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  • October 22, 2009

J.P. Morgan goes live with online target date tool for advisers

J.P. Morgan Funds is rolling out an online version of its target date evaluation program for advisers. The firm also is discussing developing a similar tool to help advisers analyze target risk funds.

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  • October 14, 2009

JPMorgan earns $3.6B, but loan losses remain high

JPMorgan Chase, the first of the big U.S. banks to report third-quarter earnings, said Wednesday its loan losses are still high and are expected to remain that way for the foreseeable future, a troubling sign for the economy.

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JPMorgan Chase cleared in 401(k) suit filed by Washington Mutual workers

A judge in Seattle has dismissed an attempt by former Washington Mutual Inc. employees to recoup their retirement account losses from JPMorgan Chase & Co.

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JPMorgan shuffles asset management, private bank execs

JPMorgan Chase & Co. said Tuesday it is shuffling the management duties of its investment banking and asset management units.

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  • September 9, 2009

Investment banks’ profits will be squeezed by stricter regulation, JPMorgan predicts

Tighter regulation on investment banks will force firms to cut salaries, eliminate staff and reduce capital commitments to the business, according to research from JPMorgan Chase & Co.

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  • August 26, 2009

Madoff account netted JPMorgan $483M

JPMorgan Chase & Co. generated nearly half a billion dollars in profits from serving Bernie Madoff, according to data compiled by a well-known finance professor.

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Fidelity, JPMorgan recognized for offering strong educational services to investors, advisers

Fidelity Investments is leading the way when it comes to providing investors and advisers with good educational resources, according to a report today from Corporate Insight Inc., a New York-based financial services consulting firm.

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J.P. Morgan Asset Management kicks off retail ad blitz

J.P. Morgan Asset Management, in a bid to capitalize on recently improved conditions in the retail mutual fund business, will launch its first major advertising campaign in the United States next month.

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JPMorgan Chase reports booming second quarter

JPMorgan Chase & Co. posted a 36% jump in second-quarter profit today easily surpassing Wall Street expectations as strength in its core consumer and investment banking businesses offset a jump in credit losses.

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JPMorgan, Arden to manage $1.1B fund of hedge funds

The investment-banking arm of JPMorgan Chase & Co. has joined forces with Arden Asset Management LLC in the management of a $1.1 billion fund of hedge funds.

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JPMorgan CEO makes TARP wisecracks

Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s chief executive, expressed frustration about how bankers have been vilified since the financial crisis began last year.

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Report: Banks sue MBIA over split of businesses

MBIA Inc. is the target of a lawsuit by a group of 18 financial institutions claiming that the bond insurer's separation of its businesses early this year was fraudulent, The Wall Street Journal said Wednesday.

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Prominent NYC Smith Barney manager bolts

Mike Lee, a prominent Smith Barney branch manager in New York, has left the firm to join JPMorgan Chase & Co. of New York.

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  • April 16, 2009

JPMorgan Chase posts better-than-expected profit

JPMorgan Chase said today it earned $2.14 billion for the first quarter, thanks to rising deposits and lower borrowing rates. The profit was 10 percent lower than last year, but better than expected.

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  • March 23, 2009

JPMorgan will repay gov’t before buying jets

JPMorgan Chase & Co. said today it has no plans to purchase new jets or renovate an aircraft hangar until after it has paid off money it received as part of the government's bank investment program last fall.

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  • February 26, 2009

JPMorgan to cut 12,000 jobs

JPMorgan Chase & Co. said Thursday it will eliminate about 12,000 jobs as it folds in the operations of Washington Mutual Inc.

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  • January 15, 2009

JPMorgan suffers 76% profit plunge

JPMorgan Chase & Co. posted a 76% drop in fourth-quarter profit today as write-downs on bad loans and provisions for credit-related losses took their toll.

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  • December 5, 2008

Judge throws out Bear suit

A New York State Supreme Court justice yesterday dismissed a shareholder class action against The Bear Stearns Cos. Inc.’s officers and directors challenging its merger with JPMorgan Chase & Co.

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  • November 20, 2008

JPMorgan said to toss 10% of investment staff

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is in the process of slashing about 10%, or 3,100, of its investment-banking staff members due to the effects of the credit crunch and economic slowdown.

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  • November 13, 2008

JP to set aside $2.4B in loan loss reserves

JPMorgan Chase & Co. will likely add $2.4 billion to its loan loss reserves in the fourth quarter, CEO Jamie Dimon said, based on continuing deterioration in home lending and credit cards.