Equity market

Equity-trading revenue rose 27% from a year earlier to $4.19 billion for the first three months of the year.

Institutions and their investors are facing pressure from climate activists, cautiously awaiting interest rate cuts and adjusting to new Federal Reserve and FDIC policies.

Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook said in a speech Monday the central bank is monitoring record highs in the stock market to see if it proves to be a bubble.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has also proposed regulation to "level the playing field" in the equities market.

Figure Technologies, the startup co-founded by Mike Cagney, created a platform to help private companies raise and trade equity using its blockchain technology.

The stock market has reached record highs despite rampant unemployment, recession and a global pandemic. What gives?

Myers has thrived as head of global capital equity markets by heeding the leadership advice of her mentor, the late Jimmy Lee: Focus on the people she'd take with her if she ever left J.P. Morgan to start her own firm.

The central bank said that while financial markets' desire for higher yields raises the potential for losses, capital and liquidity safeguards temper any concerns about a looming crash.

The Los Angeles company, which focuses on Korean-Americans, aims to raise $50 million.

Kevin Fitzsimmons, who had recently covered banks for Hovde Group, will become FIG Partners' deputy director of research.