Commercial banking

In a tough commercial real estate market, sellers are stepping up efforts to entice buyers before plummeting property values force them to accept deeper discounts. 

After Archegos' collapse, Nomura had lost almost $3 billion, one of the biggest losses in the history of the prime-broker industry that caters to investment funds.

The cuts are said to be part of a plan to trim headcount by about 300 people — or 3% of overall jobs — across the corporate and investment bank.

A New York judge ruled Donald Trump is liable for fraud for exaggerating his net worth by billions of dollars a year on financial records submitted to banks and insurers, a major victory for the state's attorney general before a high-stakes civil trial over remaining claims in the case.

Private equity firms have been increasingly adding another layer of debt to their complex borrowing arrangements, raising concern among some investors about potential risks to the wider industry and the financial system.

A Piper Sandler poll found that 91% of respondents believe that either a mild or severe recession is already reflected in banks' shares. The survey also unveiled that market participants remain concerned mostly about credit quality and aftershocks from surging interest rates.

The Mer Rouge State Bank in Louisiana and Mission National Bank in San Francisco are among 184 banks to receive $70 million of grants from the Bank Enterprise Award Program, its largest awards ever.

The Federal Reserve's rate hikes so far are just "catching up," the JPMorgan chairman and CEO says. Dimon predicts inflation will be at 4% early next year and "won't be coming down for a whole bunch of reasons."

As part of the changes, the Spanish bank is combining individual countries' retail and commercial banking businesses under a new global unit, which will be headed by Daniel Barriuso, and creating a new digital consumer bank area that will be led by Jose Luis de Mora.

BMO says the shutdown will result in job losses as it shifts its resources to other areas.