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From 'Caveman' to 'Whale'
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Questions raised about whether the bets made by trader Iksil of the CIO at JP Morgan Chase were made to hedge risk, or to simply engage in proprietary trading for the bank in the hope of making large speculative profits. Bets made earlier by Iksil made large profits, but were simply speculative trades that increased bank profits. In late 2011 Iksil made a $1 billion bet that some companies would default on their debt in a few months. When American Airlines filed for bankruptcy protection Iksil's trades made about $450 million for Chase. But the trade had little to do with hedging risk.
A behind the scenes account of JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon's discovery and response to large losses
01/15/2010
Dimon's first encounter with the losses at the bank was through an account of Chief Investment Office trader Iksil's trades in the Wall Street Journal on April 6, 2012. The trader was referred to as the "London Whale" and large losses were mentioned. This has raised questions about whether banks of the size of JP Morgan can even be effectively managed by a CEO. The decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve, Treasury and regulators to encourage the merger of failed financial firms Bear Stearns and Washington Mutual with JP Morgan Chase- ostensibly because no mechanism to wind down such firms existed- not only created a mega bank but also created additional risks from banks too big to manage.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 05/04/2013
'London Whale' Penalties Put at $500 Million to $600 Million
Wall Street Journal 08/28/2013
Embattled J.P. Morgan Bulks Up Oversight
Wall Street Journal 09/13/2013
Dimon Vows to Fix JP Morgan's Compliance Problems
New York Times 09/17/2013
New York Times 10/15/2013
J.P. Morgan Reaches $13 Billion Tentative Deal with Justice Department
Wall Street Journal 10/20/2013
Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan Chase bank
01/15/2010
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 05/04/2013
A Call for New Blood on the JPMorgan Board
New York Times 05/05/2013
J.P. Morgan Battle Doesn't End With Dimon
Wall Street Journal 05/09/2013
Wall Street Journal 05/22/2013
For Dimon, Now Is Time for Renewal
Wall Street Journal 05/27/2013
Embattled J.P. Morgan Bulks Up Oversight
Wall Street Journal 09/13/2013
JP Morgan Chase bank performance
05/15/2012
Grouped Articles
For Dimon, Now Is Time for Renewal
Wall Street Journal 05/27/2013
J.P. Morgan, Regulator Near Pact
Wall Street Journal 07/21/2013
Regulatory Headaches Worsen for J.P. Morgan
Wall Street Journal 08/19/2013
Embattled J.P. Morgan Bulks Up Oversight
Wall Street Journal 09/13/2013
JP Morgan Reported Third Quarter Loss on Legal Costs
New York Times 10/11/2013
J.P. Morgan Reaches $13 Billion Tentative Deal with Justice Department
Wall Street Journal 10/20/2013
JP Morgan Chase bank strategies
05/15/2012
Grouped Articles
Embattled J.P. Morgan Bulks Up Oversight
Wall Street Journal 09/13/2013
Looking Past J.P. Morgan's Pain
Wall Street Journal 10/21/2013
Trading Revenue Lifts JP Morgan Chase Back to Profit in Third Quarter
New York Times 10/14/2014
Wall Street Journal 01/15/2015
J.P. Morgan’s Dimon Says Big Is Beautiful
Wall Street Journal 01/15/2015
J.P. Morgan Shows Why It Pays to Turn Money Away
Wall Street Journal 02/25/2015
Letters to the Editors of the Wall Street Journal on the trading losses at JP Morgan Chase, the Volcker Rule and Glass-Steagall repeal
04/10/2009
Losses at Societe Generale by a single trader with losses over $7 billion in 2010, followed by a novice traders loss of $2 billion at UBS in 2011, and the ongoing loss at Chase of $2 billion in 2012, point to the dangers facing the banking systems in Europe and the U.S. without adequate regulatory oversight over risktaking by banks.
Grouped Articles
Volcker Rule to Curb Bank Trading Proves Hard to Write
Wall Street Journal 09/10/2013
The Volcker Rule on Bank Risks Approaches Its Final Edits
New York Times 12/03/2013
New York Times 04/10/2009
The Lessons of JPMorgan's Trading Loss
New York Times 05/14/2012
Hedge or Bet? Parsing the J.P. Morgan Trade
Wall Street Journal 05/16/2012
Wall Street Journal 05/18/2012
WSJ's Francesco Guerrera on the lesson from the JP Morgan trading losses for tackling the "too-big-to-fail" problem
05/15/2012
Lessons from the JP Morgan trading losses for systemically important financial institutions.
Grouped Articles
GE Capital, AIG to Get More Government Oversight
Wall Street Journal 07/09/2013
Weâre All Still Hostages to the Big Banks
New York Times 08/25/2013
Soothing Words on 'Too Big to Fail' But With Little Meaning
New York Times 12/11/2013
J.P. Morgan's Loss: Lessons From a Fiasco
Wall Street Journal 05/15/2012
Hedge or Bet? Parsing the J.P. Morgan Trade
Wall Street Journal 05/16/2012
Wall Street Journal 05/18/2012
JP Morgan Chase and the London Whale
04/10/2012
Trader Iksil at the CIO offices in London and the huge positions he had taken which were likely to lead to losses. Chase's denial that this was anything unusual.
Grouped Articles
Regulatory Headaches Worsen for J.P. Morgan
Wall Street Journal 08/19/2013
'London Whale' Penalties Put at $500 Million to $600 Million
Wall Street Journal 08/28/2013
Embattled J.P. Morgan Bulks Up Oversight
Wall Street Journal 09/13/2013
New York Times 10/15/2013
J.P. Morgan Reaches $13 Billion Tentative Deal with Justice Department
Wall Street Journal 10/20/2013
Record Pact Is on the Table, But J.P. Morgan Faces Fight
Wall Street Journal 10/21/2013
JP Morgan Chase bank management
05/15/2012
Grouped Articles
J.P. Morgan Faces Another Big Exit
Wall Street Journal 04/28/2013
Wall Street Journal 05/04/2013
A Call for New Blood on the JPMorgan Board
New York Times 05/05/2013
For Dimon, Now Is Time for Renewal
Wall Street Journal 05/27/2013
Embattled J.P. Morgan Bulks Up Oversight
Wall Street Journal 09/13/2013
JP Morgan Reported Third Quarter Loss on Legal Costs
New York Times 10/11/2013
Bear Stearns collapse and takeover by JP Morgan
03/17/2008
The collapse of bear Stearns and the takeover by JP Morgan with the Fed' backing. On March 18, 2008 speculation about Lehman being next.
Grouped Articles
Inside the End of the U.S. Bid to Punish Lehmann Executives
New York Times 09/08/2013
Hedge Funds Are Among the Winners of the Lehman Spoils
Wall Street Journal 09/13/2013
Lehman Struggles To Shore Up Confidence
Wall Street Journal 09/11/2008
After a Financial Flood, Pipes Are Still Broken
New York Times 09/14/2013
Record Pact Is on the Table, But J.P. Morgan Faces Fight
Wall Street Journal 10/21/2013
Considering the Fairness of JP Morgan's Deal
New York Times 10/21/2013
JP Morgan Chase debt portfolio and asset allocation decisions similiar to proprietary trading
05/13/2012
Large shift in asset allocation since 2006, with significantly higher corporate bond holdings, creates more risk.
Grouped Articles
Embattled J.P. Morgan Bulks Up Oversight
Wall Street Journal 09/13/2013
At JPM: James and the Giant Reach
Wall Street Journal 05/13/2012
'London Whale' Rattles Debt Market
Wall Street Journal 05/13/2012
JPMorgan Chase Executive to Resign in Trading Debacle
New York Times 05/13/2012
Dimon's Fixer Is Trusted Veteran
Wall Street Journal 05/15/2012
Hedge or Bet? Parsing the J.P. Morgan Trade
Wall Street Journal 05/16/2012
Risk management at JP Morgan Chase
05/14/2012
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 05/04/2013
Regulatory Headaches Worsen for J.P. Morgan
Wall Street Journal 08/19/2013
Embattled J.P. Morgan Bulks Up Oversight
Wall Street Journal 09/13/2013
JP Morgan Reported Third Quarter Loss on Legal Costs
New York Times 10/11/2013
Red Flags said to Go Unheeded at Chase
New York Times 05/14/2012
The Lessons of JPMorgan's Trading Loss
New York Times 05/14/2012
Traders at JP Morgan Chase bank's Chief Investment Office- were they hedging risk or simply making wild bets and taking purely speculative positions
04/10/2012
As speculative positions these were trades that were massive bets on money loaned out by depositors. The CIO manages $350 billion in assets.
Linked Articles
Wall Street Journal 05/20/2012
Wall Street Journal 04/10/2012
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