investment banking

Goldman Sachs expands sustainability efforts with new investing team

10/09/20

Goldman Sachs Group is starting a group focused on investment opportunities in clean energy, waste and other sustainability industries, joining several major banks in making climate commitments in recent weeks.

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Morgan Stanley to purchase Eaton Vance for about $7 billion

10/08/20

Morgan Stanley agreed to purchase Eaton Vance for about $7 billion in CEO James Gorman's second major acquisition this year, both of which tilt the investment bank further toward the steadier business of money management.

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Some Lehman Brothers creditors set for payday 12 years after collapse

09/30/20

Investors in two subordinated bonds from Lehman Brothers received word that a payment is coming, just two weeks after the 12th anniversary of one of the world’s most spectacular banking collapses.

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Goldman shakes up units in fresh push to win over investors

09/29/20

Goldman Sachs Group shuffled its business lines and announced a raft of management changes, carving out new divisions aligned with a strategy pivot unveiled earlier this year.

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Citi asks Revlon lenders to return mistaken $900 million

08/14/20

The bank has recouped part of the payment, which it blamed on a clerical error, but some of the lenders say they were owed the money in connection with an ongoing dispute.

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Goldman's 2Q profit surges on record trading revenue

07/15/20

Goldman Sachs Group made the most of a historic market rebound in the second quarter as the Federal Reserve’s stimulus efforts handed a bonanza to Wall Street trading desks.

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The high court's CFPB ruling; Wells to cut dividend in Q2

06/30/20

Supreme Court says the president has the power to remove the director at will; the bank is the only one of the six largest U.S. banks to say they will cut their dividend next quarter.

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Big banks' best defense in a pandemic: A diversified strategy

05/14/20

A properly deployed combination of asset-based lending, commercial loans and investment banking is imperative in these circumstances.

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Justice Department targets PPP fraud; Wells (again) under the microscope

05/06/20

Prosecutors charge two Rhode Island men with trying to rip off the program; the bank says it has received “inquiries” from state and federal officials on its offering of small business loans.

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Banks urgently pitch investors on lending to needy companies

03/13/20

Investment bankers have are trying to drum up interest from investment firms and hedge funds to provide tens of billions of dollars in financing to companies in industries upended by the coronavirus.

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