Alternatives: Goldman vs. JP Morgan

Chidem Kurdas

Do alternative investments, primarily private equity and hedge funds, have a future at investment banks?

Goldman Sachs as Trading Thermostat

Chidem Kurdas

Goldman Sachs reports that its net revenue from fixed income, currency and commodities trading dropped 53% from the same quarter in 2010. The firm attributed this mainly to having taken less risk due to global uncertainty. But in part the fall comes from lower volumes of trading by clients—among them, hedge funds. 

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Goldman Sachs Reorganization and Funds

How will Goldman Sachs funds be affected by structural changes? The changes in question arise from new rules still being hammered out by federal regulators as well as suggested by the company’s internal “Business Standards Committee Report”.