“Everyone, from the top brass to people like us in middle ranks, earn less than before,” said a credit manager with Bank of China, one of the country’s “big four” state-owned banks, lamenting the loss of the staggering bonuses that she used to bag in the industry’s heyday. China’s financial sector is always beholden to
(Bloomberg) — A group of debt arrangers led by Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase & Co. priced $6.1 billion in high-yield bonds and leveraged loans to support Stone Point Capital and Clayton Dubilier & Rice’s acquisition of Truist Financial Corp.’s insurance business. Most Read from Bloomberg The group sold $3 billion in bonds Friday concurrently
Wall Street is worried that the rate trade could drag down stocks. The 10-year Treasury yield (^TNX) has risen roughly 25 basis points in the last 10 days alone. It’s now hovering around 4.32%, just shy of levels Morgan Stanley chief investment officer Mike Wilson recently noted could be a critical level for stock investors.
Published: Feb. 2, 2024 at 6:47 p.m. ET One of Wall Street’s biggest bears will be giving up some of his duties, stirring memories for some investors and market mavens of a previous shakeup that proved ill-timed for the market. Mike Wilson will leave his post as chair of Morgan Stanley’s Global Investment Committee but
Published: Jan. 16, 2024 at 6:22 p.m. ET Walt Disney Co.’s board on Tuesday nominated a slate of 12 directors that notably left out activist investors from Trian Fund Management (Nelson Peltz, James Rasulo) and Blackwells Group (Craig Hatkoff, Jessica Schell, Leah Solivan), both of which have been highly critical of Disney Chief Executive Robert
Morgan Stanley was boosted by its wealth management unit as the ongoing deal drought has taken its toll on Wall Street’s dealmakers. The lender’s wealth management business added net new assets of $282bn in 2023, growing 7%, according to results published on 16 January. Investment banking revenue, meanwhile, tanked from 13% to $4.6bn as deal activity has remained in
A pool of 410 prime mortgages will serve as collateral for $440.8 million in mortgage-backed securities from the Sequoia Mortgage Trust, the program’s first deal of the new year. The mortgages are largely fully amortizing and fixed-rate, with 30-year terms and virtually all of them (99.6%) are considered qualified mortgage standards, based on the origination