Goldman Sachs
Dodd-Frank prop desk carve-out creates restructuring risks
Intellectual property and internal talent could get caught up in bank prop desk divorce
Bank results suffer after May volatility
Short volatility positions contribute to poor equity derivatives results
Citi hires Margolis from Goldman Sachs
Latest hire in a series of senior appointments to the firm's FX business
Goldman Sachs to pay $550 million to settle SEC lawsuit
US bank receives the largest fine the SEC has ever imposed on a financial entity
Trading positions – August 2010
Energy Risk catches up with the latest appointments, promotions and departures in global commodity markets
Dealer-led market may be disrupted by Dodd-Frank
Banks could lose margins and competitive edge as a result of derivatives reforms in Dodd-Frank Act
MF Global fuel oil brokers to move to Spectron
Several fuel oil swaps dealers at brokerage MF Global are reported to be moving to rivals Spectron
ECB insists stress tests are credible
ECB denies claims stress test scenarios were not severe enough
Goldman hit by short equity volatility position
Rumours of big losses in Goldman's equity derivatives business are borne out as second-quarter profits drop 83%.
Goldman's $550m payment is latest in a line of settlements
Goldman pays $550 million to settle charges of misleading customers on Abacus CDO
World Cup trades hit fever pitch
As the dust settles on the World Cup and those that bought televisions on the basis that their national football team would win the tournament wonder how to match their rash expenditure with reality, Richard Jory reviews the copious research supporting…
Asian demand spurs commodities boom
Asian demand for commodities continues to be insatiable. Alex Davis looks at how western investment banks are looking to take advantage of the opportunities presented by the growth
Meucci and Litterman promise new portfolio system for new hedge fund
Bloomberg risk specialist Attilo Meucci has joined Bob Litterman and two ex-Goldman Sachs colleagues at a new hedge fund.
Spotlight on Goldman
The US Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit against Goldman Sachs in April, alleging it had misled clients by not disclosing that a major hedge fund had helped select the underlying assets in a collateralised debt obligation and was…
Goldman preps for reputational fallout from CDO lawsuits
SEC civil action could prompt deluge of shareholder actions
Goldman Sachs to pay $450,000 fine for illegal short-selling
Bank's systems fail to comply with US regulations to control naked shorting
Governance returns
Excessive risk-taking was a major cause of the recent meltdown in the financial markets. Time, then, for corporate governance to return in force