Citigroup Inc CFO "Needs To Go," Says Analyst

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Mark Melin
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After failing the US Federal Reserve’s stress test, Citigroup Chief Financial Officer John Gerspach “needs to go,” said CLSA bank analyst Mike Mayo, who accused the bank of “running away from investors” after the negative news. Three strikes and you’re out in baseball “Citigroup needs to change the CFO, bottom line,” he said on CNBC. “John Gerspach, the CFO, was the chief accounting officer going into the financial crisis, when Citigroup had financial mishaps. Two years ago, Citi was turned down for its capital plan by the Fed. That’s strike two. And then yesterday, being turned down again is strike three.”…

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.