Really solid quarter. Beats in equity trading. Joining me is bloombergs sonali basak. What is the bigger stand out for you . Sonali this is five straight quarters of outperformance. They are doing a good job, while also investing in digital and growth. Likeeturn on equity, i that number because we can compare across all the banks. That is a lot far behind jp morgan. But they can lean on the consumer for growth, and their Net Interest Income in light of the Interest Rate expect asians we have for the rest of the year are Holding Quite strong right expectations we have for the rest of the year are Holding Quite strong. Alix they are factoring in just two rate cuts. Sonali their outlook is going to be very important. Jp morgan premuch told everybody it is not a big deal for the end of the year. Jp morgan pretty much told everybody it is not a big deal for the end of the year. Investment banking up 27 year on year. Advisory fees were up. Debt underwriting up. Equity underwriting a little s
In the quarter finals. And foreign correspondents based in london will give their take on the protests in hong kong and the brexit negotiations. Thats in dateline london in half an hour. Good morning. Much of hong kong is shut down after violent demonstrations led to the suspension of the citys public transport network, many shopping centres, banks and businesses have been unable to open. Thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest against a newly imposed ban on wearing face masks. The protesters use the masks to avoid identification. Hong kongs leader carrie lam is warning that she can no longer tolerate rioters destroying the territory. Translation the extreme actions of rioters created a very dark night for hong kong, and made Hong Kong Society semi paralysed. Everyone is very worried and concerned, or even scared. The government will suppress violence with the greatest determination. I appeal to everyone to support the government in suppressing violence in accordance w
To investigate his political rival and potential president ial rival, joe biden. And, amid all the talk of impeachment, mr trump continues to make unfounded allegations about mr biden, who hopes to challenge him in next years president ial election. Youre pointing out when hes flat lining, where there is no evidence, none, not a scintilla, not one tiny piece. The American People know me and they know him. Even the people who support him know this man lacks character. Even people who support him know he lies constantly. In a letter, the chairman of three congressional committees accused mr trump of choosing a path of defiance, obstruction and cover up. In response, the white house accused the democrats of setting up a Kangaroo Court that would only waste time and taxpayers dollars and president trumps press secretary insisted that all their enquiries would ultimately show that t president had done nothing wrong. The foreign secretary, dominic raab, says hes called the Us Ambassador to e
Victory over argentina in tokyo. And after another big week for brexit, join chris, laura, katya and adam to examine borisjohnsons new proposals in the latest edition of brexitcast. At Donald Trumps political opponents have intensified efforts to impeach the president. Three congressional committees have demanded legal documents relating to a telephone call by mr trump, in which he asked ukraine to investigate his president ial rivaljoe biden. From washington, Chris Buckler reports. What was a request has become a demand. Democrats are piling the pressure on President Trump by issuing a subpoena for a series of documents. They want a full, rather than a rough, transcript of thejuly phone call in which he asked the ukrainian leader, volodymyr zelensky, to investigate his political rival and potential president ial rival, joe biden. And amid all the talk of impeachment, mr trump continues to make unfounded allegations about mr biden, who hopes to challenge him in next years president ial
And we investigate the possible state manipulation of wikipedia, thats in click in half an hour. Donald trumps political opponents have intensified efforts to impeach the president. Three congressional committees have demanded legal documents relating to a telephone call by mr trump, in which he asked ukraine to investigate his president ial rivaljoe biden. From washington, Chris Buckler reports. What was a request has become a demand. Democrats are piling the pressure on President Trump by issuing a subpoena for a series of documents. They want a full, rather than a rough, transcript of thejuly phone call in which he asked the ukrainian leader, volodymyr zelensky, to investigate his political rival and potential president ial candidate, joe biden. And amid all the talk of impeachment, mr trump continues to make unfounded allegations about mr biden, who hopes to challenge him in next years president ial election. Youre pointing out when hes flatlining, where there is no evidence, none,