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☆ Marc Rowan addresses Apollo's succession plan after brush with Trump Cabinet
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-11 | by ( Alex Nicoll | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Marc Rowan on Wednesday addressed succession at private-equity giant Apollo Global. After Apollo CEO Marc Rowan's whirlwind candidacy for Trump's Treasury Secretary gig, questions remain about what could become of the firm after Rowan's eventual exit. As Business Insider has previously reported, Wall Street stock analysts view the two Apollo Asset Management copresidents as Rowan's natural successors. Rowan also mentioned "two very, very senior partners" in the firm's retirement services business Athene. But beyond these names, Rowan said there's "another 10 in asset management and another handful in retirement services" who represent "the next generation" of Apollo executives.

Persons: Marc Rowan, Marc Rowan's, Rowan, Josh Harris, Leon Black, Goldman, Scott Kleinman, Jim Zelter, Grant Kvalheim, Athene, Jim Belardi, there's, Donald Trump, Scott Bessant, Apollo, wakeup Organizations: Apollo, Trump, Treasury, Goldman Sachs Financial Services, Wall Street, Mar Locations: stewarding

☆ BlackRock CFO Martin Small outlines the asset management giant's top 3 criteria for every acquisition
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-11 | by ( Hayley Cuccinello | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

In late November, the asset management titan bought private-credit firm HPS for $12 billion. CFO Martin Small explained how the acquisition fits the firm's three requirements. BlackRock is spending top dollar in its quest to dominate private-markets investing, recently agreeing to buy private-credit firm HPS Investment Partners for $12 billion. Topline results"You've got to be a credible operator on a consolidated basis of these businesses," Small said of acquisition targets. Advertisement"We'll now have a $220 billion preform a private credit business at BlackRock so we'll be very scaled in that regard," he said.

Persons: HPS, Martin Small, It's, BlackRock isn't, Larry Fink, iShares, Small, Fink, Rob Kapito, HPS — Scott Kanick, Mike Patterson, Scot French —, You've, we'll Organizations: BlackRock, HPS Investment Partners, Global Infrastructure Partners, Goldman Sachs Financial, Conference, Tuesday, Barclays, New Locations: New York City, BlackRock

REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 10 (Reuters) - A hawkish lean from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell chilled a recent rebound in stocks and bonds, with some investors suggesting the central bank was pushing back against loosening financial conditions. Some investors said Powell may have been leaning against a recent loosening of financial conditions that has come as yields have tumbled in recent weeks. Evidence of the dynamic between yields and financial conditions - factors that reflect the availability of funding in an economy - was on display in last week's 0.5% decline in the Goldman Sachs Financial Conditions Index, its sixth-biggest weekly drop since 1990. "If their concept is to have tighter financial conditions, they can’t really let those yields go down. "The rally of the markets both in equity and fixed income unwound the financial conditions tightening to a large degree," Desai said.

Persons: Jerome Powell, Brendan McDermid, Powell, Charlie Ripley, Powell …, Spencer Hakimian, Sonal Desai, Franklin, Desai, Vassili Serebriakov, Jeffrey Roach, Davide Barbuscia, David Randall, Saqib Iqbal Ahmed, Karen Brettell, Ira Iosebashvili, Sam Holmes Organizations: Economic, of New, REUTERS, International Monetary Fund, Treasury, Allianz Investment Management, Goldman, Tolou Capital Management, UBS, Investors, LPL Financial, Thomson Locations: of New York, New York City, U.S, New York

☆ Falling Treasury yields could turn Fed hawkish if financial conditions ease
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( David Randall | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Falling Treasury yields helped launch an explosive rebound in stocks and lifted U.S. government bonds from 16-year lows. Evidence of the dynamic between yields and financial conditions could be seen in last week’s 0.5% decline in the Goldman Sachs Financial Conditions Index, its sixth biggest weekly drop since 1990. Policymakers have largely refrained from verbally pushing back on the easing in financial conditions during a flurry of appearances by policymakers this week. Analysts at TD Securities, however, believe further easing in Treasury yields will eventually become a "double-edged sword." To be sure, not every scenario sees the Fed in a higher-for-longer posture if Treasury yields continue falling.

Persons: Jerome Powell, Kevin Lamarque, Brian Jacobsen, Jacobsen, CME's, Sameer Samana, David Randall, Saqib Iqbal Ahmed, Ira Iosebashvili, Andrea Ricci Organizations: Federal Reserve, Federal, Committee, REUTERS, Goldman, Treasury, Annex Wealth Management, Reuters Graphics, International Monetary Fund, TD Securities, Fed, Wells, Investment Institute, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, United States, China, Samana, U.S

An electronic board shows stock indexes at the Lujiazui financial district in Shanghai, China, March 21, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 7 (Reuters) - A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. This is their best run in a year, powered by easing financial conditions in the form of lower U.S. bond yields and a weaker dollar, and renewed faith in the U.S. economic 'soft landing' scenario. Having under-performed global and developed market benchmarks last week, Asian stocks could be set to outperform this week. Skeptical foreign investors will need more than one month of slowing imports and exports decline though.

Persons: Aly, Jamie McGeever, Goldman Sachs, Deepa Babington Organizations: REUTERS, Bank of Korea, Thomson, Reuters Locations: Shanghai, China, U.S, India, Asia, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, Japan, Australia

☆ Goldman Sachs is set to report third-quarter earnings — here's what Wall Street expects
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Hugh Son | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

David Solomon, chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., at the Goldman Sachs Financial Services Conference in New York, Dec. 6, 2022. Goldman Sachs is scheduled to report third-quarter earnings before the opening bell Tuesday. Here's what Wall Street expects:Earnings: $5.31 a share, according to LSEG, formerly known as RefinitivRevenue: $11.19 billionTrading revenue: fixed income $2.8 billion, equities $2.73 billion, per StreetAccountInvestment banking revenue: $1.48 billionIs Wall Street deal-making on the mend? Among its big bank peers, Goldman Sachs is the most reliant on investment banking and trading revenue. Last week, Goldman said that its sale of lending business GreenSky will result in a 19 cents per share hit to third-quarter results.

Persons: David Solomon, Goldman Sachs, it's, That's, Goldman, Wells, Morgan Stanley Organizations: Goldman Sachs, Inc, Goldman Sachs Financial Services, Investment, Federal Reserve, Apple Card, KBW, JPMorgan, Citigroup Locations: New York, Wells Fargo

The 10-year yield on Thursday afternoon stood at about 4.7%, some 18 basis points from the 16-year highs touched last week. “Every time the Fed pauses, yields come down, but the market is not convinced they’re quite there yet." There's plenty of evidence that financial conditions, which reflect the availability of credit in the economy, have tightened in recent months. Credit market spreads have widened as investors demand a higher yield on riskier assets, such as corporate bonds. Fed funds futures show investors pricing in a roughly 15% chance of the central bank's raising rates next month, from around 27% last week.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, ”, Leslie Falconio, they’re, Philip Jefferson, Lorie Logan, Mark Dowding, Goldman Sachs, Edward Al, Hussainy, Neuberger Berman, Jonathan Cohn, Davide Barbuscia, Ira Iosebashvili, Megan Davies, Leslie Adler Organizations: REUTERS, Federal, . Treasury, UBS Global Wealth Management, Reuters Graphics, Dallas Fed, RBC Global Asset Management, Reuters, Treasury, Columbia, Nasdaq, Nomura Securities International, Thomson

☆ Goldman Sachs warns of hit to third-quarter earnings on deal to offload GreenSky
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Hugh Son | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

David Solomon, CEO of Goldman Sachs, during a Bloomberg Television at the Goldman Sachs Financial Services Conference in New York on Dec. 6, 2022. Goldman Sachs said Wednesday that it agreed to sell its fintech lending platform GreenSky to a group of investors led by private equity firm Sixth Street. The move is the latest step CEO David Solomon has taken to retrench from his ill-fated push into retail banking. Goldman also sold a wealth management business and was reportedly in talks to offload its Apple Card operations. Read more: Goldman Sachs faces big write down on CEO David Solomon’s ill-fated GreenSky deal

Persons: David Solomon, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, retrench, GreenSky, Solomon, Read, David Solomon’s Organizations: Bloomberg Television, Goldman Sachs Financial Services, Sixth, Apple Card, KKR, Bayview Asset Management Locations: New York, Banc, California

☆ HGTV's Galey Alix wants to be a star. Will the spotlight crush her — or set her free?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Anna Peele | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +19 min

Alix is the creator and star of the HGTV show "Home in a Heartbeat With Galey Alix," which premiered in April and streams on Max. Galey Alix Gravenstein comes from a family of overachievers. Alix got to work with Jay Delgado, remaking Calloway's blank white box into a Galey Alix take on a rich person's beach house. In April 2021, Parker, who had no renovation experience, offered to help Alix with an install. He and Lauren Parker insist Alix is OK because she's able to ask people like them for help without fear.

Persons: Galey Alix, Nancy Meyers, Dale Moss, Alix, semiprivate, fiancé, Goldman Sachs, Joanna Gaines, Drew Scott, Alix gravitates, Jay Delgado, PJ Fetscher, Instagram, she's, she'll, Sonya Revell, —, It's, Goldman, I'm, Galey Alix Gravenstein, she'd, Alix didn't, Alix's fiancé, Carrie Calloway, who'd, Mac, Calloway, I'd, Lauren Parker, Parker, Delgado, Fetscher, Kay Marryshow, she's fallible, Phil, Alix's Instagram, it's, She's, Moss, of Moss, he's, Rebecca Zisser, Crystal, Anna Ruiz, Agency Gerard, Ester Gattuso, Susana Betancourt Organizations: grays, Goods, Fort, HGTV, Goldman, Target, University of Florida, Home Depot, Parker, Netflix, Crystal Cox, Agency, Agency Gerard Artists Locations: Italian, Fort Lauderdale, Max, Florida, overachievers, New York, Connecticut, fiancé's Connecticut, Westport , Connecticut, Target, Instagram, Australia, London, India , Puerto Rico, Wyoming, Orlando, peeking

☆ Goldman Sachs is set to report second-quarter earnings — here’s what the Street expects
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Hugh Son | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

CEO David Solomon, Goldman Sachs, during a Bloomberg Television at the Goldman Sachs Financial Services Conference in New York, Dec. 6, 2022. Goldman Sachs is scheduled to report second-quarter earnings before the opening bell Wednesday. Here's what Wall Street expects:Earnings: $3.18 per share, according to RefinitivRevenue: $10.84 billionTrading revenue: Fixed income $2.78 billion; equities $2.42 billion, per FactSetInvesting banking revenue: $1.49 billionExpectations have been set low for Goldman this quarter. Unlike more diversified rivals, Goldman gets the majority of its revenue from volatile Wall Street activities, including trading and investment banking. Investment banking has been weak because of subdued issuance and IPOs amid the Federal Reserve's interest rate increases.

Persons: David Solomon, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, David Solomon's, outsized, JPMorgan Chase, Solomon, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley Organizations: Bloomberg Television, Goldman Sachs Financial Services, Refinitiv Revenue, Goldman, Investment, JPMorgan, Apple Card, American Express, KBW, Citigroup, Bank of America Locations: New York

☆ Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon warns of pain ahead for commercial real estate
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Hugh Son | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

CEO David Solomon, Goldman Sachs, during a Bloomberg Television at the Goldman Sachs Financial Services Conference in New York, Dec. 6, 2022. Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said Monday that his bank will disclose markdowns on commercial real estate holdings as the industry grapples with higher interest rates. Solomon told CNBC's Sara Eisen the New York-based firm will post impairments on loans and equity investments tied to commercial real estate in the second quarter. "There's no question that the real estate market, and in particular commercial real estate, has come under pressure," he said in an interview on CNBC's "Squawk on the Street." Goldman posted almost $400 million in first-quarter impairments on real estate loans, according to Solomon.

Persons: David Solomon, Goldman Sachs, Solomon, CNBC's Sara Eisen, Goldman Organizations: Bloomberg Television, Goldman Sachs Financial Services Locations: New York, York, U.S

☆ JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon refused to answer a question on whether a second Trump term would be good for the US economy
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-07 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Jamie Dimon did not respond to a query on whether a second Trump term could be good for the economy. "I'm not going to answer that question," Dimon told CNN's Poppy Harlow. "I'm not going to answer that question," Dimon said. "I think I could beat Trump," Dimon said at a JPMorgan Chase event, per CNBC. During the interview with CNN, Dimon told Harlow that his political philosophy remains the same: He said that his heart is Democratic, but his brain is Republican.

☆ Goldman Sachs is set to report fourth-quarter earnings — here's what the Street expects
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( Hugh Son | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

David Solomon, chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., during a Bloomberg Television at the Goldman Sachs Financial Services Conference in New York, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. Goldman Sachs is scheduled to report fourth-quarter earnings before the opening bell Tuesday. Here's what Wall Street expects:Earnings: $5.48 per share, 49% lower than a year earlier, according to RefinitivRevenue: $10.83 billion, 14% lower than a year earlier. Trading Revenue: Fixed Income $2.31 billion, Equities $2.14 billionInvesting Banking: $1.75 billionHow long will the investment banking drought last? Goldman shares have climbed 8.9% this year going into Tuesday's trading, compared with a 6.7% advance for the KBW Bank Index.

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: GameStop, Dexcom, Cano Health and more
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Tanaya Macheel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Traders work on the trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) below GameStop signage in New York, August 8, 2022. Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading Thursday. GameStop — Shares of the video game retailer and meme stock jumped more than 8% even after the company reported a wider-than-expected loss for the third quarter. The enterprise artificial intelligence software company reported a loss of 11 cents per share on revenue of $62.4 million. Analysts polled by Refinitiv were forecasting a loss of 16 cents per share on revenue of $60.9 million.

☆ Blackstone CEO says financially distressed investors driving REIT redemptions
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Chibuike Oguh | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Blackstone relies on the REIT for about 17% of its earnings. Large redemptions have been seen at other such funds, with investment firm Starwood Capital informing investors last week that its $14.6 billion non-traded REIT also had raised the gates. There has also been a wave of redemptions at other non-traded Blackstone funds marketed to high net-worth investors. He added the redemptions did not mean the investors were not happy with the REIT and its profits. Blackstone has reported a 9.3% year-to-date return for its REIT, net of fees, a contrast to the publicly traded Dow Jones U.S.

☆ Dollar eases against major currencies amid rate, economic concerns; yuan strengthens
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Caroline Valetkevitch | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] Banknotes of Chinese yuan and U.S. dollar are seen in this illustration picture taken September 29, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo/IllustrationNEW YORK, Dec 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar weakened slightly against major currencies on Wednesday amid concerns that rising interest rates could push the U.S. economy into recession, while an easing of China's COVID restrictions boosted the yuan. A U.S. dollar index , which measures the greenback against a basket of currencies, was last down 0.2%. "Surging interest rates have the primary driver for dollar strength over the last year." The dollar was last down 0.1% against the offshore Chinese yuan .

☆ Investors focus on lower earnings outlook for 2023, but the evidence is so far mixed
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The boomlet from Fed Chair JeromePowell's speech is now over. Second, a string of hot economic reports (November nonfarm payrolls, strong hourly earnings, strong ISM Services report), has convinced many that the much anticipated year-end stock rally is not going to happen. At the Goldman Sachs Financial Services Conference on Tuesday, CEOs were cautious but not gloomy. While some chose to focus on one or two CEOs warning of a slowing economy, most CEOs at the conference were not pessimistic. The bottom line: Investors, for the moment, are choosing to believe that the outlook for 2023 is leaning more to "earnings are going lower" rather than "earnings will be flat."

☆ Dollar falls against major currencies amid economy concerns; yuan strengthens
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The U.S. dollar weakened against major currencies on Wednesday amid concerns that rising interest rates could push the U.S. economy into recession, while a loosening of China's COVID restrictions boosted the yuan. The Peruvian sol fell as the country's Congress voted to oust President Pedro Castillo in an impeachment trial on Wednesday. At its session low, the sol fell more than 2% against the dollar. A U.S. dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of currencies, was last down 0.4%. "Surging interest rates have been the primary driver for dollar strength over the last year."

☆ U.S banks warn of recession risk, inflation hurting consumers
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

NEW YORK, Dec 6 (Reuters) - The biggest U.S. banks are bracing for a worsening economy next year as inflation threatens consumer demand, according to executives Tuesday. "Those things might very well derail the economy and cause this mild to hard recession that people are worried about," he said. "Economic growth is slowing,” Goldman Sachs' chief executive David Solomon said. In banking, the job market remains "surprisingly tight" and competition for talent is "as tough as ever," he said. Reporting by Lananh Nguyen and Saeed Azhar in New York and Noor Zainab Hussain in Bengaluru; Editing by Lananh Nguyen and Chizu NomiyamaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ 'We don’t lay off people’: This is how Bank of America's CEO plans to reduce employee levels
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Hugh Son | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Brian Moynihan, chief executive officer of Bank of America Corp., speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview at the Goldman Sachs Financial Services Conference in New York, on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. Brian Moynihan is no stranger to laying off workers — it's one of the key ways he helped shape Bank of America after the 2008 financial crisis. The bank had 213,270 employees as of Sept. 30, about 3,900 more than the year earlier. Organizations as large as Bank of America are constantly losing and hiring employees, a churn that adds to expenses. Moynihan has used technology — from consolidating back-end processes to offering updated mobile apps — to help reduce noncustomer-facing employees.

NEW YORK, Dec 6 (Reuters) - The biggest U.S. banks are bracing for a worsening economy next year as inflation threatens consumer demand, according to executives Tuesday. "Those things might very well derail the economy and cause this mild to hard recession that people are worried about," he said. Consumers have $1.5 trillion in excess savings from pandemic stimulus programs, but it may run out some time in mid-2023, he told CNBC. Major banks' shares fell sharply on the day after a lineup of top bankers outlined the risks for the economy. "Economic growth is slowing," Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said at the same conference.

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