Bank results: FICC trading revenues to fall 15% to 20% in 2010

UBS and Morgan Stanley beef up to regain market share; Broader competition from the French banks

“Morgan Stanley and UBS absolutely missed the low-hanging fruit of 2009 but they cannot cede that business to their competitors”

Steve Stelmach, FBR Capital

Earnings results for the fourth quarter across Wall Street confirmed the continuing decline in fixed-income trading revenues. JPMorgan, in particular, reported large declines in revenue for the quarter. Its fixed-income trading business brought in just $2.7 billion – in the previous three quarters revenues had been around $5 billion. Goldman Sachs, which led Wall Street in FICC trading over the first three quarters of 2009 also posted a substantial drop, with revenues of $3.97

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