Thoughts on this “unnamed” JPM legacy investment/impairment ?
which is notable because when compared to the "monstrous growth" of the bank’s deposit-gathering operation, it drops JPMorgan’s loans-to-deposits ratio to just 49%, the first time in recent quarters it’s fallen below the 50% threshold according to Bloomberg. This is a closely watched metric that measures how much lending a bank is doing when compared to its capacity to lend.
There was an interesting disclosure in the bank's Corporate division, where it noted a $719MM expense, driven by an "impairment" on an unnamed legacy investment.