Citi CFO says 1,600 job cuts will increase second-quarter bills


NEW YORK, June 14 (Reuters) – Citigroup Inc (C.N) within the second quarter will ebook severance prices related to round 1,600 job cuts, Chief Monetary Officer Mark Mason stated on Wednesday.

Talking at a convention in New York, Mason stated the financial institution’s bills within the second quarter will likely be $300 million to $400 million greater than the primary quarter, “largely attributed to these restructuring or repositioning fees that I needed to incur.”

For the reason that begin of the yr, the financial institution has incurred prices associated to a 5,000 headcount discount happening throughout the agency, largely in banking, markets and capabilities.

One particular person with data of the matter stated the job cuts embody folks that labored in models Citi determined to divest, however didn’t specify the quantity. Though not all of the individuals have left the agency, most had been already notified, the particular person added, looking for anonymity to debate the problem freely.

The financial institution has already exited seven of the 14 markets it plans to divest from. The financial institution determined to spin off its Mexican unit subsequent yr and checklist it in 2025 after talks to promote it failed.

Mason additionally warned buyers a couple of fall in revenues in funding banking and buying and selling.

He stated markets revenues fell 20% up to now this quarter from a yr earlier.

On funding banking, he expects revenues to be down 25% yr over yr. “It has been powerful to name precisely when the pockets will rebound”, Mason stated, including there have been “inexperienced shoots” in debt capital markets exercise.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) expects buying and selling income might stoop 25% this quarter, that financial institution’s president stated final week.

Reporting by Tatiana Bautzer; Enhancing by Cynthia Osterman and David Gregorio

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