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Article

29 Mar 2014

Author:
Ben Moshinsky, Bloomberg

Suicides leave bank industry concerned over stress levels

Unexpected deaths by finance workers around the world have raised concerns about mental health and stress levels in the industry…Coroners in London are preparing to investigate...apparent suicides [of a retired Deutsche Bank risk executive and of a vice-president at JPMorgan Chase]…The suicides were followed by others around the world…Banks are starting to realize the scale of the problem, said Peter Rodgers, chairman of the City Mental Health Alliance…When the group was set up last year, banks, law firms and accountants…"no one in the city was really talking" about mental health, Rodgers said. Now they have 18 firms on their list, including the Bank of England, the central bank…[Also refers to Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, KPMG, Linklaters, Morgan Stanley, Russell Investments]