Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs
The Goldman Sachs Group Inc is a leading global investment banking firm whose activities are organized into investment banking (20% of net revenue), global markets (45%), asset management (20%), and consumer and wealth management (15%) segments. Approximately 60% of the company's net revenue is generated in the Americas, 15% in Asia, and 25% in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
-  The judge in the case said the former associate needed to go to prison in order to send a message to others in the financial industry. July 17
-  The investment banking giant said that it will "moderate" its pace of share repurchases as it continues to talk to the Federal Reserve, which recently increased its stress capital buffer from 5.5% to 6.4%. July 15
-  The rocky journey and abrupt end of the technology company's fledgling buy now/pay later service underscores ongoing challenges facing fintechs that offer point-of-sale installment loans, and how banks may benefit from the changing BNPL ecosystem. June 18
-  The company's shareholders are ill-served by its large investments in fossil fuel projects that both damage the environment and present major financial risks. June 14
-  Two years on, U.K. regulators on Wednesday revealed the result of their long-running probe into Citigroup's actions that day as they saddled the bank with £61.6 million ($78 million) in penalties for the mistake. May 22
-  At the banks' annual meetings, shareholders at both companies struck down proposals that would have split the board chair and CEO roles. Two other proposals also failed to win shareholder support, one concerning energy financing and another on pay gap analysis. April 24
-  While the deal price is expected to be immaterial, it's another piece of the consumer empire Goldman once dreamed of that the bank is now scaling back. April 22
-  Big banks have long faced allegations of bias against women, with several high-profile cases coming in recent years. April 19
-  Companies going public in the first quarter globally raised $27.8 billion, a 10% jump from the same period in 2023, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. April 17
-  In a rare sweep, fixed-income and equities traders at five of the largest U.S. banks beat estimates for the first quarter. April 16
-  The New York megabank is working to deploy artificial intelligence as it seeks to make its own operations more efficient. Solomon also sees an "unprecedented" opportunity in financing clients' needs as they invest in AI. April 15
-  The company's 28% increase in first-quarter net income was led by its traders — who eluded the slowdown at chief rival JPMorgan Chase — and bankers who cashed in on a resurgence in dealmaking activity. April 15
-  Large U.S. banks have mostly staved off previous shareholder-backed efforts to ensure their CEOs also don't lead their boards. The issue will soon be put to a vote at JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs. April 12
-  Some online banks that offer high-yield savings accounts are making those products a little less high-yielding. Banks are also shortening the duration of new CDs, hoping that anticipated rate cuts by the Fed will enable them to start paying less to consumers. April 9
-  The U.S. arm of Spanish banking giant Santander has hired Swati Bhatia to oversee retail banking and its digital transformation efforts. Bhatia joins at "an inflection point" for the company, which aims to be "a digital bank with branches," CEO Tim Wennes said. March 28
-  The average annual cash bonus fell 2% to $176,500 in 2023, the lowest since 2019. The drop was far less dramatic than it was in 2022, when the average bonus slumped 25%. March 19
-  Stephanie Cohen's exit adds to the dwindling ranks of senior women at the firm as Chief Executive Officer David Solomon has failed to make good on his pledge of correcting the lack of women in the firm's top ranks. March 18
-  Truist has made about 20 hires including bankers, traders, and sales personnel from Wells Fargo, Hilltop Securities and T. Rowe Price, to build up its muni team. March 1
-  His pay jump was greater than every other major U.S. bank CEO whose compensation has been disclosed. February 16
-  The revamp would be the latest effort by CEO Bill Winters to improve Standard Chartered's returns. The bank's shares have languished under the 62-year-old CEO and currently trade about 40% below where they traded when he took the reins in 2015. February 13























