U.S. Banking Quarterly Comment: 4Q14 (All Eyes on Oil Prices and Interest Rates) - Fitch Research

U.S. Banking Quarterly Comment: 4Q14 (All Eyes on Oil Prices and Interest Rates)

U.S. Banking Quarterly Comment: 4Q14 (All Eyes on Oil Prices and Interest Rates) - Fitch Research
U.S. Banking Quarterly Comment: 4Q14 (All Eyes on Oil Prices and Interest Rates)
Published Jan 28, 2015
24 pages (15371 words) — Published Jan 28, 2015
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...Net Income Dependent on Business Model: Results for the largest 17 U.S. banks included in this report were mixed during the quarter. Earnings for the Global Trading and Universal Banks (GTUB) were weak, impacted by a sizeable drop in capital markets activities and continuing legal fees, while the large regional banks and trust and processing banks did fairly well on a linked-quarter basis. The industry continues to contend with margin challenges given the low interest rate environment, and elevated regulatory and compliance-related charges. These challenges, combined with higher capital requirements, are contributing to downward pressure on returns on equity, with the a verage ROE now at roughly 9% for the 17 banks discussed in this report, trailing the presumed cost of equity of between 10% and 12% and well below pre- crisis levels of approximately 16% in 2005. Big Six Banks Mostly All Down: Core results for the top six U.S. banks included in the table below were mostly down on both a...

  
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Wells Fargo & Company , State Street Corporation , SunTrust Banks, Inc. , Keycorp , JPMorgan Chase & Co , Bank of New York Mellon Corp/The , Bank of America Corporation , Fifth Third Bancorp , Morgan Stanley , U.S. Bancorp , Capital One Financial Corporation , PNC Financial Services Group Inc. , Citigroup Inc. , Northern Trust Corporation , TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP , Regions Financial Corporation , Goldman Sachs & Co.LLC
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