To hear it from his handlers at Goldman Sachs, CEO David Solomon is having quite a moment these days. After surviving a rocky couple of years of staff turmoil and business failures (retail banking, the Apple credit card), Solly gave up his side hustle as DJ D-Sol so he could focus more on his day … Read more
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has sold about $33 million of his shares in the bank, a regulatory filing showed on Monday, completing a previously disclosed plan to sell 1 million shares. Last October, JPMorgan had said Dimon and his family intended to sell 1 million of their 8.6 million shares, the first time Dimon was selling shares since becoming the CEO … Read more
It’s a tale of two Wall Streets. Hundreds of thousands of junior bankers are cutting back after their bonuses were a bust this year. But the very top of the 1% is living large thanks to the stock market surging and Bitcoin soaring — meaning their inflation-beaten bonuses didn’t affect their wealth. The stock market’s … Read more
It seems almost unfathomable that there was time — and not that long ago — that Citigroup was the model financial services firm. It might be yet again — but only if its CEO Jane Fraser can pull off the restructuring of the century. Full disclosure: I’m not a believer in the Citi comeback story, … Read more
JPMorgan Chase shuffled executives in its investment banking and consumer units on Thursday, giving them more experience running different businesses as Wall Street focuses on the bank’s succession plans for CEO Jamie Dimon. The largest US lender appointed Marianne Lake sole CEO of the consumer division, which was previously run together by Lake and Jennifer Piepszak, according to a filing. … Read more
Bank CEOs meeting in private at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday aired concerns about the competitive risks from fintech firms and private lenders, and complained about onerous regulations, a source familiar with the matter said. At the meeting in Davos, attended by dozens of CEOs including JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Jamie Dimon, executives also … Read more
