Morgan Stanley

Executives at the New York bank said that strategic activity has started to pick up over the last month. Morgan Stanley also reported second-quarter revenue and earnings that beat analysts' expectations.

A widening array of investment banking and trading initiatives across the region is likely to put Morgan Stanley's Asia revenue over the $7.64 billion it posted last year, Asia chief Gokul Laroia said.

BNY, Goldman Sachs, JPMorganChase and State Street are among those scored lowest by Sinergia Animal, despite pressure from shareholder activists to stop financing companies that exploit animals.

Incentive pay for investment bankers at major firms is expected to fall this year by 13% from 2021 levels, according to a consulting firm's report. But stock traders may reap the rewards of market volatility.

The chief executives at four of the nation's largest banks weighed in on what evolving trade policies mean for their businesses and the U.S. economy. "I think you have to be a little bit pessimistic here," said Bank of New York Mellon CEO Robin Vince.

The first three months of the year coincide with the start of President Donald Trump's second term in office. Investors are likely to be more interested in banks' outlooks amid swings in tariff policy than the first-quarter results.

JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs Group and Morgan Stanley are projected to post a combined $34.8 billion haul from their trading businesses in the first quarter, the most for that period in at least seven years.

The New York bank's moves add to a series of workforce reductions across Wall Street as bosses navigate an uncertain economic outlook.

Morgan Stanley (Switzerland) GmbH failed to prevent the laundering of millions of dollars by one of its former bankers in a Greek kickback scheme tied to arms sales.

Banks' latest annual reports, filed in the early weeks of the second Trump administration, provide a window into how the industry is adjusting to a new political climate.