morgan Chase anticipates saving about $2 billion through its acquisition of WAMU last September. Most of the savings, to be realized this year relate to the job cuts. |
U.S. Banker
April 2002
John Hackett |
Managing Money On Main Street Smaller banks are fighting the nation's biggest players for a share of the wealth management market, where pricing isn't always what it seems and margins aren't always what were promised... |
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2003
David A. Gaffen |
Merrill Takes it To the Bank One of Merrill Lynch's major initiatives in the coming year will be to continue to attract clients to the firm's expanded banking service, known as Beyond Banking. |
U.S. Banker
May 2002
Robert A. Bennett |
Smaller Is Better Smaller was better in 2001 among the nation's 100 largest banks and thrifts. For the most part, the success of the smaller companies reflects their ability to focus on highly profitable niches -- especially mortgage originations during last year's boom... |
U.S. Banker
February 2002 |
Citigroup Thrives, While Chase Shrivels Citigroup is king -- of just about everything financial. For one thing, it has unseated Merrill Lynch & Co. from its 11-year reign as the nation's lead underwriter... |
U.S. Banker
October 2008
Joseph Rosta |
Another Sad Quarter The march of losses and significantly lower earnings commenced last week, with Citigroup reporting a $2.8-billion net loss, and Merrill Lynch -- soon to join Bank of America -- lugging a loss on continuing operations of $5.1 billion. |
Registered Rep.
May 27, 2004
David A. Gaffen |
High-End Investment Advice Grows Globally The private banking industry is growing at a level not seen since the late 1990s, reflecting not only an increase in the market but also an influx of new money into these firms. |
U.S. Banker
June 2007
Lee Conrad |
Top Banks Focus on the 'E' in ROE A list of the top 200 Community banks ranked by 3-Year Average ROE. |
U.S. Banker
March 2007
Lee Conrad |
Best of the Best: Banking's Top 100 The banking industry had a tough gig last year. For proof, take a look at the falling trend in annual return-on-equity figures. Here are the top 100: TCF Financial Corp... Bank of Hawaii Corp... U.S. Bancorp... etc. |
U.S. Banker
January 2008
Anthony Malakian |
Turning Up the Volume On 401(k) Conversation Investment firms have made a strong push into banks' domain and these institutions need to start pushing back. |
FDIC FYI
March 13, 2002 |
Banks and Thrifts Post Record Earnings, Insurance Funds Slide Full-year 2001 financial data for all FDIC-insured institutions, released today in the Quarterly Banking Profile, depict record bank and thrift earnings even as the reserve ratios of the FDIC insurance funds continue to slide... |
FDIC FYI
November 26, 2002 |
Quarterly Banking Profile Commercial Banking Performance, Third Quarter 2002 Gains on securities sales keep earnings near record level... Weakness in overseas operations limits industry profits... Margins improve at community banks, decline at larger institutions... Strong mortgage demand fuels growth in loans... Asset-quality problems continue to grow at large banks |
FDIC FYI
May 17, 2002 |
Ten Largest Thrift Companies Update Earnings of the 10 largest thrift companies increased by $830 million in the first quarter of 2002, to $1.8 billion, from $982 million in the fourth quarter of 2001, when write-downs of intangible assets and large restructuring charges held down earnings... |
The Motley Fool
February 2, 2007
Nathan Parmelee |
2 Banks Too Big for Their Own Good Mitsubishi UFJ and Mizuho are Japanese banks with lackluster opportunities for growth. Investors, take note. |
OCC Bulletin
March 29, 2000 |
Assessment of Fees for National Banks and District of Columbia Banks A proposed rule on assessment of fees would enable the OCC to capture better the costs of supervising national trust banks that are not affiliated with a full service national bank (independent trust banks)... |
FDIC FYI
June 3, 2002 |
Favorable Interest-Rate Environment Drives Record First-Quarter Bank Earnings Commercial banks earned a record $21.7 billion in the first quarter of 2002, besting the previous quarterly earnings record set in the first quarter of 2001 by 9.6 percent. |
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2005
Will Leitch |
So They've Got That Going for Them...Which Is Nice For all the problems it's been having in the last several months, Morgan Stanley can hang its hat on this good news: It is now the largest securities firm in the country. |
The Motley Fool
April 21, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Merrill Lynch: Revenue Flops, Income Drops, Stock Pops It looks as though the slump will continue into next year. |
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2003
Rick Weinberg |
UBS PaineWebber Cuts Bonuses, Expense Accounts Brokers at UBS Securities received a double hit of bad news in early December. Not only were they informed that the bonuses they receive for assets under management were being cut, but expense accounts are being trimmed as well. |
U.S. Banker
February 2002
John Hackett |
Deposits Grow Despite Drop in Rates The stock market has driven depositors into the arms of banks, but will this love dissolve if the market comes back? |
The Motley Fool
October 15, 2004
Nathan Slaughter |
Bank of America's Obvious Force The country's third-largest bank flexes its muscles and may be a good place to deposit your investing dollars. |
Registered Rep.
January 13, 2009
David Geracioti |
Citi, Morgan Stanley Agree To Form Joint Venture; Reps Will Receive Retention Bonus--Gorman Says: "We're Not Stupid" The combined retail brokerage units will become the largest financial services firm in the world and be a "force to be reckoned with." The combined entity will have more than 20,000 Financial advisors and an estimated $1.7 trillion in client assets. |
Registered Rep.
February 8, 2004
Will Leitch |
IT Spending Expected To Rise in 2004 A new study asserts that Wall St. firms are ready to address one of reps' most common complaints in recent years: the lack of resources devoted to internal infrastructure, especially technology. |
The Motley Fool
January 23, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Maybe a Bull Case for Merrill Lynch This large broker-dealer is doing well, but further operating improvements could make it a bargain for investors. |
Registered Rep.
July 1, 2004
David A. Gaffen |
More Rich People to Serve According to the annual World Wealth Report, prepared by Merrill Lynch and Capgemini, the number of high-net-worth investors worldwide rose to 7.7 million, a 7.5 percent increase, or a net 500,000 people. |
U.S. Banker
June 2007
Lee Conrad |
Banks' Insurance Operations: Are Painful Lessons Paying Off? Banks clamored for years for the right to underwrite and sell insurance, but few have proven adept at it. There are signs of progress, however, as some banks embrace the brokerage side and gain revenue. |
U.S. Banker
September 2001
Robert A. Bennett |
Glass-Steagall Revisted The real reasons for passage of the "Depression-era" Glass-Steagall Act, which separated commercial and investment banking, have been obscured, but they are popping up again... |
The Motley Fool
October 19, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
A Solid Base for Bank of America While trying to grow in every direction at once, the financial firm still has a good business. With so many large banks trading at seemingly low valuations, it's pretty tempting to say that not much is expected out of this industry over the next six to 12 months. |
Bank Systems & Technology
December 15, 2007
Nancy Feig |
Mortgage Losses Lead to Bank Layoffs Several banks are planning massive layoffs in the wake of the mortgage crisis, and technology professionals in the lending arena probably will not be spared. |
The Motley Fool
February 12, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
Where You'll Find the Best Rates As customers have moved to the Internet for financial solutions, banks have paid attention. |
The Motley Fool
July 14, 2009
Matt Koppenheffer |
Nothing's Changed in Banking The recent upending of the financial world seems to have yielded few results. |
The Motley Fool
January 2, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Sizing Up Banking's New Giants Didn't we learn our lesson about letting banks become "too big to fail"? What's left of the banking industry after recent consolidations is becoming bigger and potentially more complex once again. |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2008
David A. Geracioti |
The Deposit Sugar Daddy The surprising take over of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America. |
U.S. Banker
November 2005 |
MMDA: Banks Seen Losing Out to Mutual Funds In today's rising rate environment, money market mutual funds can offer better rates than those of banks, because many banks have been slow to ratchet up their rates, even when the Fed raises the fed funds rate. |
Registered Rep.
April 19, 2006
Kevin Burke |
Merrill's Brokerage Earnings Up Pretax earnings at Merrill Lynch's global private client group rose 27% in the first quarter ending March 31 to $646 million, up from $510 million in the same period a year ago. As might be expected, the division's headcount increased along with profits. |
CFO
Andrew Osterland |
Commercial Paper Chase If banks have to come clean about their off-balance-sheet leverage, get ready to pay more for money. |
U.S. Banker
August 2002
Karen Krebsbach |
Banking on SMA Funds From investment management to technology to back-office services, outsourcers are elbowing their way into the separately managed account (SMA) business. Small banks are paying attention -- and hoping to reap the rewards. |
The Motley Fool
April 28, 2009
Alex Dumortier |
It's Official (Almost): BofA, Citi Need Capital The government's preliminary results indicate that both these banks have capital shortfalls that need to be stopped up by raising common equity levels. |
The Motley Fool
January 18, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Boring Can Be Lucrative at Mellon Financial Mellon has good market share in good businesses, but the valuation seems to reflect that. |
U.S. Banker
September 2001
John Hackett |
CSFB Tops the Charts As might be expected, the bulge bracket firms topped the heap in advising on mergers and acquisitions among financial services companies during the first half of 2001, but wanna-be J.P. Morgan Chase suffered a humbling fall... |
The Motley Fool
May 19, 2008
Saibal Saha |
"Sell" Is a 4-Letter Word Wall Street analysts hate to put down stocks, but praising everything doesn't help either. Merrill Lynch is taking steps to change the system. |
The Motley Fool
January 15, 2004
Bill Mann |
JPMorganChaseBankOne? Another in the string of "mine's bigger than yours" bank mergers. |
BusinessWeek
September 2, 2010
Moore & Mildenberg |
In the Battle of the Big Brokers, Merrill Is Winning Merrill Lynch earns higher profits with fewer advisers, thanks to a smooth integration with Bank of America and more cross-selling. |
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2008
Christopher C. L. Anderson |
Sovereign Wealth: It Could be Good for You Concern over the so-called sovereign wealth funds' recent investments in big global companies and U.S. banks are overblown. |
The Motley Fool
May 12, 2008
Morgan Housel |
The Incredible Shrinking Citigroup Citigroup's CEO wants to put the company on a $400 billion diet. |
The Motley Fool
October 31, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
You Can Get Better Rates When interest rates decline savers have to reconcile themselves to either earning less interest, or taking more risk to maintain their income level. Are the new non-bank higher interest accounts right for you? |
CFO
March 1, 2008
Vincent Ryan |
Atonement Companies in all industries are paying for the transgressions of the banking sector. |
