Several prospects, including JPM’s Gordon Smith, are reluctant to take on a thankless job; lower interest rates, quiet trading will yield disappointing results.
The bank is having trouble finding an outsider and acting chief Allen Parker has impressed the board; the former Chicago mayor will join Centerview Partners.
If four BB&T executives, including the CFO and COO, remain through the closing of its merger with SunTrust, they'll receive multimillion-dollar payouts.
The chief operating officer for the Americas at Deutsche Bank, as well as SoFi's heads of marketing, risk and capital markets, are all moving on; John Williams tells bankers they need to do more to clean up misconduct at their companies.
The Canadian parent of BMO Harris Bank in Chicago has named Johannson group head of North American personal banking, an extension of similar executive duties she holds in the U.S.