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Citigroup making major push into wealth management under new CEO Jane Fraser

The latest move means Citi's private bank no longer falls into its institutional clients group

The memo to overhaul the wealth unit was sent by Michael Corbat, Citi's chief executive, and Jane Fraser who is set to take the reins at the top next month, the first woman to head up a major Wall Street bank
The memo to overhaul the wealth unit was sent by Michael Corbat, Citi's chief executive, and Jane Fraser who is set to take the reins at the top next month, the first woman to head up a major Wall Street bank Photo: Getty Images

Citigroup's incoming chief executive, Jane Fraser, has started to make her mark on the firm — overhauling the unit that manages money for wealthy customers.

The US bank has created a new global wealth unit, which will be led by Jim O'Donnell, formerly the bank's global head of investor sales and relationship management, according to an internal memo seen by Financial News. The new division will combine its private bank and its consumer wealth organisation, which manages money for less affluent customers.

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