Jamie Dimon’s letter to JPMorgan Chase’s shareholders was released over the weekend. It’s a great 36-page read and, although I don’t normally do this, I thought it worth reprinting some of the key aspects here as it provides a fascinating insight into a global bank’s operations. This takes the form of four posts. This first…
Jamie Dimon’s letter to JPMorgan Chase’s shareholders included some interesting comments related to banker's bonuses and TARP: “Many commentators, in an attempt to measure fairness and reasonableness of a company’s compensation payouts, have looked at total compensation as a percentage of revenue. On this basis, JPMorgan Chase’s total compensation (salaries, benefits and bonuses) was 27%…
Jamie Dimon’s letter to JPMorgan Chase’s shareholders created quite a storm of commentary amongst various industry observers, not all of it complementary. Tom Brown of Bankstocks.com says that the letter is: "outstanding. The letter isn’t just a wrap-up of how Morgan did last year (although, as is typical, Jamie’s candid on the topic)—it’s also a…
I hope you all had a lovely Easter break. I know I did. Lots of chocolate, reading, walking and sleep. Eating, drinking, chocolate and chat. TV, driving, thinking and chocolate. Wonderful. During my reading I came across this, first published in the magazine Punch back in April 1957. It’s a classic and worth everyone taking…
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You know the saying "Greed is Good" and "Infectious Greed". Science has proven why it's infectious … In a study published in the March 8 early online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers from the University of California, San Diego and Harvard provide the first laboratory evidence that cooperative behavior…
I just got around to catching a few paragraphs from David Broder's fascinating column in the Washington Post a few days ago, about Congress in the USA: "The record of the Washington politicians is summarized in the report that came out of the Congressional Budget Office last week. That nonpartisan scorekeeper announced that it projects…
Lots and lots of coverage of the Lehmans shambles this week: Lehman bosses severely criticised – BBC Lehman bosses ‘used lazy gimmick’ – The Times Lehman 'hid billions' – report – The Independent JPMorgan, Citigroup helped trigger Lehman collapse, report argues – The Telegraph Lehman report casts auditors in poor light – Financial Times London…
In January, I wrote a blog post about competitive strategies, and the Sharks versus the Jets of the Banking industry. This blog entry developed into a short white paper that has just been published by Hewlett-Packard. Here's the intro: The Nature of the Beast: Banking Strategies and Technologies for the 2010s It’s obvious that the…
