Morning Scan: JPM Unloading $1.3B; OCC Questions Chase Wealth Ops

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JPMorgan Unloads: JPMorgan Chase agreed to sell a $1.3 billion debt and securities portfolio to Bain Capital's Sankaty Advisors, both the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg reported. Chase's Hong Kong-based portfolio group, called the Global Special Opportunities Group, invests mainly in high-yield debt. Chase's sale of the unit is part of the wider trend of big banks unloading assets to comply with rules that they improve capital ratios and comply with the...