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☆ Goldman names head of wealth investment solutions for asset management
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The Goldman Sachs company logo is on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., July 13, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsCompanies Goldman Sachs Group Inc FollowSept 15 (Reuters) - Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs (GS.N) has named Monali Vora as its head of wealth investment solutions for asset management, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters on Friday. Vora is a 23-year Goldman veteran who joined as an analyst within the quantitative investment team. The unit Vora will head caters to affluent clients who fall under the ultra-high net worth and high-net worth categories, with personalized investment portfolios across both stocks and bonds. "(She) has spent her entire career at the firm as a quantitative investor, ultimately building the Quantitative Equity Solutions business which she leads today," the memo said.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Brendan McDermid, Vora, Goldman, Manya Saini, Saeed Azhar Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Goldman Sachs, Reuters, Equity Solutions, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, Bengaluru, New York

According to figures from the World Federation of Exchanges, U.S. equity market cap accounted for 41.0% of the world total last year. That was just below the previous year's 42.0%, which was the highest since 2003.chartBased on WFE data, U.S. market share has averaged 38.3% since 2000. Meanwhile, global equity market data provider MSCI estimates that U.S. market cap as a share of the global total hit a record high around 62% in 2021. THAT SHRINKING FEELINGAccording to Datastream, global market cap is around $85 trillion, down from a peak of just under $100 trillion in late 2021. chartShrinking the U.S. slice of the global market cap pie will take time, but there are indications that investors' U.S. equity holdings have already been cut significantly.

☆ Bankers not expecting quick recovery as IPO volumes plunge to lowest level since 2008
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro | Echo Wang | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

With questions swirling around monetary policy and the prospect of a looming recession, IPO advisers are not holding their breath on a near-term recovery in the equity capital markets. Global share sales plunged this year as the IPO market froze and hundreds of companies postponed stock market debuts, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine and interest rate hikes from central banks weighed on the broader economy. “It’s all about rates - the price of money changed and it has affected everything," said James Palmer, head of EMEA equity capital markets (ECM) at Bank of America. A return by long-only investors to capital markets deals is seen as key for any recovery, after a year in which hedge funds have taken a lead role as buyers of new issuance. "When the stock market is going like this, people typically don't buy new issuance," said Joshua Bonnie, co-head of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett's global capital markets practice.

☆ Europe's BNP Paribas appoints senior executives to Global Markets Americas division
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Dec 7 (Reuters) - BNP Paribas SA (BNPP.PA) has appointed several senior executives to its Global Markets Americas division, the European bank said on Wednesday, in a move to further consolidate its presence in the United States. The French bank appointed former Morgan Stanley executive Kunal Maini as the co-head of Global Macro - Americas and he will be responsible for globalizing the US Rates franchise. In addition, BNP also hired a string of executives to strengthen its credit portfolio at a time when global fixed income markets have come under immense pressure from soaring inflation and outsized interest rate hikes. John Hanisch was appointed the co-head of Secondary Credit Americas and Global Head of Securitized Products Trading; Charlie Shah the Head of IG & CDS Trading Americas and Bo Bazylevsky the Head of LatAm Flow Credit Trading. BNP's move to hire across divisions sharply contrasts global banks including HSBC Holdings PLC (HSBA.L) and Goldman Sachs (GS.N), which axed jobs to rein in costs.

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