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Ex-Goldman Sachs principal traders continue slide
Recall that when Goldman Sachs decided to shut down some proprietary trading units, including the Principal Strategies Group, in the face of the looming Volcker Rule, many of the firm's top traders left to start hedge funds.
KKR to hire Goldman Sachs prop traders
It's hard to know exactly why Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS ) decided to disband its principal strategies group of proprietary traders in the wake of the Volcker Rule's passage. If the traders were as
Career prospects for prop traders
Can proprietary traders laugh at themselves? It's a great skill in life, but if you've been on top of the world for a long time, it may be harder. Bloomberg aims to make people laugh, though some
JPMorgan proprietary trading transition to take several years
Given the Volcker Rule, what to do with proprietary traders ( prop trading news)? Should you disband them? Force them into market making units? Or turn them into hedge fund-like employees? Not too
Goldman Sachs unaffected by Dodd-Frank? Really?
The conventional wisdom was that Dodd-Frank ( Dodd-Frank news) was a major stumbling block for the top banks, and many analysts had predicted it will collectively cost the industry billions in
Can prop traders survive as hedge fund employees?
Many people assume more proprietary traders ( proprietary trading news) will find themselves working at hedge funds. And more than a few of them will likely end up miserable. They could have worked at
So you want to get into HFT?
Hedge fund start ups are not dead. They just went through a rough spell that spared few in the financial world. Still, you've got to acknowledge that starting up a hedge takes a lot more than Dad's
A bit more about Goldman Sachs' prop trading
Revisiting the glory days of Goldman Sachs' proprietary trading prowess, the firm made more than $100 million in trading revenue on a record 34 separate days during the first quarter. That was up
