Corporate governance

Robinhood Markets cut almost a quarter of its workforce in a broad reorganization after a punishing first year as a public company.

Toronto-Dominion Bank agreed to buy the U.S. brokerage Cowen Inc. for $1.3 billion in cash, bulking up its presence in American capital markets just months after striking a historic deal to expand its retail operations in the country.

Citigroup is planning a 500-person hiring spree over the next three years for a new wealth division catering to junior employees at private equity offices, consultancies and accounting firms, betting those clients will someday join the ranks of the ultrawealthy. 

Citigroup is requiring some of its least-profitable trading clients to post more collateral and is even dropping some of them to help boost returns in its markets business.

A combination of higher organic loan growth and fee-based revenue streams powered top-performing banks in 2021.

State Bankshares in North Dakota was the top performer in the $2 billion to $10 billion asset class in 2021, according to Capital Performance Group. Strong commercial lending, a national mortgage business as well as regional wealth management and insurance units offer diverse sources of growth, a company executive says.

The top 20 banks with assets of $2 billion to $10 billion outshined their peers in loan and revenue growth while maintaining pristine credit quality in 2021, according to a new ranking. Can they do the same this year as recession clouds gather?

Elliott Investment Management is holding discussions with PayPal Holdings over an agreement that would see the activist investor have a hand in determining the future direction of the company, according to people familiar with the matter. 

With Ulrich Koerner taking over as chief executive officer, Credit Suisse Group’s top ranks are looking more like UBS Group, suggesting the firm may draw from its crosstown rival’s playbook.

Visa said it will hand out annual raises for more-junior employees earlier as it seeks to help staffers battling once-in-a-generation levels of inflation.