May 7, 2024
Investors

New York Community moves to calm investors’ nerves. Will it be enough?

The turmoil at New York Community Bancorp continued on Wednesday, as the Long Island-based lender announced a leadership shakeup after a sharp sell-off in its shares. The appointment of Alessandro DiNello, the former president and CEO of Flagstar Bancorp, as executive chairman came just hours after New York Community sought to reassure investors about the

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Loans

Aozora Bank Shares Tumble on U.S. Office-Loan Provisions, Foreign-Bond Losses

Published: Jan. 31, 2024 at 9:39 p.m. ET By Kosaku Narioka Aozora Bank shares fell sharply after it projected a fiscal-year net loss due to higher provisions for U.S. office loans as well as losses from foreign bonds. Shares were recently 21% lower at 2,557.0 yen, falling to the day’s trading limit on Thursday morning.

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Loans

New York Community Bancorp Stock Tanks as It Posts Sharp Loss, Slashes Dividend

New York Community Bancorp reported a surprise loss as it wrote down bad real estate loans, sending its stock tumbling Wednesday and dragging down the share prices of regional banks across the country. “This was a major negative surprise,” Jon G. Arfstrom, an analyst at RBC Capital Markets, said in a Wednesday note. New York

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Loans

Banks’ office-loan exposure remains a ‘mixed bag’ as lenders manage through downturn

Banks continue to navigate a bumpy landscape in loans tied to a drop in office-space value and rent prices in many markets as workers stay at home. In one high-profile example on Tuesday, New York Community Bancorp NYCB cited a need to increase its allowance for credit losses (ACL) on the heels of an office

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Investment

Bank of America sees M&A fees slide again as debt deals prop up investment bank

Bank of America has kicked off a closely-watched earnings season for Wall Street’s biggest banks with an overall uptick in investment banking fees. Total investment banking fees at the lender rose 7% to $1.1bn in the final quarter of 2023 compared to the same period last year, holding third place in the league tables. However, the outlook

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Finance

What will shape finance this year?

When ChatGPT burst into the public consciousness in early 2023, financial services firms initially reacted by banning their employees from using it. A year later, many executives are heralding generative AI as transformative for their business. AI as a key theme for 2024 may seem obvious. But what are the other trends that will affect

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