JPMorgan

JPMorgan was not the only bank that came into the Covid crisis with a strong balance sheet, but, as in 2008, the bank has shown that its diverse business lines and fortress balance sheet are what distinguishes it from the pack.

It was not the only bank that came into the Covid crisis with a strong balance sheet, but, as in 2008, the bank has shown that its diverse businesses provide plentiful earnings to take big reserves, even while it keeps financing large corporates and small businesses alike. Deposits have flooded in, technology investments have proved their worth and it is winning more business from mid-cap clients inside and outside the US – and it coped with the temporary absence of a legendary chief executive.

In a global health pandemic set to cost governments across the world billions of dollars, public-sector clients need a bank they can rely on to deliver uninterrupted access to funding.

Banks could put their stamp on local branches.

The greatest wealth transfer in history is taking place, as baby boomers pass the mantle – and their money – to a lucky few millennials, but the process is strewn with obstacles. Inheriting a lot of money is one thing, knowing what to do with it quite another. This is where good relationship managers come in.

JPMorgan chief executive Jamie Dimon indicated that trading revenues could fall by 50% from their current elevated levels, but the boom has already helped to offset Covid-related loan provisions.

UniCredit is the region’s best bank in this year’s Euromoney Awards for Excellence.

The North American mergers and acquisitions advisory business has one obvious volume leader most years. This year is no different, but that doesn’t mean nothing else changes.

This year the region’s best investment bank is JPMorgan. In a highly competitive year, the US bank claims the award because of the unrivalled breadth of its mandates across investment banking products, as well as its dominance in many of the region’s countries.

After years of pullback from emerging markets by big Western banks, only two players can now claim to offer truly comprehensive investment banking coverage in CEE.

The US’s PNC Financial Services and Royal Bank of Canada win the best bank accolades in their respective countries in this year’s Euromoney Awards for Excellence.

BBVA is the big winner in Latin America in this year's Euromoney Awards for Excellence.

JPMorgan is in discussion with more global banks, corporates and third-party service providers to join its Interbank Information Network.

After brief illnesses, JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon and Morgan Stanley’s James Gorman were back on form in this month’s earnings calls.

Some parts of US investment bank earnings in the first quarter of the year looked more like boom than bust as record trading and debt issuance helped offset weakness elsewhere. Now the banks are building reserves to prepare for coming out of lockdown

Global banks are finally getting full access to China’s capital markets. Regulators will let them own joint ventures outright as they roll out a host of services from forex to advisory to wealth management. For Beijing it’s a final frontier – and there’s no going back.

JPMorgan had a strong first quarter for trading revenue, but its disaster windfall creates a dilemma over future bonus payments for key staff.

JPMorgan chief executive Jamie Dimon has had a good start to the Covid-19 crisis, while his Goldman Sachs counterpart David Solomon is faltering.

Banks came into the coronavirus pandemic much stronger than they went into the global financial crisis, but will the capital and liquidity buffers they have built be sufficient to see them through the most dramatic economic crash in history?

It has taken the climate crisis to bring our collective focus onto the role of financing and the role of banks.

JPMorgan doesn’t do things by halves; it has just moved almost everyone at the top of its investment bank and created what amounts to an internal boutique.

UBS Global Wealth Management retains the top spot; JPMorgan is a standout, too.

Pressure on wealth management profits will become fiercer in the decade ahead as low interest rates prevail. Business heads say global expertise, proximity to clients, technology and providing sustainable investing opportunities will help them win more business.

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The Federal Reserve’s current balance sheet expansion is handing trading profits to big banks.

FASB chair grilled by US lawmakers over implementation cost of new accounting rules.

Dimon reluctant to add much to US trade comments.

The world-leading bank aims to stay big with long-term investments, no matter what difficult conditions the market throws up.

After a stellar year for emerging market bonds in 2019, the world’s largest EM bond house says returns don’t look so rosy for 2020.

Will it be the banks that have built strong, steady relationships or those with big budgets that take transaction banking into the future?