Morning Scan: JPM Sells Private Equity Stake; Usury Charges for Payd...

Receiving Wide Coverage ...

Sold: JPMorgan Chase is selling half of its $4.5 billion in holdings in its One Equity Partners private-equity unit, in part because of the requirement that banks reduce investments made with their own money, and in part because of new capital requirements. The Journal story on the sale also throws in another reason for selling the business unit, by pulling a quote from Jamie Dimon from a recent earnings conference call: "It...