The Irish Times

Goldman caps bumper quarter on Wall Street for investment banking

Third-quarter group earnings hit $5.4 bn, beating forecasts of $3.65bn

Fri Oct 15 2021 - 16:54

Chinos, sneakers and ballet flats: The new Wall Street is dressing down

Banking relaxes its conservative dress code as firms seek to rival big tech in attracting recruits

Tue Aug 10 2021 - 08:26

Goldman Sachs boosts junior pay after burnout complaints

Company chief has called working from home ‘an aberration we’re going to correct’

Mon Aug 02 2021 - 14:32

Goldman wrestles with itself over higher pay for junior bankers

Investment banks have historically avoided significant inflation in fixed salaries

Mon Jul 12 2021 - 16:22

Bezos’s space jaunt, Kanye’s puffer and Boris Johnson’s ‘cruel and unusual punishment’

Planet Business: Office? What office?

Sat Jun 12 2021 - 05:37

Goldman Sachs asks US staff about vaccination status

New York-based investment bank plans to return US employees to office by mid-June

Thu Jun 10 2021 - 16:57

Deutsche Bank reports best quarter since 2014

German lender plans to allow staff work from home up to three days a week

Wed Apr 28 2021 - 10:19

HSBC top staff to hot desk after scrapping executive floor

Chief executive Noel Quinn and other senior managers have been kicked out of their offices on the 42nd-floor

Mon Apr 19 2021 - 07:14

Goldman Sachs was the baptism of fire I needed as a junior banker

The long working hours were tough but I was under no illusions when I signed up

Mon Mar 29 2021 - 07:09

New Suez crisis, ‘Brexjet’ number two and no-time-to-shower working

Planet Business: Pretty in pink as cherry blossom season arrives early in Japan

Sat Mar 27 2021 - 05:58

Goldman Sachs promises junior bankers help with arduous workload

Chief executive to ensure staff have at least one day off a week and to bolster teams

Tue Mar 23 2021 - 12:40

Employees at UK Finance given option of flexible work on permanent basis

Office life unlikely to return to pre-pandemic norms even as some banks push to have more staffers back

Mon Mar 22 2021 - 09:45

Do young people really need to go back into the office?

We need to examine how workers’ needs change as they age and develop professionally

Mon Mar 08 2021 - 05:36

Trio of Irish bankers make partner at Goldman Sachs

Orla Dunne, John Brennan and Richard Chambers in line to earn over €800k salary

Fri Nov 13 2020 - 10:25

Goldman Sachs boosted by surging markets in third quarter

Trading bonanza helps push Wall Street bank’s profitability to highest level in decade

Wed Oct 14 2020 - 17:43

NY governor ‘appalled’ by Hamptons party featuring Goldman Sachs CEO

Event was opened by group chief executive David Solomon, and attended by 2,000 socialites and financial professionals

Tue Jul 28 2020 - 09:30

Trump summons top bankers for emergency coronavirus meeting

US financial stocks had worst day since 2009 on Monday

Wed Mar 11 2020 - 13:34

Who is Michael Milken, the junk bond king pardoned by Trump?

Michael Milken maintained ties to a finance industry that he helped shape

Wed Feb 19 2020 - 08:11

Why bosses should not be afraid of speaking out on Instagram

Pilita Clark: Social media can be risky but authenticity on such platforms is rewarded

Mon Feb 17 2020 - 02:15

Lending to SMEs could be big business for Goldman Sachs and Amazon

Reports suggest Goldman is looking to offer loans to small businesses via Amazon

Tue Feb 04 2020 - 05:05

Goldman Sachs in talks with Amazon to offer small business loans

New fintech project could go live as soon as March, according to sources

Mon Feb 03 2020 - 15:47

Let’s be bold and dress for comfort at work

Dominic Cummings has taken flak for his unconventional attire – but maybe he’s right

Mon Feb 03 2020 - 05:19

Goldman unveils Blackstone-like investments group

More details of alternative investments platform to be provided at January investor day

Tue Dec 17 2019 - 21:16

You too could have your nest egg looked after by Goldman Sachs

Bank to offer wealth management services to individuals with as little as $5,000

Mon Dec 09 2019 - 13:32

JPMorgan earnings leave Goldman Sachs in the shade

Trading only bright spot in Goldman’s four core areas as WeWork and Uber take toll

Tue Oct 15 2019 - 16:13

Goldman Sachs profit beats expectations on equity trading and lending

The bank is shifting its business model from a focus on trading to a more stable consumer-focused revenue stream

Tue Jul 16 2019 - 16:58

Shut up and get lost: advice for outgoing chief executives

The last thing a successor needs is CEO’s ghost hanging around to act as lightning rod for disaffected opponents of change

Fri May 24 2019 - 05:38

Goldman Sachs revenue drops across most businesses

First quarter profit also fell to $2.2bn

Mon Apr 15 2019 - 14:26

Wisdom of Solomon helps Goldman Sachs overhaul fixed-income trading

New chief executive shifts focus from FICC division, its ailing former gold mine

Fri Apr 12 2019 - 16:00

Irish man Colm Kelleher to step down from Morgan Stanley

The bank’s second-most-senior executive oversaw a landmark restructuring in 2015

Fri Mar 29 2019 - 10:23

Goldman Sachs pays women 50.6% less than men in the UK

This is slight closing of the gap, which was 56% last year

Mon Mar 25 2019 - 17:43

Goldman Sachs drops stuffy dress code for flexible look

Bank adjusts formal attire standard in battle for younger recruits

Wed Mar 06 2019 - 08:51

Goldman Sachs warns it could cut jobs if UK crashes out of EU

Comments come as UK plots the best way forward for finance after Brexit

Fri Jan 25 2019 - 08:11

Strength in its equities desk and M&A advisory cushions losses for Goldman Sachs

Heightened market volatility and widening credit spreads in fourth quarter reduces bond revenue for JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup

Wed Jan 16 2019 - 18:23

The shocking scandal of Goldman Sachs’s secret agent

Wall Street is meant to bring transparency to emerging markets, not make corruption easier

Fri Nov 16 2018 - 01:00

Three Irish bankers make partner cut at Goldman Sachs

Partners at investment bank typically receive a $950,000 salary

Thu Nov 08 2018 - 12:37

Goldman Sachs has some serious questions to answer

Business ethics are back in the spotlight

Tue Nov 06 2018 - 13:21

Goldman Sachs appoints new co-head of securities division

Move designed to bolster leadership of bank’s securities business after departures

Sun Aug 05 2018 - 19:44

Goldman Sachs confirms David Solomon as new chief executive

Lloyd Blankfein is stepping down from the company he has led since 2006

Tue Jul 17 2018 - 13:29

Planet Business: Sky taxis take off and why our seafood profits are anything but fishy

This week Trump ventured into the enemy territory – California – while ‘one woke dude’ impressed Vanity Fair

Fri Mar 16 2018 - 07:30

How David Solomon won the cage fight for Goldman Sachs

The succession battle to find Lloyd Blankfein’s successor was sparked by Gary Cohn leaving to work for Donald Trump

Tue Mar 13 2018 - 12:30

Harvey Schwartz out of Goldman succession race

Move paves way for David Solomon to succeed Lloyd Blankfein at the helm of the Wall Street bank

Mon Mar 12 2018 - 13:47

Assistant to Goldman Sachs executive charged with stealing $1.2m worth of wine

The theft included bottles from the French estate Domaine de la Romanee-Conti

Wed Jan 17 2018 - 16:28

Yield-hungry investors fall for the ‘free dividends fallacy’

Many investors wrongly think of dividends as offering a bond-like income stream

Tue Jul 04 2017 - 06:00

Yield-hungry investors fall for ‘free dividends fallacy’

Part of the attraction of dividend payments is more psychological than real

Tue Jun 27 2017 - 06:00

Angling Notes: Conference told Irish Salmon stocks resilient and well managed

Sat Nov 28 2015 - 00:00

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