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JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Jamie Dimon moved some of his top lieutenants into new senior roles, positioning them for more experience running the firm’s operations as he prepares potential successors.

Bank of America has typically had a reputation for being a slightly … nicer place to work than the rest of the bulge bracket.  The perception has always been that Goldman Sachs is intense, Morgan Stanley is political, Citi is dysfunctional, JPMorgan is snobbish but Bank of America is … chill?  Possibly even a little bit complacent?  Like all such stereotypes, these are for the most part garbage, but there’s always a little bit of truth that makes them persist.  They do make a point of promoting nice guys like Jim DeMare, after all.

shares jumped nearly 13% to a more than 10-year high on Thursday after the company reported a better-than-expected revenue outlook backed by strong demand for its artificial intelligence (AI) services. Orders from IBM's generative AI business, which includes bookings and sales from services such as those powered by its Watsonx AI platform, doubled in the fourth quarter and are expected to help its revenue grow by around 4%-6% in 2024, the company reported late on Wednesday. Consulting firms and software companies, including Germany's SAP SE, account for much of IBM's AI-related bookings, IBM Chief Financial Officer James Kavanaugh told Reuters. IBM shares rose to a peak of $196.89, their highest since June 2013, adding about $20 billion to the company's market capitalization.

Morgan Stanley Chairman James Gorman's compensation jumps 17% to $37 mn in 2023 Piepszak, 53, succeeded Lake as CFO, capping a relatively quick ascent into the realm of potential Dimon successors, and she has gained momentum as the top candidate in the years since. Her new role broadens her experience on the Wall Street side of the house, where she started her career before making a rare leap to the consumer side more than a decade ago. Rohrbaugh, 53, rose through JPMorgan’s bond-trading apparatus to become global head of markets in 2019.

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Wall Street firms in Asia dropped to the lowest level in almost two decades, according to people familiar with the matter, as a dearth of deals in China and Hong Kong hammered the industry. Total compensation for many senior bankers in Asia ex-Japan fell to $700,000 to $800,000, well below the $1 million or more they have typically earned since the turn of the millennium, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing private matters. At least 20 percent of managing directors at banks including Morgan Stanley and UBS Group AG, received no bonuses last year, the people said.

Tesla reported lower fourth-quarter operating profits despite higher revenues Wednesday, following a series of auto price cuts as Elon Musk's electric vehicle giant warned of slower volume growth in 2024.

Aymeric Paillat, a veteran JPMorgan credit trader, has quietly gone from JPMorgan.

Bank of America has been cutting senior bankers in Hong Kong. Bloomberg reported yesterday that the bank has let go of a number of senior dealmakers in the city, including its head of Southeast Asian ECM, Sunil Khaitan, who joined from Deutsche Bank in 2018.

JPMorgan analysts have downgraded Coinbase shares from Neutral to Underweight, causing a 5% drop in the stock’s value during premarket trading on Tuesday.

Tata Elxsi shares price fell nearly 5% to Rs 7,807 in Wednesday's trade on BSE after the design and technology services company reported a 6% year-on-year (YoY) rise in third-quarter profit.

Tata Elxsi, Jefferies recommended a hold rating on Oberoi Realty, CLSA has an outperform rating on Hero MotoCorp and Morgan Stanley maintained an overweight rating on Axis Bank.

Wall Street firms are recommending investors start buying five-year US notes after they saw their worst rout since May last week.

Two major Wall Street firms are recommending investors start buying five-year US notes after they saw their worst rout since May last week.

Climate alliances backed by Wall Street heavyweights have struck upon a subtle way to blunt increasingly aggressive attacks by the GOP.

Here is your Pro Recap of the top takeaways from Wall Street analysts for the past week: upgrades for Futu, Apple, and IBM; downgrades for Boeing.

James Gorman, saw a 17 percent rise in his compensation for the year 2023, reaching $37 million compared to $31.5 million in 2022, as per a filing by the bank on January 19, Reuters reported. Gorman's earnings mark the highest compensation disclosed for a major United States bank chief this year. Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, received $36 million for the year 2023.

Amidst the ongoing fourth-quarter earnings season, S&P 500 companies are delivering subdued results and cautious forward guidance, as per insights from JPMorgan equity strategists.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised Chief Executive Jamie Dimon’s pay to $36 million for 2023, a year in which the bank notched the highest profit in the history of American banking.

ruin and riches. Less than a year ago rising rates caused Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and then First Republic to fail, the largest bank collapses since 2008. Yet on January 12th JPMorgan Chase reported its seventh consecutive quarter of record net-interest income.

In the dynamic cryptocurrency market, Bitcoin (BTC) maintains stability around $42,500, despite the 1.20% downturn in the overall crypto market, now valued at $1.68 trillion. This steadiness is partly due to the excitement around the newly approved Bitcoin spot ETF, which has brought a fresh wave of investor interest, although Bitcoin’s price has experienced only marginal changes.