It seems that our business model is failing again. I remember when we were told when rates rise, we will be golden. Not really seeing that.
I also remember when J. Carter Bacot did not want to invest outside of the US. Now we are heavily involved in international business and fx is ki----g us.
We wanted to get rid of loans (so many times at both legacy firms) and now we started to invest in mortgages in 2021 (just in time to have a low rate interest bearing product as rates rise and therefore the cost of funding these loans gets more expensive). Oops.
We invested heavily in investment and wealth management, raising the floor limit from 5mm to 15mm. And lost business is outpacing new business.
So what do we do next? What is going to save our firm?