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☆ Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Hasbro, Adobe, GoodRx, SBA Communications and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Chevron — Shares rose 1.6% after Goldman Sachs upgraded Chevron to buy from neutral and hiked its price target. Hasbro — The toymaker added 2.9efore the bell after Bank of America upgraded the stock to buy from neutral. United Parcel Service — Shares fell 1% after Credit Suisse downgraded UPS to neutral from outperform, citing labor concerns. Cowen also raised its price target to reflect about 78% potential upside. SBA Communications — Shares fell 1.6% in premarket trading.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Jefferies, Walt Disney, Bob Iger, Kevin Mayer, Tom Staggs, XPeng, GoodRX, Cowen, It's, —, Alex Harring, Hakyung Kim, Tanaya Macheel, Samantha Subin Organizations: Chevron, Ford, Disney, Financial, UBS, Hasbro, Bank of America, United Parcel Service, Credit Suisse, CVS, SBA Communications, Semiconductor, FactSet Locations: U.S

LONDON/SYDNEY, July 31 (Reuters) - Commercial real estate investors and lenders are slowly confronting an ugly question - if people never again shop in malls or work in offices the way they did before the pandemic, how safe are the fortunes they piled into bricks and mortar? WALL OF DEBTGlobal banks hold about half of the $6 trillion outstanding commercial real estate debt, Moody's Investors Service said in June, with the largest share maturing in 2023-2026. U.S. banks revealed spiralling losses from property in their first half figures and warned of more to come. Borrowers in the UK real estate holding & development category were 4% more likely to default. But the whale could be commercial real estate in the U.S.".

Persons: Richard Murphy, Jeffrey Sherman, Charles, Henry Monchau, Bank Syz, Jones Lang LaSalle, Savills, JLL, Dhara Ranasinghe, Huw Jones, Clare Jim, Kirsten Donovan Organizations: Employers, UK's Sheffield University, Reuters, Investors, Moody's Investors Service, Fed, Federal, Bank, Suisse, Washington D.C, HSBC, Capital Economics, Thomson Locations: SYDNEY, London, Los Angeles and New York, U.S, New York, Beijing, San Francisco, Tokyo, Washington, Shanghai, North America, Hong Kong

July 28 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs (GS.N) executive Julian Salisbury will join investment firm Sixth Street as a partner and co-chief investment officer early next year, his incoming firm said, marking yet another high-profile exit from Goldman. Salisbury will reunite with Goldman alums in his new role, including Sixth Street CEO Alan Waxman. Salisbury became a partner in 2008 and previously served as global co-head of the asset management unit before it was combined with wealth management under Marc Nachmann last year. Goldman's asset management division has promoted 11 partners and hired nine new managing directors focused on investing this year, a company spokeswoman said. Salisbury has "done a great job putting together all these asset management businesses over the last few years," Nachmann said in an interview.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Julian Salisbury, Salisbury, Goldman alums, Alan Waxman, Marc Nachmann, Julian, Waxman, Dina Powell McCormick, Gregg Lemkau, Katie Koch, Goldman, Nachmann, It’s, David Solomon, Lloyd Blankfein, Manya Saini, Niket, Lananh Nguyen, Vinay Dwivedi, Matthew Lewis Organizations: Sixth, Goldman, MSD Partners, TCW, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Goldman, Salisbury, London, Moscow, New York, Russia, China, Bengaluru, Lananh

☆ Julian Salisbury was once considered a contender for Goldman Sachs CEO. Now the asset and wealth management CIO is leaving.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Emmalyse Brownstein | Kaja Whitehouse | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Now, Julian Salisbury is leaving Goldman Sachs after 25 years without a replacement. In a memo Friday, CEO David Solomon thanked Salisbury, chief investment officer of the bank's asset and wealth management division, for his "contributions to Goldman Sachs, our clients and our people." Also leaving the bank is Takashi Murata, co-head of Asia Pacific private investing and global co-head of real estate within Goldman Sachs' asset management unit. Nachmann's memo said Richard Spencer will become EMEA head of Real Estate and Nikhil Reddy will become Asia Pacific head of Real Estate. That's part of the virtuous ecosystem of Goldman Sachs," he added.

Persons: Julian Salisbury, Goldman, Goldman Sachs, David Solomon, Salisbury, Marc Nachmann, Takashi Murata, Jim Garman, Nachmann, Richard Spencer, Nikhil Reddy, Richard, Nikhil, Murata, Solomon Organizations: Goldman, Management, GS, Sixth, Wall Street, Asia Pacific, EMEA Locations: Salisbury, Asia Pacific

REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/File PhotoFRANKFURT, July 27 (Reuters) - New construction plunged in Germany during the first half of the year, data on Thursday showed, the latest sign of stress in the property market of Europe's largest economy. The data underscore a steep rut that dominates the nation's real-estate sector in its worst crisis in decades. "There's strong caution in project development," said Sven Carstensen, chief executive of Bulwiengesa. The nation's property industry will ask the government for multi-billion euro support at a meeting with Chancellor Olaf Scholz in September, Reuters reported last week. "The situation is dramatic," said Jan-Marco Luczak, a parliamentarian who has pushed for a property tax cut demanded by industry.

Persons: Kai Pfaffenbach, Sven Carstensen, Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Marco Luczak, Marcus Gwechenberger, Bulwiengesa, Florian Schwalm, EY, Karim Rochdi, Tom Sims, Hugh Lawson Organizations: REUTERS, Bulwiengesa, Reuters, European Central Bank, Thomson Locations: Frankfurt, Germany, FRANKFURT, Frankfurt's

NEW YORK, July 26 (Reuters) - Evercore (EVR.N) has hired veteran Morgan Stanley (MS.N) banker Seth Bergstein as a senior managing director to drive dealmaking in the global services sector, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. Bergstein, who served as head of Morgan Stanley's global services group for about two decades, held the title of vice chairman of investment banking prior to his departure from the bank. In June, Evercore hired veteran technology banker Tammy Kiely and top aerospace & defense banker Michael Tarulli from Goldman. Earlier this month, it recruited Neil Wolitzer, a partner in real estate investment banking at Goldman, according to people familiar with the matter. Morgan Stanley declined to comment.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Seth Bergstein, Bergstein, Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Wall, Evercore, Tammy Kiely, Michael Tarulli, Neil Wolitzer, Paul Taubman, Brendan Panda, Panda, Aerojet, David Carnevali, Sonali Paul Organizations: YORK, Global, Goldman, PJT Partners, PJT, Thomson Locations: Dealogic, Goldman, Evercore, New York

Five hedge funds shared five trading ideas on global property markets, adding that they cannot reveal trading positions for regulatory reasons. CM REITs are companies that own mortgages of multi-family residential homes as well as commercial real estate loans. Cell phone data Litt bought to research a REIT run by Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE.N), showed that buildings which that were supposed to be almost fully occupied were only half full. Alexandria Real Estate responded pointing to public filings which said that it was the advancement of science and related intellectual property in Alexandria’s Labspace buildings, and not employee foot traffic that drove its demand for space. But Litt believes that the shift away from office working will also hurt life and sciences real estate, generally.

Persons: Jonathan Mizrachi, CMBSs, David Amaryan, Ben Hunsaker, Hunsaker, Jonathan Litt, Litt, ANSON, Moez Kassam, Vistry, Kassam, Nell Mackenzie, Dhara Ranasinghe, Alison Williams Organizations: Property, Capital, Beach, Beach Point Capital Management, REITs, Alexandria Real, Reuters, Vistry, Thomson Locations: York, Russia, Russia's, Ukraine, Armenia, Beach Point, Alexandria, Alexandria’s, London, Carolina, New York

☆ China signals more support for real estate with a 'big change' in tone
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Evelyn Cheng | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Construction on a real estate project in Yantai, Shandong province, gets under way on July 8, 2023. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesBEIJING — China is changing its tone on the struggling real estate sector, paving the way for policy support. The statement reflects a "much clearer understanding about the seriousness of the situation," said Qin Gang, executive director of China real estate research institute ICR. He expects policies beneficial to the real estate market and consumption will come out in coming days. So far, the biggest real estate policy change has been this month's extension of measures to support developers, which were first revealed in November.

Persons: Larry Hu, Hu, Qin Gang, Ricky Tsang, China's, Tsang, It's, Zong Liang, Zong, Tommy Wu, Wu Organizations: Nurphoto, Getty, CNBC, Macquarie, People's Bank of China, Qin, Seng Property Development, National Bureau of Statistics, Bank of China Locations: Yantai, Shandong province, BEIJING, China

☆ China’s property market is finding a new normal: podcast
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Yawen Chen | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

LONDON, July 25 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Slower growth is not necessarily bad. In this Exchange podcast, Cara Li, Head of Asia Pacific Real Estate Investment Banking at Morgan Stanley, says the debt-fuelled engine of the world’s second largest economy is maturing and outlines the benefits of consolidation. Listen to the podcastFollow @ywchen1 on TwitterSubscribe to Breakingviews’ podcasts, Viewsroom and The Exchange. Editing by Thomas ShumOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. They do not reflect the views of Reuters News, which, under the Trust Principles, is committed to integrity, independence, and freedom from bias.

Persons: Cara Li, Morgan Stanley, Thomas Shum Organizations: Reuters, of Asia Pacific Real Estate Investment, Twitter, Thomson

☆ Public Storage to acquire Simply Self Storage for $2.2 bln
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

July 24 (Reuters) - Self-storage operator Public Storage (PSA.N) said on Monday it has entered a deal to buy Simply Self Storage from Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT) for $2.2 billion, as it looks to expand its market presence. Demand for storage space has waned from the heights of the pandemic, as people return to offices, and some analysts expect more consolidation in the sector. Earlier this year, California-based Public Storage made a hostile bid to acquire smaller rival Life Storage. But in April, real estate investment trust Extra Space Storage announced a $12.7 billion deal with Life Storage. Eastdil Secured served as financial adviser to Public Storage, whereas Wells Fargo and Newmark Group acted as lead financial advisers to BREIT.

Persons: Blackstone, Eastdil, Aishwarya Nair, Krishna Chandra Organizations: Blackstone Real, Income, Newmark, Thomson Locations: California, BREIT, Wells, Bengaluru

☆ China has announced a slew of measures to bolster its economy. Here's what we know so far
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Clement Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Here are some of the key measures released by the Chinese government in recent weeks. Private businessesOn Monday, China's economic planning agency announced a series of measures to promote private investment. Julian Evans-Pritchard Capital EconomicsThe NDRC said it will support private investment in sectors — such as transportation, water conservancy, clean energy, new infrastructure, advanced manufacturing and modern agriculture facilities. The agency is also encouraging private investment projects to issue real estate investment trusts (REITS) in the infrastructure sector to promote asset diversification and further broaden investment and financing channels for private investment. Business sentiment has generally soured amid lackluster economic growth after China's initial recovery following its exit from "zero Covid" faltered.

Persons: Julian Evans, Pritchard Organizations: Afp, Getty, China, Private, Communist Party, National Development, Reform, Pritchard Capital, People's Bank of China, State Administration of Foreign Exchange, China Economics, Capital Economics, Household, Commerce Locations: China, Beijing, Shanghai

☆ China vows to 'adjust and optimize' property policy in 'tortuous' economic recovery
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Clement Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

The post-pandemic economic recovery will proceed in a "wave-like" fashion in a "tortuous" process, it added. On Tuesday, Hong Kong and mainland China stock markets cheered the Politburo's policy pledges, outperforming broader Asia-Pacific benchmarks. The Chinese property sector saw some of the strongest percentage gains in Hong Kong, with developer Country Garden rebounding more than 14% from a nine-month low. By some calculations, the country's property sector still accounts for up to a quarter of China's annual economic activity. Expanding domestic demandLate Monday, China's top leaders pledged to "actively expand domestic demand" and to "expand consumption by raising income levels."

Persons: Xi Jinping, Li Qiang, China Vanke, Goldman Sachs, China's, Julian Evans, Pritchard Organizations: Getty, Communist, Xinhua, Barclays, Index, CSI, Longfor, China Overseas, Observers, Citi, People's Bank, China's, National, Capital Economics Locations: China, Hong Kong, outperforming, Asia

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☆ Here are Friday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Amazon, Carvana, Roku, Microsoft, Eli Lilly and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Truist reiterates Amazon as buy Truist said it's bullish heading into Amazon earnings Aug. 3. Piper Sandler upgrades SL Green to overweight from neutral Piper Sandler said in its upgrade of SL Green that the real estate investment trust has "favorable tailwinds." Piper Sandler downgrades Discover to neutral from overweight Piper Sandler said in its downgrade of the credit card company that it sees too many negative catalysts. Piper Sandler downgrades Carvana to neutral from overweight Piper Sandler downgraded the online used-car company mainly on valuation. Sirius' stock price has more than doubled over the past month and increased 42% yesterday alone.

Persons: . Bank of America downgrades Herc, Herc, Underperform, KeyBanc, it's, Truist, Piper Sandler, Piper Sandler downgrades Carvana, JPMorgan downgrades Blackstone, Morgan Stanley, Eli Lilly, Davidson, Davison, Oppenheimer, Baird, Wedbush, Goldman Sachs Organizations: . Bank of America, . Bank of America downgrades Herc Holdings, Bank of America, Hollywood, NA, Green, DFS, JPMorgan, Novo Nordisk, BMO, Consolidated Edison, of America, Deutsche Bank, Sirius, Nvidia, Microsoft Locations: 2Q23

☆ Factbox: U.S. banks increase reserves for commercial real estate exposure
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Matt Tracy | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

While regional banks carry the greatest exposure to the commercial real estate (CRE) sector, second quarter earnings show that a number of big banks have prepared for potential defaults, primarily on office loans. However, Borthwick noted the bank's office CRE exposure was low relative to its overall loan portfolio, at 2%. CRE loans represented just 15% of the bank's overall lending book, while only 1% of the CRE loan portfolio was office-related. WELLS FARGO (WFC.N)The bank said it had a $949 million increase in its allowance for credit losses, primarily CRE office loans. WEBSTER FINANCIAL CORP (WBS.N)The regional bank's nonperforming CRE loans ticked up to $47.9 million last quarter from $35.8 million in the first quarter.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Andrew Kelly, Alastair Borthwick, Borthwick, GOLDMAN SACHS, markdowns, Denis Coleman, Jeremy Barnum, WELLS, Charlie Scharf, Bruce Van Saun, Dominic Ng, East, James Leonard, MORGAN STANLEY, Webster, Glenn MacInnes, John Ciulla, Matt Tracy, Michelle Price, Nick Zieminski Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, U.S, AMERICA CORP, GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC, Goldman, JPMORGAN CHASE &, JPMorgan, Citizens, EAST WEST BANCORP, East, BANCORP, WEBSTER FINANCIAL, Thomson Locations: New York City , New York, U.S, California, CRE

☆ Across rural America, data center development booms as investors race to cater to artificial intelligence
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Daniel Geiger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Data center development is booming and AI is expected to stoke already growing demand. Demand is sapping power grids in major markets and pushing data center development across the US. The project's neighbors include Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon – all of whom have similar plans, or are already underway with major data center projects. The message came after a torrid period of growth by the data center industry in that region. Wes Swenson, Nova's CEO, said the Reno region was becoming increasingly popular for data center development because of its access to power.

Persons: Matt McCollister, Martin Peck, Lincoln Rackhouse, Peck, Blackstone, Jonathan Gray, Drew Angerer, Bard, Gray, Pat Lynch, Robbie Sovie, Sovie, Georgia Power, Skybox, Rob Morris, Morris, George Frey, Novva, Wes Swenson, Nova's, Swenson, CBRE, Lynch Organizations: stoke, Lincoln Property Company, Harrison Street, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, Lincoln, Carrier, QTS, Dominion Energy, Dominion, Washington DC, APS, QuadReal, Georgia, Reuters, Data Centers, CIM Group Locations: Ohio, New Albany, Columbus, Northern Virginia, Dallas, Phoenix, Silicon Valley, Chicago, Virginia, Loudoun County, Washington, Arizona, Southwest, Lithia Springs , Georgia, Atlanta, Vancouver, Hutto , Texas, Austin, Eagle Mountain , Utah, Reno , Nevada, Storey County, Reno, Silicon, Salt Lake City, West Jordan , Utah, CBRE

☆ There's more pain coming for residential and commercial real estate as tight credit and job worries threaten property markets
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Jennifer Sor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Residential and commercial real estate have more pain coming as financial conditions tighten, Wells Fargo said. Commercial real estate is struggling as work-from-home trends remain popular, the bank said. Meanwhile, in commercial real estate, office demand is still way down as work-from-home trends remain popular. "We expect commercial real estate to underperform on a relative basis in the near-to-intermediate term," Wren said of the sector. Meanwhile, commercial real estate prices are in danger of falling dramatically, with Morgan Stanley strategists predicting a 40% peak-to-trough decline.

Persons: Wells Fargo, Scott Wren, that's, Wren, Banks, Morgan Stanley Organizations: Housing, Service, Silicon Valley Bank, National Association of Realtors, Real Estate Investment Locations: Wall, Silicon, Wells Fargo, underperform

☆ Goldman brings back Tom Montag as CEO Solomon bolsters board support
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] People walk in the Goldman Sachs global headquarters in Manhattan, New York, U.S., November 15, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File PhotoJuly 20 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs (GS.N) has brought back to its fold senior executive Tom Montag, adding him to its board as the Wall Street giant looks to regain lost ground after its ill-fated foray into consumer banking. Considered to be an ally of CEO David Solomon, Montag could bolster support for the chief executive, who is looking to undo the damage from the company's high-profile flop in retail banking. "Tom brings extensive financial services and risk management experience, with over 35 years in the industry," Solomon said. "He has incredible perspective regarding the complex financial and non-financial risks that large global financial institutions face."

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Andrew Kelly, Tom Montag, Montag, David Solomon, Goldman, Tom, Adebayo Ogunlesi, Merrill Lynch, Solomon, writedowns, Saeed Azhar, Niket, Manya, Arun Koyyur, Lananh Nguyen Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Bank of America, Rubicon, TPG, Manya Saini, Thomson Locations: Manhattan , New York, U.S, New York, Bengaluru

So far the signs of revival has not translated into strong investment banking revenue, but markets see a better outlook. Goldman took $1.4 billion in writedowns in the second quarter tied to its consumer businesses and real estate investments. In discussing their earnings, Wall Street executives cited a flurry of initial public offerings as an encouraging sign that activity in capital markets will pick up after months in the doldrums. The lender was buoyed by a slight pickup in equity capital markets and a focus on its middle-market business. At Citigroup (C.N), CEO Jane Fraser warned on Friday that "the long-awaited rebound in investment banking has yet to materialize."

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Brendan McDermid, dealmaking, Goldman Sachs, Morgan, ”, Rick Meckler, Goldman, Meckler, Mike Loewengart, David Solomon, Sharon Yeshaya, Alastair Borthwick, Jane Fraser, Mark Mason, Jeremy Barnum, Tatiana Bautzer, Sinead Carew, Saeed Azhar, Noor Zainab Hussain, Lananh Nguyen, Nick Zieminski Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Cherry Lane Investments, Wall Street, Morgan, Reuters, Bank of America's, Citigroup, JPMorgan, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, New Vernon , New Jersey, writedowns, New York, Bengaluru

NEW YORK, July 19 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs' (GS.N) profit dropped 60% in the second quarter, missing estimates, as the bank's retreat from consumer businesses and declining real estate investments weighed on earnings. The results were the worst for the Wall Street giant since the second quarter of 2020, when it took writedowns over corruption scandal linked to Malaysian state fund 1MDB. "It definitely feels better over the course of the last six, eight weeks," Solomon told analysts on a conference call. "This moment in the economic cycle creates meaningful headwinds for Goldman Sachs," Solomon said told analysts on a conference call. Net earnings dropped 62% to $1.07 billion in the second quarter versus $2.79 billion a year earlier.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, David Solomon, Solomon, Goldman, Keith Horowitz, Goldman's Marcus, Marcus, Morgan Stanley, MS.N, headcount, Niket Nishant, Noor Zainab Hussain, Saeed Azhar, Johann M Cherian, Arun Koyyur, Nick Zieminski, Anna Driver Organizations: YORK, Analysts, Citigroup, Goldman, Revenue, JPMorgan Chase, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Malaysian, writedowns, Bengaluru, New York

☆ Goldman profit slides to three-year low on consumer losses
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The bank took a writedown of $504 million tied to its GreenSky business and $485 million related to its consolidated real estate investments. It was Goldman's lowest quarterly profit since the second quarter of 2020. Trading revenue for fixed income, currency and commodities fell 26%, while equities trading revenue was broadly unchanged. On Tuesday, Goldman's peer Morgan Stanley (MS.N) said its investment banking revenue was in line with last year, but the trading business had weakened. However, uncertainty about the trajectory of the economy continues to be a hurdle with global mergers and acquisitions activity falling 36% from last year in the second quarter.

Persons: Goldman, David Solomon, GreenSky, Goldman's Marcus, Marcus, Morgan Stanley, MS.N, Niket Nishant, Noor Zainab Hussain, Saeed Azhar, Arun Koyyur Organizations: Goldman Sachs, Analysts, Investment, Federal Reserve, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Bengaluru, New York

Added to valuations from December, major REITs, which build, own and operate property assets, have marked down office portfolios by roughly a tenth or less over the past year. Dexus shares have fallen 28% since 2022, while Charter Hall has nearly halved. "Buyers aren't willing to pay the price from the last valuations," said Winston Sammut, an investment manager at Sequoia Financial Group and a former executive at Charter Hall. Dexus and Charter Hall did not respond to requests for comment. "We're looking to see whether the fund managers, the Charter Halls, the Centurias, the Dexus are also getting large redemptions."

Persons: Tom Westbrook, Buyers, Winston Sammut, it's, REITs, Centuria, Grant Berry, Dexus, Ping, Blackstone, Amy Pham, Sammut, Australia's, Hostplus, that's, Pham, Lewis Jackson, Scott Murdoch, Sam Holmes Organizations: REUTERS, Charter Hall, Sequoia Financial Group, Charter, Reuters, SG Hiscock, Company, Blackstone, Sydney, Pengana Capital, Thomson Locations: Epping, Sydney, Australia, SYDNEY, Canberra, United States

☆ Warburg Pincus names Asia real estate chief Perlman as president
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Kane Wu | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

July 20 (Reuters) - Private equity firm Warburg Pincus on Wednesday named its Asia head of real estate Jeffrey Perlman as successor to Timothy Geithner as president. Geithner, who was U.S. Treasury Secretary in the Obama administration and had headed the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, will become the chair of the New York-based investment firm. "Now is the ideal time to put in place a plan for the next generation of leadership at the firm," Warburg CEO Chip Kaye said. Warburg Pincus has already raised more than the targeted $16 billion in its global flagship private equity fund, said a person with knowledge of the matter. Founded in 1996, Warburg has more than $83 billion in assets under management and its portfolio spans more than 250 companies.

Persons: Warburg Pincus, Jeffrey Perlman, Timothy Geithner, Geithner, Obama, Warburg, Chip Kaye, Kaye, Perlman, Pritam Biswas, Niket, Kane Wu, Arun Koyyur Organizations: Wednesday, Treasury, Federal Reserve Bank of New, Reuters, Ou Asset Management Co, HK, Industrial Development JSC, Thomson Locations: Asia, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, York, China, Ou, Southeast Asia, Pacific, Bengaluru, Hong Kong, Lincoln

☆ Goldman Sachs Profit Falls 58%
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Goldman Sachs is the last big bank out of the gate with second-quarter earnings, and things don’t look pretty. Profit fell 58% from one year ago, to $1.22 billion. Some big news: Earnings took a big hit from Goldman’s ongoing exit from consumer lending. Also, Goldman took impairments of about $485 million related to real estate investments, much of that tied to office properties, within its asset management business. The impairments reflected properties the bank sold as well as properties the bank has marked down but not yet sold.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, FactSet, Goldman, GreenSky Organizations: Revenue, Investment

☆ UBS names its 'best single stock ideas' in the U.S. right now
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Lucy Handley | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Swiss bank UBS has revealed a list of "key investment ideas," selecting stocks based on factors such as market conditions, economic trends and government policy. "We focus on the equity asset class and highlight our best single stock ideas in the US tied to select messages," the bank's Chief Investment Office stated in a July 17 research note, adding that its ideas are updated monthly. It also chose wind energy company Xcel Energy , which it said is "well positioned to outperform the S & P Utilities index over the next 12 months." Green investment, infrastructure ideas "Green investment, decarbonization commitments, consumer sentiment, and regulation will continue to drive the case for investing sustainably," UBS said in the note, picking several stocks under the "go sustainable" theme. "The stock ideas listed under key investment ideas reflect current views as of publication," the bank stated.

Persons: Burger King, Carey, telco, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: UBS, Investment, Brands, Xcel Energy, TJX Companies, Air Products, NextEra Energy, Constellation Energy, U.S Locations: North America, China

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