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State Street profits up 23% on Lehman wind up

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
State Street, one of the world's largest providers of financial services, has announced a 23% rise in third quarter profits despite a slight fall in revenue, bolstered by claims linked to the Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy. The Boston-based bank, which ...

Yield at any cost flawed: GSAM

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
Uncertainty has caused a preoccupation with yield and safe haven stocks, said Goldman Sachs Asset Management's head of Australian equities. Cost pressures, low productivity and the impact of a strong Australian dollar are causing uncertainty, despite ...

Goldman and JBWere extend partnership

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
JBWere is set to renew a three year agreement with Goldman Sachs this week, continuing the two firm's successful relationship. Following the merger of Goldman Sachs and JBWere in 2003, Goldman Sachs agreed to sell 80.1% of the JBWere business to National ...

Star alignment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
The stars appear to be aligning for those calling on the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to give official interest rates another chop when they meet to deliberate on monetary policy next week. Let's start with the minutes of the 4 September meeting. ...

Goldman Sachs CFO to retire

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
Goldman Sachs Group chief financial officer David Viniar will retire at the end of January 2013 and join the board as a non-independent director. He will be replaced by Goldman Sachs global co-head of securities Harvey Schwartz, who will also serve ...

They will or they won't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
We're heading into the home stretch folks. Soon we'll find out the answer to that seemingly eternal "will they, won't they" question? The German Constitutional Court will deliver its verdict on the legality of the EFSF/ESM rescue fund and the US Federal ...

SSgA names wholesale vice president

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has named Amy Johnston as vice president of wholesale sales, to lead its expansion into the Australian wholesale channel. Johnston joins from Goldman Sachs Asset Management where she held the role as a national accounts ...

Offshore tax havens bank $32tr: report

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
A recent report has found that ultra high net worth people around the world may be holding as much as $32 trillion in offshore tax havens, depriving governments worldwide of as much as $250bn in tax revenues every year. The report's author told the ...

Goldman Sachs focuses on HNW with private bank

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
Goldman Sachs is building out its private bank from the US to target wealthy clients in a number of locations including Europe. Agence France-Presse reported that David Viniar, chief financial officer for the bank said the in-house private bank was ...

State Street acquires GS hedge fund admin services

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
State Street Corporation has agreed to acquire Goldman Sachs' US hedge fund administration services in a cash transaction worth approximately US$550 million. The transaction is due to be finalised early in the fourth quarter of 2012 with State Street ...