Bank Group Says Too-Big-To-Fail Subsidy Has Disappeared
Law360, New York (April 10, 2014, 3:11 PM ET) — A top banking industry group said Thursday that the largest, globally significant financial institutions do not have a significant funding advantage, in a study that seeks to refute claims that such banks receive a subsidy from governments that will not let them fail.
Deutsche Bank wins dismissal of FHFA case
The German bank was accused by the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees Freddie Mac, of misrepresenting the underwriting and quality of home loans backing the securities in the trust, which dated from 2006.
Freddie Mac bought nearly one-third of the securities, which lost much of their value amid the U.S. housing and financial crises.
The lawsuit is barred by New York state’s six-year statute of limitations, Justice Eileen Bransten ruled in a filing Wednesday in State Supreme Court in Manhattan.
The dismissal came after a New York appeals court ruling in December that the clock on the statute of limitations began to run when the transaction was executed in 2006.
JPMorgan, Citigroup Face $64M Investor Suit Over RMBS Sales
Law360, New York (April 10, 2014, 2:24 PM ET) — A pension fund representing hundreds of thousands of Texas government workers has hit J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Citgroup Global Markets Inc. and other investment banks with a $64 million suit in Texas court over the banks’ “callous and brazen” sale of residential mortgage-backed securities.
White House Said to Consider Community Bankers for Fed’s Board
It’s about time!
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The White House is considering two community bankers to fill an open seat on the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors, according to two people with knowledge of the process.
J.P. Morgan cut CEO Dimon’s pay to $11.8 mln in 2013
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. JPM +0.05% CEO Jamie Dimon’s pay fell to $11.8 million in 2013, compared with $18.7 million the year before, according to a Securities and Exchanges Commission filing on Wednesday. The CEO received a base annual salary of $1.5 million, stock awards valued at $10 million, and other compensation, according to SEC methodology. Dimon’s pay was cut by the firm’s board after the massive London Whale losses that cost the firm more than $6 billion. The firm’s CFO Marianne Lake earned $8.23 million last year, which includes $730,000, as well as a $1.3 million bonus and more than $4 million in stocks awards and options. Former co-CEO of the investment bank who recently left the firm, Michael J. Cavanagh, earned $16.2 million in 2013.
Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co, said that settling the big bank’s wide-ranging legal cases with multiple government agencies last year was “the most painful, difficult and nerve-wracking experience that I have ever dealt with professionally.”
In a 30-page annual letter to shareholders released by the company on Wednesday, Dimon made the comment as he took another step toward putting behind him the issues that cost the company more than $20 billion.
“We thought the best option, perhaps the only sensible option,” Dimon wrote, “was to acknowledge our issues and settle as much as we could all at once, albeit at a high price.”
But Dimon, 58, appeared to bite his tongue from sharing any further thoughts on how the company was targeted by prosecutors. “There is much to say and a lot to be learned in analyzing what happened, but I am not going to do so in this letter — more distance and perspective are required.”
Dimon also provided more details on the $2 billion of additional annual spending by the company to comply with new rules and regulations.
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