Goldman Sachs

Buffett raises bets on big banks, adds stakes in JPMorgan, PNC

11/15/18

Berkshire Hathaway plowed $13 billion into bank stocks in the third quarter that included new investments in JPMorgan and PNC and additional investments in Bank of America and Goldman Sachs.

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Mary Meeker's audacious goal, Wells Fargo's gender drama and Goldman's new partners

11/14/18

Wells Fargo explains to the "girls" that there really is no gender bias, but that guy is retiring, OK? Rana Yared is one of Goldman Sachs' 18 new female partners. And Mary Meeker sets a huge target for the venture capital firm she'll create to invest in tech startups.

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Goldman on the hot seat; lending standards flat or easing

11/14/18

Will prosecutors believe a rogue banker was behind Malaysia fraud?; banks that changed standards in Q3 were more likely to ease underwriting.

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Banks try to enlist DMVs to fight identity fraud; Marcus haunts London

11/13/18

Motor vehicle agencies are better suited to vet customers’ identities than banks; Goldman unit is stealing customers from big U.K. banks.

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Blankfein met accused 1MBD fraudster; UBS hit on two fronts

11/09/18

The former Goldman CEO is said to be the unnamed executive at a meeting with Asian financier; the bank faces multibillion-dollar penalties in two countries.

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More trouble for Wells; Banks’ ‘unorthodox’ move

11/08/18

The OCC is looking into problems in the bank’s technology operations; banks turn to untraditional methods to raise revenue from research.

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Goldman opens up; how strong are banks?

11/06/18

Bank discloses the possible repercussions from its alleged involvement in Malaysian fraud; are banks too blase about “systemic riskiness”?

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Barclays, Lloyds lag in European stress tests; JPM invests in Paris

11/05/18

Barclays’ common equity tier 1 ratio is the lowest among those banks tested; the $30 million investment is the bank’s first foreign effort in its “Advancing Cities” program.

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Two Goldman bankers charged; small banks await Fed ally

11/02/18

The two allegedly helped to defraud a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund; Michelle Bowman is expected to bring a Main Street perspective to the central bank.

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Portrait of a Goldman Sachs executive as a political wife

10/23/18

Goldman Sachs’ Heidi Cruz takes some flak for comments she made in an interview about her other job — as the wife of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz. Goldman's Dina Powell turns down a chance to be the next Nikki Haley. And a lawsuit against the American Bankers Association calls it a “boy’s club.”

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