John Gerspach CFO Slow trading environment “I guess I will call it a slower trading environment, we would expect revenues in our fixed income and equity markets to be down year-over-year in the, I guess I’d call it the low … Continued
Gordon Smith – Chief Executive Officer of Consumer & Community Banking Extending into lower prime areas because economy/employment look good “Yes we have extended slightly into that lower prime, if you like segment, certainly not into sub-prime, but we have … Continued
Tom Montag – Chief Operating Officer More uncertainty in the world than there’s been in a long time “I was thinking about the world and how there is more uncertainty in the world than there’s been in a long, long … Continued
John Shrewsberry – Chief Financial Officer Optimism has faded a bit and confidence is lower “we saw in the wake of the election and going through the fourth quarter a lot of optimism. It felt like it was going to produce … Continued
Marianne Lake – CFO Don´t give up on reforms “…we still remain very hopeful that there will be policy and reform on the agenda. I think it’s hard because everybody was super enthusiastic out of the gate, but the reality … Continued
Marianne Lake – Chief Financial Officer The reality is that these policy things take time “I mean, I think we still remain very hopeful that there will be [indiscernible] policy and reform on the agenda. I think it’s hard because … Continued
John Shrewsberry – Chief Financial Officer There was a lot of optimism but that has diminished as there’s been little progress on the policy front “Well, we saw in the wake of the election and going through the fourth quarter … Continued
Andy Saperstein – Co-Head of Wealth Management No fee compression in a holistic relationship “So far just empirically, we’re not seeing fee compression. Clearly, the trends in Wealth Management — the trends in many other aspects of financial service clearly, … Continued
Bharat Masrani – CEO Greg Braca *We’ve seen some slow down in commercial markets “I would just also call out that Q1 and Q2 we’ve seen some slow down in general across all commercial markets, a couple of things have … Continued
Thomas Smith – President and CEO *The market is starting to show signs of strengthening “So, what is the state of the market for the art and luxury goods that Sotheby’s sells? In short, the market is starting to show … Continued