Bank earnings show a Q4 timing shift, not a confidence problem JPMorgan’s 5% year-over-year decline in fourth-quarter investment banking fees was the number that caught everyone’s attention. The stock dropped nearly 3% despite an overall earnings...
In a dramatic reversal from earlier projections, the financial services industry is now bracing for broadly positive year-end bonuses across most sectors in 2025, according to Johnson Associates’ latest report released November 5, 2025. This marks a significant...
The first sign of hope since September’s chaos—though banks are still figuring out what comes next What Actually Happened September 19, 2025 felt like a gut punch for international students trying to break into investment banking. Trump signed an executive...
The numbers are staggering. Tech giants Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, and Alphabet are on track to spend nearly $400 billion on AI-focused capital expenditures in 2025, with Morgan Stanley projecting an additional $2.9 trillion in AI-related investment between 2025 and...
The Transformation Underway JPMorgan Chase is exploring a dramatic restructuring of its investment banking workforce, with proposals under discussion to reduce the ratio of junior bankers to senior managers from 6-to-1 to 4-to-1, according to recent reports. However,...
Junior Banker’s Lawsuit Questions Whether All-Night Availability Is Essential Function of Wall Street Analyst Role Legal Battle Puts Investment Banking’s Grueling Work Culture Under Federal Court Scrutiny A Manhattan federal court has dealt a significant...
