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Details of Goldman Sachs' Q2 trading losses
In the obligatory quarterly update of trading gains and losses that are released via filings following earnings releases, Goldman Sachs is accustomed to faring well against its peers. But not so the in the second quarter. The bank lost money trading on 15 days in the quarter. That compares with ei
Goldman Sachs' move to cut risk may not be just a blip
Reuters reports that more than a dozen Goldman Sachs government bond and derivatives traders have resigned recently to join other companies, as Goldman Sachs seem to be prizing the sales staff over the traders.
Brian Mooney, an interest-rate derivatives trader who spent 22 years at Goldman
Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley polar opposites on VAR
Morgan Stanley's average VAR in the second quarter rose to $145 million from $121 million in the first quarter, a 20 percent bump. Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs was moving in the opposite direction, reducing the amount it was willing to risk in the face of global economic uncertainty.
The gilded ba
A look at Goldman Sachs' trading prowess
One of the those weird benchmarks that have emerged in recent years is the number of days in a quarter that a bank can rack up $100 million in trading revenue. The more days above $100 million, the better the press (in normal times anyway). The latest on Goldman Sachs ( GS ) is that it has stepp
Morgan Stanley still lagging Goldman Sachs
The good news is that Morgan Stanley ( MS ) ended a string of three straight quarterly losses in the third quarter. Morgan Stanley posted a profit from continuing operations of 38 cents a share. Which handily beat the average estimate of 27-cent profit. It seems to have recovered its appetite fo
Is risk back in vogue?
If you're in the financial services industry, you know there's long been a debate about VAR and whether it is a meaningful indicator of risk. Whatever your view on the issue--and I think most of us would agree that it's flawed--it does attract media attention. Bloomberg reports that Goldman Sa
Pensions aim for new risk management models
Pensions are beginning to address the failures of their risk models. This will take many forms but at its heart, the new risk management systems feature a return to human intervention, that is, a
