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| We are innovating and pushing forward on our multi-year growth investments, all the while remaining disciplined to deliver positive operating leverage and pre-tax margin expansion |
| So when we look at the balance sheet together, we kind of feel very good about our NII for the next while |
| And I'm immensely grateful and proud of our employees in Israel who despite everything that they have been going through continue to deliver uninterrupted service to our clients |
| BNY Mellon delivered solid financial performance and continued progress on the steady transformation of our company |
| While we have more work to do, our teams around the world are embracing change and our pace of bringing innovative new client solutions to the market gives us confidence that revenue growth will follow over time |
| I'm proud and appreciative of our people's dedication to be more for our clients, run our company better, and power our culture, collectively to unlock BNY Mellon's potential |
| We are making good progress on bending the cost curve by protecting our important investments to accelerate growth and deliver superior client experiences |
| Net interest revenue was up 10% year-over-year, as we continued to maximize the positive aspects of rising interest rates |
| Our strong liquidity position allowed us to reduce our wholesale funding footprint |
| But we feel like the summer slowdown, the seasonal slowdown that we experienced in August and the conversations that we have and talking to our deposit team, we feel very good about where we are on the deposit balance now and the pickup that's happened in September and October |
| Our 20% return on tangible common equity, together with all of these actions, allowed us to continue to deliver attractive capital returns to our shareholders, while further strengthening our capital and liquidity ratios to be prepared for a wide range of macroeconomic outcomes |
| We're a broad based financial services company with a balance and diversification that makes us stronger and our unique business mix sets us apart from our competitors |
| And that kind of gives us the confidence to say here today that 20% NII is a good number, which I think should be good for you guys to know that we've been consistent in our approach over the whole year |
| In particular, we saw strength in domestic clearance volumes reflecting elevated volatility and US treasury issuance activity and continued migration from the Fed's reverse repo facility to traditional tri-party collateral management balances |
| As a result, we've committed to drive higher underlying growth, consistently deliver positive operating leverage, and improve our pre-tax margin over time |
| While at the same time, ongoing investments in the core Pershing platform to enhance advisor experience and lead with innovative solutions have positioned us well to capitalize on the heightened pace of change in the RIA community |
| And that gives us confidence that we have a good handle on our deposit franchise and where we want to be from here |
| While this was just one quarter in what will be a multi-year transformation, I'm optimistic about the steady improvements we are seeing inside of BNY Mellon, and I want to share with you some of this perspective that gives us confidence that we're on the right track with the work that we are doing under each of these pillars |
| First, I'm encouraged by the pace of progress toward making BNY Mellon a better run company |
| So we feel very good about it in the overall kind of scheme of the quarter and the results |
| Despite the continued headwind from the ongoing deconversion of the regional bank client highlighted in the second quarter, Pershing saw $23 billion of net new assets on the platform this quarter, reflecting positive momentum in the underlying business |
| We have made good progress against this goal |
| With less than three months left in the year, we are confident that we will outperform our 4% expense growth target for 2023, all while self-funding over $0.5 billion of incremental investments this year |
| I think the Treasury has done a very good job in coordinating with the Fed as they have ramped up the issuance of bills in particular, and that has worked very gracefully with the roll down of essentially $1 trillion at this point of the RRP |
| You highlighted the benefit of that resilience that we saw earlier on in the year as clients really came to us as a safe refuge and obviously we're very happy to help them with that |
| We feel very good about the pipeline of activity that's coming our way, but who knows? And we are prepared and risk managed to a higher for longer continued QT, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera |
| Against the backdrop of seasonally slower summer months, we once again saw outperformance in some of our differentiating businesses |
| Strengthening clearance and collateral management continued, and we saw healthy underlying growth in Pershing, as well as solid momentum in asset servicing |
| So I think we feel very good about where the deposit franchise is now |
| I think the important point I'd leave you with on Pershing, in addition to the Wove developments, is the fact that we added $23 billion of net new assets in the quarter, and the underlying strength of the business and our ability to provide solutions to our clients in that space is really, really terrific to see |
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| Investment and wealth management reported total revenue of $827 million, down 4% year-over-year |
| Net interest revenue of $1 billion was down 8% quarter-over-quarter, driven by changes in balance sheet size and mix, partially offset by higher interest rates |
| This was offset by continued softness in investment management fees and lower foreign exchange revenue given the subdued market backdrop |
| Fee revenue was down 2%, and net interest revenue declined 33% year-over-year |
| In our wealth management business, revenue decreased by 5%, driven by lower net interest revenue and changes in product mix, partially offset by higher market values |
| In investment management, revenue was down 4% year-over-year, primarily reflecting the Alcentra divestiture and the mix of AUM flows, partially offset by higher performance fees, as well as the impact of higher market values and the weaker dollar |
| This has led to clunky client journeys, wasteful duplication, and a lack of joined-up thinking |
| Expenses were down 16% year-over-year on a reported basis, primarily reflecting the goodwill impairment associated with our investment management reporting unit in the third quarter last year |
| Long-term flows outside of liability management have been negative last year |
| I know you flagged higher fees on sweep balances, but we're seeing other wealth management firms flagging headwinds there |
| Provision for credit losses remained low at $3 million in the quarter, as the impact of reserve bills to reflect continued uncertainty on the outlook for commercial real estate was largely offset by reserve releases related to financial institutions |
| Average interest earning assets were down by 6% quarter-over-quarter |
| In line with our expectations interest-bearing deposits were down 3% and non-interest bearing deposits were down 16% |
| And I don't want my second year as CEO to be one where we have negative operating leverage |
| With Issuer Services, investment services fees were down 2% |
| We had the bank turmoil in March and we had the debt ceiling impasse over the summer |
| In Treasury services, investment services fees decreased by 1% as growth from higher client activity was offset by higher earnings credits for non-interest bearing deposit balances |
| So there are a lot of things to be worried about |
| As we expected, temporary deposits related to the debt ceiling impasse in the second quarter left in July and along with seasonally low balances in August, average deposits for the quarter decreased by 5% sequentially |
| Debt issuance activity was more muted |
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