BNY, Goldman Sachs, JPMorganChase and State Street are among those scored lowest by Sinergia Animal, despite pressure from shareholder activists to stop financing companies that exploit animals.

Five years after the pandemic forced banks to switch to online annual meetings, shareholders are growing frustrated by the lack of in-person options. Some wonder if they'll ever again be in the same room as boards and management teams.

Goldman Sachs joins its Wall Street peers in expanding in the region to tap its deep pools of capital.

Incentive pay for investment bankers at major firms is expected to fall this year by 13% from 2021 levels, according to a consulting firm's report. But stock traders may reap the rewards of market volatility.

The Wall Street giant's say-on-pay resolution garnered 66% support, down from 86% last year. Other banks' pay packages are also facing opposition from proxy advisory firms.

Just three months after hailing a positive "sentiment shift" following last November's election, Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon lamented President Trump's trade war and said "the prospect of a recession has increased."

Equity-trading revenue rose 27% from a year earlier to $4.19 billion for the first three months of the year.

Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Truist are facing pressure from ISS, Glass Lewis and SOC Investment Group over their 2024 pay packages.

JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs Group and Morgan Stanley are projected to post a combined $34.8 billion haul from their trading businesses in the first quarter, the most for that period in at least seven years.

The largest U.S. banks are facing shareholder votes on a number of politically charged issues — some backed by conservative groups and others championed by organizations with a more progressive bent.