Citigroup has suffered a significant decline in trading revenues that threatens to depress its earnings, according to people familiar with conversations between investors and the bank in recent days.

了解近日花旗集团(Citigroup)与投资者之间对话的人士表示，花旗交易收入大幅下滑，这可能威胁到其利润。

With a week to go before the end of the quarter, the US’s third-largest bank by assets appears ready to join several of the powerhouses of bond trading in reporting a slide in trading revenues after a sharper-than-expected summer slowdown in markets businesses.

按资产计，花旗是美国第三大银行。在本季度仅剩一周之际，花旗似乎就要加入几家大型证券交易商之列，报告交易收入下滑，此前市场业务在夏季的放缓速度超出预期。

Those familiar with Citi’s discussions with its investors said that the bank had highlighted a market-wide slowdown in activity. Some investors believe that revenues will fall by significantly more than 10 per cent.

了解花旗与其投资者相关讨论的人士表示，花旗强调了整个市场的活动放缓。部分投资者认为，花旗收入跌幅将大大超过10%。

Citi declined to comment.

花旗拒绝置评。

The bank’s business is particularly weighted towards interest rates and foreign exchange, which are seen as weak across Wall Street.

花旗的业务尤为侧重利率和外汇业务，而整个华尔街都认为这两项业务疲软。

It also has the biggest exposure of any US bank to emerging markets that have seen capital flight and falling currencies in recent months.

在美国所有银行中，花旗的新兴市场业务比重最高，而新兴市场最近几个月来出现资本外逃和货币贬值的现象。

Trading in FICC – fixed income, currencies and commodities – is a particular strength for Citi, a legacy of the Salomon Brothers business that was acquired in 1998.

花旗尤为擅长固定收益、外汇及大宗商品(FICC)交易，这是1998年收购的所罗门兄弟(Salomon Brothers)留下来的遗产。