Trading Lifts Capital Markets Segments, Buoys Broader Group Results in 1Q20 - Fitch Research

Trading Lifts Capital Markets Segments, Buoys Broader Group Results in 1Q20

Trading Lifts Capital Markets Segments, Buoys Broader Group Results in 1Q20 - Fitch Research
Trading Lifts Capital Markets Segments, Buoys Broader Group Results in 1Q20
Published Apr 20, 2020
2 pages (1749 words) — Published Apr 20, 2020
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...Capital markets results at the five major U.S. banks rose 23% in 1Q20, the strongest growth in nearly a decade, on the back of greater trading levels and debt issuance amid the coronavirus pandemic. Capital markets businesses were the banks' 1Q20 earnings bright spot evident in this dashboard -- Bank of America (BAC), Citigroup, Inc. (C), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (GS), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and Morgan Stanley (MS) -- as plummeting economic activity threatened traditional business lines. This resulted in capital markets businesses contributing a greater share of total group revenues than in recent quarters. Trading Revenues Surge on Volatility and Heightened Activity: Overall trading revenues swelled 30% in 1Q20 as the coronavirus crisis brought a material correction in equity markets, significantly wider spreads, and a spike in volatility. FICC results rose 31% on strong client activity in rates and currencies as many firms notched records. For example, GS had its strongest FICC trading...

  
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Company(ies)
Merrill Lynch & Co/USA , JPMorgan Chase & Co , Bank of America NA , The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. , Nationsbank Corp/Jacksonville , FleetBoston Financial Corporation , Morgan Stanley , Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. , Citigroup Inc. , Merrill Lynch S.A. , Countrywide Financial Corporation , BofA Canada Bank , Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated , BAC Canada Finance Company , Merrill Lynch Mexico SA de CV Casa de Bolsa , Julius Baer Capital (India) Pvt Ltd , BAC Capital Trust XIII , BAC Capital Trust XIV , Bank of America California, National Association , BAC Capital Trust XV
Issuer
Merrill Lynch Mexico, S.A. de C.V., Casa de Bolsa
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Fitch Research. "Trading Lifts Capital Markets Segments, Buoys Broader Group Results in 1Q20" Apr 20, 2020. Alacra Store. May 10, 2025. <http://www.alacrastore.com/fitch-credit-research/Trading-Lifts-Capital-Markets-Segments-Buoys-Broader-Group-Results-in-1Q20-RPT_10118837>
  
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