JPMorgan Chase & Co
JPMorgan’s asset management will no longer use controversial proxy advisors for shareholder votes
Key Points JPMorgan said its asset management unit is fully eliminating the use of proxy advisors. The firm will instead use artificial intelligence to aggregate and analyze proxy data. Source
Read More
JPMorgan forms special advisory group to share some of bank’s ‘secret sauce’ with clients
Key Points JPMorgan launched its Special Advisory Services initiative Monday, which is aimed at providing key clients with access to consulting services drawn from the investment bank’s own practices. The new effort will be led by Liz Myers, who also serves as global chair of investment banking. The company has identified several dozen adjacent capabilities […]
Read More
CNBC Daily Open: Investors had much to cheer in 2025 — but 2026’s starting out rocky
A trader wears “2026” glasses on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images May this year prove as lucrative as 2025, when the S&P 500 rallied 16.39% mostly on the back of enthusiasm over artificial intelligence. Other […]
Read More
CNBC Daily Open: A banner year for markets in 2025
A trader wears “2026” glasses on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images May this year prove as lucrative as 2025, when the S&P 500 rallied 16.39% mostly on the back of enthusiasm over artificial intelligence, though […]
Read More
Space and defense boom lifted these satellite stocks by more than 200% in 2025
Charlie Ergen Karl Gehring | Dever Post | Getty Images Wall Street grew increasingly obsessed with the artificial intelligence boom this year, pouring money into chips, data centers and applications. But investors looking beyond Silicon Valley found outsized returns in another location: space. Some of the year’s biggest market winners were defense companies that benefited […]
Read More
The NBA is pursuing ownership groups for a potential basketball league in Europe
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver speaks during a news conference following a meeting of the NBA’s board of governors at the Thomas & Mack Center on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, in Las Vegas. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) Chase Stevens | Las Vegas Review-journal | Getty Images The NBA is looking to […]
Read More
I stayed in a $40 capsule hotel as return to office mandates drive workers back to the city
Capsule hotels are a cheap alternative to expensive accomodation in London for office workers. Sawdah Bhaimiya Workers who moved out of London for remote work are under pressure to come back to the office in the city, and some are choosing to stay in Japanese-inspired sleeping pods for just £30 ($40). I travelled to Piccadilly […]
Read More