JPMorgan Chase
From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPMorgan_Chase_%26_Co
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Type | Public |
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Traded as |
NYSE: JPM Dow Jones Industrial Average Component |
Industry |
Banking Financial services |
Founded | New York City, New York (1799) |
Headquarters | New York City, New York, U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people |
Jamie Dimon (Chairman, President & CEO) |
Products |
Finance and insurance Consumer banking Corporate banking Investment banking Global wealth management Mortgage loans Credit cards |
Revenue |
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Operating income |
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Profit |
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AUM |
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Total assets |
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Total equity |
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Employees | 239,831 (2010)[1] |
Website |
JPMorganChase.com JPMorgan.com Chase.com |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is an American global securities, investment banking and retail banking firm. It is a major provider of financial services, with assets of $2 trillion, and is the U.S. banking institution having the second largest market capitalization[2] and third largest domestic deposit base (behind Wells Fargo and Bank of America). The hedge fund unit of JPMorgan Chase is the largest hedge fund in the United States with $53.5 billion in assets as of the end of 2009.[3] It was formed in 2000, when Chase Manhattan Corporation merged with J.P. Morgan & Co.
The J.P. Morgan brand is used by the Investment Bank as well as the Asset Management, Private Banking, Private Wealth Management, and Treasury & Securities Services divisions. Fiduciary activity within Private Banking and Private Wealth Management is done under the aegis of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.—the actual trustee. The CHASE brand is used for credit card services in the United States and Canada, the bank's retail banking activities in the United States, and commercial banking. The corporate headquarters are in New York City and the retail and commercial bank is headquartered in Chicago.[4]
JPMorgan Chase is one of the Big Four banks of the United States with Bank of America, Citigroup and Wells Fargo.[5][6][7][8][9][10]
Business

The current J.P.Morgan logo used for the company's Investment Banking, Asset Management, and Treasury & Securities Services units, as of June 2008.[11]
JPMorgan Chase’s activities are organized, for management reporting purposes, into six business segments:[12]
- Investment Bank
- Investment banking: advisory; debt and equity underwriting
- Market making and trading: Fixed income, Equity
- Corporate lending
- Principal investing
- Prime services
- Research
- Retail Financial Services
- Retail banking: Consumer and business banking (including Business Banking Loans);
- Consumer Lending: Loan originations and balances (including home lending, student, auto and other loans); Mortgage production and servicing;
- Card Services
- Credit cards
- Merchant acquiring
- Commercial Banking
- Middle-market banking
- Commercial term lending
- Mid-corporate banking
- Real estate banking
- Treasury & Securities Services
- Treasury Services (Global Trade, Core Cash Management, Liquidity, Import/Export Advisory)
- Worldwide Securities Services
- Asset Management
- Highbridge Capital Management (HCM)[13]
- Investment Management (including Institutional and Retail)
- Private Bank
- Private Wealth Management
- J.P. Morgan Securities (formerly Bear Stearns Brokerage)
- Retirement Plan Services
- Corporate - Includes the company's private equity; One Equity Partners, Treasury and Corporate functions.
Key financial data
Year | 2004[14] | 2005[14] | 2006[14] | 2007[15] | 2008[16] | 2009 |
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Revenue | 43,097 | 54,533 | 61,437 | 71,372 | 67,252 | 100,434 |
EBITDA | 7,140 | 13,740 | 22,218 | |||
Net Income | 4,466 | 8,483 | 14,444 | 15,365 | 5,605 | 11,728 |
Employees | 160,968 | 168,847 | 174,360 | 180,667 | 224,961 | 222,316 |
[17] JPMorgan Chase was the biggest bank at the end of 2008 as an individual bank. (not including subsidiaries)
History
JPMorgan Chase, in its current structure, is the result of the combination of several large U.S. banking companies over the last decade including Chase Manhattan Bank, J.P. Morgan & Co., Bank One, Bear Stearns and Washington Mutual. Going back further, its predecessors include major banking firms among which are Chemical Bank, Manufacturers Hanover, First Chicago Bank, National Bank of Detroit, Texas Commerce Bank, Providian Financial and Great Western Bank.
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