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JPMorgan Chase London Whale D: Risk-Management Practices

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JPMorgan Chase (JPM) prided itself on having the best risk-management practices in the financial industry, having survived the 2007-09 financial crisis in better shape than many competitors. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon often spoke of the bank's "fortress balance sheet." A keen focus on risk management is vital to JPM's longevity, as is the case with all highly leveraged financial institutions. However, the JPM Task Force that investigated the $6 billion 2012 London Whale trading loss concluded that risk-management practices at the bank's Chief Investment Office (CIO), the unit in which the loss occurred, were given less scrutiny by senior management than those of the bank's client-facing businesses, despite the fact that the Chief Investment Office managed $350 billion in assets, an amount almost double JPM's total stockholders' equity at December 31, 2011.

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  • Metrick, Andrew, 2019. "JPMorgan Chase London Whale D: Risk-Management Practices," Journal of Financial Crises, Yale Program on Financial Stability (YPFS), vol. 1(2), pages 92-102, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:ysm:ypfsfc:1255
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    Keywords

    Risk Management; London Whale; CIO; trading; derivatives; Value at Risk; SCP;
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    JEL classification:

    • G01 - Financial Economics - - General - - - Financial Crises
    • G28 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Government Policy and Regulation

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