Misha Zaitzeff and Vik Ghei, founders of HoldCo Asset Management, at their Fort Lauderdale, Florida, offices. Courtesy: HoldCo American banks have found an unlikely pair of adversaries in Vik Ghei and Misha Zaitzeff. Since July, the nine-person hedge fund they run from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, called HoldCo, has challenged lenders with more than $200 billion…
Two HSBC bank logos are displayed on an office building in Mexico City, Mexico, July 25, 2025. Henry Romero | Reuters Europe’s largest lender HSBC on Tuesday beat third-quarter profit expectations as the bank’s net interest income rose while performance of its wealth segment was also robust. The bank’s profit before tax for the three…
One Churchill Place skyscraper, the Barclays Plc headquarters, at Canary Wharf in London, U.K., on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images British lender Barclays reported a profit on Wednesday as it announced a surprise £500 million ($667 million) share buyback. “We have been robustly and consistently generating capital for our shareholders…
Despite worries over bad loans at midsize U.S. banks, there’s little evidence of a systemic problem, according to a senior analyst at Moody’s Ratings. Marc Pinto, the agency’s head of global private credit, acknowledged in a interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” that there are concerns over loose lending standards and some slack in the conditions…
The stock market rebounded this week after seesawing on concerns about U.S.-China trade, the ongoing federal government shutdown, and credit. For the week, the S & P 500 and tech-heavy Nasdaq jumped 1.7% and 2.1%, respectively, after each lost more than 2% the prior week. Late in the week, trade and the shutdown took a…
The Zion Bank main office in Salt Lake City, Utah, US, on Friday, April 7, 2023. George Frey | Bloomberg | Getty Images Zions Bancorporation lost $1 billion of its valuation in a single day on Thursday after disclosing $60 million worth of loans it had made that were unlikely to be repaid. What led…
Big banks including JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs had just finished taking victory laps after a blockbuster quarter when concerns emerged from an obscure corner of Wall Street, sending a collective shiver through global finance. Regional bank Zions late Wednesday disclosed a near total wipeout on $60 million in loans after finding “apparent misrepresentations” from…
Some of Europe’s major private markets firms sold off on Friday as concerns over lending standards in U.S. markets swept across the Atlantic. London-listed ICG closed 5.5% lower, while CVC Capital Partners, which is headquartered in Jersey, lost about 6.6%. Swiss private markets firm Partners Group fell 3.4%, as Sweden’s EQT was down 4.6%. The…
Michelle Bowman, vice chair for supervision at the US Federal Reserve, during the Federal Reserve Board Community Bank Conference in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. Eric Lee | Bloomberg | Getty Images Regulators are doing away with controversial rules that required banks to plan for losses in the event of climate-related events,…
Ted Pick, CEO of Morgan Stanley speaks on CNBC’s Squawk Box outside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 23, 2025. Gerry Miller | CNBC Morgan Stanley on Wednesday posted third-quarter earnings that topped expectations by the largest margin in nearly five years. Here’s what the company reported: Earnings per share: $2.80 vs….
