Category Archives: investment banks
Morgan Stanley Triumphs Again: Posts Higher FICC Revenue Than Goldman Sachs
After yesterday’s stunning 40% plunge in Goldman’s FICC revenue, market watchers and MS shareholders were nervously anticipating the release of today’s Morgan Stanley Q2 earnings data. In retrospect, they had no reason to be worried, because moments ago MS reported revenue and EPS which both beat expectations, with Q2 EPS of $0.87 (est $0.76) on […]
Nomura Demands $134,000 For Premium Research
Just this morning we reported that as the global equity research market wrestles with how it will comply with the EU’s MiFID II regulations, in a new study McKinsey said that banks will have no choice but to fire a ton of equity research analysts who write a bunch of stuff that no one ever […]
McKinsey: Banks Will Have To Slash 30% Of Analyst Jobs To Comply With New Research Rules
As the global equity research market continues to wrestle with how they will comply with the European Union’s MiFID II regulations, McKinsey & Co. has just penned a new study effectively saying they’ll have no choice but to fire a ton of equity research analysts who write a bunch of stuff that no one ever […]
Morgan Stanley Builds Mortgage App To Try And Stay Relevant As Fintech Booms
It’s no secret that Wall Street lives in constant fear of Silicon Valley. Bank CEOs probably wake up in a cold sweat after imagining that their clients have handed their money to some new startup that’s found a way to disrupt a financial service like, say, wealth management. To try and fend off the robo-advisers […]
Spanish Banking Crisis Spreads As Banco Popular Credit Curve Inverts
Having told its employees "don't panic" over the weekend (at the crashing stock and bond prices of Spain's 6th largest bank), it appears investors are ignoring that message as Banco Popular's credit curve has inverted for the first time since 2012 in the biggest red flag yet that Spain's banking crisis is systemic and about […]
Deutsche Bank Accused Of Running An “International Criminal Organization”
Having been accused, and found guilty, of rigging and manipulating virtually every possible asset class, perhaps it was inevitable that Deutsche Bank, currently on trial in Milan for helping Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA conceal losses (as first reported last October in “Deutsche Bank Charged By Italy For Market Manipulation, Creating False Accounts“) […]
“Brexit Is A Time Bomb…” UBS Chairman Warns “Europe’s Not Out Of The Woods With Macron Win”
It appears the chairmen of UBS have plenty to say on Europe.Following former UBS chairman Peter Kurer's comments that "to the elites, the EU is a means to get rich quickly and export their problems," UBS current chairman Axel Weber has warned bankers that Europe is not "out of the woods" from its political risks […]
Euro Banks Still Can’t Value Their Own Equity Research; Subscriptions Range From $50k – $600k A Year
Literally no one knows the true ‘value’ of research, not even the investment banks that are selling it. Up until now, equity research has been treated as a ‘freebie’ given away to institutional clients in return for trading commissions but that is all about to change thanks to the European Union’s MiFID II regulations, which […]
Meet Brad Birkenfeld: “Lucifer’s Banker”
Authored by Adam Taggart via PeakProsperity.com, Just how bad is the ongoing fraud in the banking system? Get ready for a mind-bowing expose by a former insider at UBS. Brad Birkenfield, author of Lucifer's Banker: The Untold Story of How I Destroyed Swiss Bank Secrecy, recounts the efforts he uncovered by his employer to help […]
Credit Suisse “Climbs The Wall Of Worry”, Raises S&P Target To 2,500 From 2,350
Following bearish reports from Goldman (which tactically downgraded stocks to Neutral for the next three months just hours before the Fed rate hike), RBC and JPM’s head quant Marko Kolanovic over the past week, overnight Credit Suisse decided to take the other side of the trade and hiked its year end forecasts for the S&P500, […]