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How Bank of America ignores its own rules to prevent dangerous workloads
Death of a former Green Beret sparks outcry about the all-nighters and 100-hour weeks that grind down young investment bankers
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Biggest banks can withstand severe downturn, $685bn in losses, US Fed says
Latest stress tests find banks remained above minimum capital requirements
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The clock is ticking on Jane Fraser’s Citigroup turnaround
The CEO has called this a critical year for the troubled banking giant, after two decades of half-measures and strategic missteps
11 min read
Regulators cite big banks including Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan over living wills
Federal Reserve and FDIC say banks need to improve emergency plans to reorganise in bankruptcy
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Inside Citigroup’s most mysterious business
An investor day on 18 June will highlight the hidden value of its financial pipes
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Citigroup facing new regulatory knock on its living will
FDIC is expected to vote 20 June to escalate concerns over 2021 resolution plan
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Midsize companies are big business for Wall Street’s megabanks
With fewer large deals, banks including JPMorgan are earning more fees from smaller outfits
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Fisher Investments strikes deal with Advent
Private equity investor plans to take minority stake in firm known for its ubiquitous advertisements
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The hottest investment for hedge funds is other hedge funds
Big firms like Millennium are so flush with cash they’re outsourcing it to other firms
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The case against Elon Musk’s $46bn pay deal
Tesla’s board is asking shareholders to approve a substantial dilution of their stakes for no good reason
4 min read
New Texas Stock Exchange takes aim at New York’s dominance
The TXSE has raised about $120m to take on NYSE and Nasdaq
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Bill Ackman eyes IPO of Pershing Square
Rare hedge-fund firm listing aims to capitalise on investor’s record and newfound celebrity
The FDIC chair is resigning under a cloud. He’s still in charge
Martin Gruenberg told staff he is prepared to remain for at least several months
Blackstone to grant equity to most employees in future US buyouts
Effort follows a broad-based ownership push by KKR and others
Jamie Dimon says his retirement is getting closer. Finally
JPMorgan chief executive says his timeline ‘isn’t five years anymore’
FDIC chair Martin Gruenberg to resign
Gruenberg plans to stay until successor is confirmed, avoiding scenario that would leave a Republican as acting chairman
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Vanguard names former BlackRock executive as CEO
Salim Ramji led BlackRock’s ETF business and left in January
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Fund manager Bill Hwang’s Archegos was a ‘house of cards’ prosecutor tells jury
Hwang, on trial for fraud and racketeering related to his firm’s meltdown, maintains his trading practices were lawful
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How Did Jim Simons’s firm make $100bn? He told his secrets to our reporter
The huge gains came both from groundbreaking insights and lots of small innovations. Being way out on Long Island didn’t hurt either.
5 min read
Binance pledged to thwart suspicious trading — until it involved a Lamborghini-loving high roller
Former company insiders say the firing of an internal investigator showed that the crypto exchange neglected evidence of market manipulation
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