Even though Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have argued that
their physical commodity businesses should be grandfathered, both are moving to sell or spin out some parts.
Blythe was previously a senior executive at J.P. Morgan which she left in 2014 after a career spanning 27 years, following the successful sale of the bank's
physical commodities business which she built between 2007 and 2014.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft are advising on the sale of JPMorgan's
physical commodities business to Mercuria Energy Group for $ 3.5 bn.
Not exact matches
Three months later, with broader pressure mounting over Wall Street's involvement in the raw materials supply chain, JPMorgan would put its entire
physical commodity trading
business on the block.
Gunvor Group Ltd. is giving up trading
physical precious metals less than a year after the
commodity house started a
business dedicated to buying and selling gold.
A rash of new regulations, meanwhile, have prompted Wall Street firms to exit from once - lucrative
businesses such as energy trading and storing and transporting
physical commodities.
** JPMorgan Chase & Co's
commodity trading arm is looking to sell more of the electricity deals it has with U.S. power plants and wind farms, a source familiar with the
business said on Wednesday, at a time when Wall Street's involvement in
physical commodity markets is under heightened scrutiny.
J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley both are in the process of exiting from the
business of storing
physical commodities.
Advising Mercuria Energy Group Limited on its acquisition of JPMorgan's
physical energy and
commodities business.