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33-year-old banker leaps to his death from roof of JPMorgan’s Hong Kong headquarters, latest in string of apparent suicides.
dated today, in Hong Kong.
http://business.financialpost.com/2014/02/18/jpmorgan-banker-suicide-hong-kong/

Makes the THIRD JP Morgan suicide in just a few weeks.

The list of banker deaths so far:
(pls add if I have missed any)

Jan. 26th
London police report a 58-year-old former senior executive ,last name Broeksmit,
at Deutsche Bank AG, dead in his home after an apparent suicide. Found hanged in his home.
Jan. 27
a 39-year-old JP Morgan manager, Gerald Mcgee, died after falling from the roof of the European headquarters of JP Morgan in London.
January 29
Russell Investments’ Chief Economist Mike Dueker was found dead in an apparent suicide. Police said it appears Dueker took his own life by jumping from a ramp near the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Tacoma, Wash., AP reported.
Feb. 3
Ryan Henry Crane, 37,the Executive Director in JPMorgan’s Global Equities Group was found dead in his Stamford Ct home. It has been reported that Crane and McGee knew each other, did similar work.
Feb. 7th
Richard Talley, 57, founder of American Title Services in Centennial, Colorado, was found dead in his home.Cause of death was 8 wounds from a nail gun fired into his torso and head. Declared a suicide.
apparently under investigation by state regulator.

there are 2 other recent deaths, dunno if they are related:
Jan. 27: Tata Motors managing director Karl Slym died after falling from a hotel room in Bangkok
The week before, a U.K.-based communications director at Swiss Re AG died. The cause of death has not been made public.

suspicion centers around the investigations of the FOREX (foreign Exchange) market of the various banks.