Risk

The bank has been slashing expenses, but executives acknowledged they remain high. Between having to hire thousands of compliance employees and waiting on the next CEO to be named, investments in new technology or other long-term growth are limited.

A new report asks whether the products have the potential to spark another crisis despite being created at the urging of the SEC to reduce risk.

Many relatively straightforward products have boosted their holdings of lower-rated bonds and emerging markets to juice returns.

The No. 1 independent broker-dealer failed to properly register more than 650 reps as agents, the prominent state regulator says.

Markets have been whipsawed by mounting concern over softer economic data and President Trump’s trade wars with major partners.

Geopolitical risk, dovish central banks and an aging business cycle are reinforcing bullish moorings in global debt.

Worries over weak U.S. data, the impact of President Trump’s multi-front trade war and the interest rate outlook has whipsawed investors in recent weeks.

Although the firm sees risk parity as a way to compliment holdings of its biggest customers, critics see a volatile fund that has underperformed.