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Banking

Goldman Rides Market Chaos to Equities Trading Gold Mine

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Goldman Sachs’ $4.6 billion profit shows you can navigate tough times, as long as you have the brightest minds in finance at your disposal.

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Banking

Wall Street Scored Record Bonuses Just in Time for a Slump

The good times, they don’t last. But on Wednesday, we at least found out just how good the good times were.

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Banking

Goldman Sachs Downgraded by Investment Bank Oppenheimer

Analysts said they now expect US investment banking revenue to be flat this year, instead of jumping 32% as predicted previously.

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Banking

Winner of 2024: Investment Bankers

As the dealmaking environment improved in 2024 thanks to the bull market and interest-rate cuts, investment bankers reaped a windfall.

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Banking

Jamie Dimon Seems Unfazed About JPMorgan’s Tepid China Business

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Despite some business “falling off a cliff” the CEO said other operations “should hopefully grow over time.”

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Artificial Intelligence

The SEC Probes AI Use at Investment Advisory Firms

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As the world of high finance ushers in an era of AI, the SEC has begun investigating how investment advisory firms use the technology.

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Banking

Barclays Wants to Ditch Thousands of its Clients

Barclays is considering a Marie Kondo approach to its investment banking business, potentially dropping thousands of clients.

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Finance

Wall Street is Pricing in Interest Rate Cuts

Increasingly, Wall Street thinks we see rate cuts soon, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis published Monday.

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Power Corridor

What’s Afoot At the FDIC?

It’s not every day that you wake up to headlines about one of the nation’s most staid-and-storied institutions – really, the cornerstone upon…

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Banking

Low Deal Flow Means Lower Bonuses for Wall Street

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After 10 months of slower-than-anticipated deal flow, bankers are expecting less-than-stellar year-end holiday bonuses.

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