Tag: Goldman Sachs

Retail Asia13/01/2023
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In the biggest wave of layoffs since the financial crisis, Goldman Sachs is cutting 6.5 percent of its jobs worldwide. Its Swiss subsidiary may be less affected. Packing their bags and rushing out of the office is the current feeling for Goldman Sachs employees who have to leave the bank due to job cuts. Last […]

Retail Asia21/09/2022
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As many as 30 bankers have left Goldman Sachs in Asia, as part of a global exercise to trim workers. Up to 30 investment bankers have left Goldman Sachs in Asia, sources said, across teams in equity capital markets, healthcare as well as technology, media and telecommunications (TMT), especially those involved in Greater China deals. […]

Retail Asia21/09/2022
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Goldman Sachs is expanding its investment banking services in Switzerland and Europe as it chases stable revenues on the continent. Goldman Sachs is offering transaction banking services to corporate clients in the EU, adding services outside of its investment bank’s core areas of trading and advisory, it said in a statement Tuesday. Rolled out from Goldman Sachs’ […]

Retail Asia11/11/2021
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Citi has hired two new directors from BNP Paribas and Goldman Sachs for its prime brokerage unit in Hong Kong. Drew Kuech and Oliver Law join Citi as directors of the prime services sales trading team, according to a statement, reporting to APAC head of prime services sales trading Daniel Millwood. Kuech has 13 years of prime finance and […]

Retail Asia28/07/2021
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Goldman Sachs continues ramping up its crypto-related efforts with the latest filing for an exchange-traded fund that will track related companies. Goldman Sachs’s asset management unit filed for an application with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to offer an exchange-traded fund (ETF) focused on crypto-related companies. The Goldman Sachs Innovate DeFi and Blockchain Equity […]

Retail Asia28/12/2020
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The U.S. investment bank plans to expand its wealth offering to affluent clients. The move represents a further departure from its Wall Street roots. Goldman Sachs, the best-known investment bank in the world, is pushing deeper into mass-market banking. Four years after launching Marcus for retail clients, the New York-based company is now releasing an […]

Retail Asia09/12/2020
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Wassim Younan will retire from his position after nearly three decades with the bank and seeing its Middle Eastern expansion up close. Younan, 58, will retire by year-end, according to a report, and his role thereafter will be replaced by co-chief executive officers Fadi Abuali and Zaid Khaldi. The two will continue to retain their existing responsibilities in asset […]

Retail Asia01/10/2020
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The platform is the company’s fourth global currency pricing, following others in London, Tokyo, and New York. Goldman Sachs will be launching a foreign-exchange (FX) trading and pricing engine in Singapore, planned for the first quarter of 2021, the company said in a statement on Tuesday. The platform aims to deliver improved low latency execution for clients […]

Retail Asia05/09/2019
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In the application submitted to regulators, Goldman said it would absorb the securities sales, trading and research operations currently sit in the business of its partner in the joint venture. Goldman Sachs has applied to Chinese regulators for approval to gain majority control of the firm’s investment banking joint venture in China, as part of a […]

Retail Asia18/07/2018
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Japanese startup Paidy has received US$55 million to build a scheme allowing online shoppers to buys goods without a credit card. The series-C funding was led by Goldman Sachs and Japanese trading house Itochu Corporation Paidy was created because even though Japan’s credit-card penetration rate is high, their usage rate is relatively low, even for […]

Retail Asia03/10/2017
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Large banks have until now avoided trading in bitcoin due to its reputation as a conduit for illicit activity.Goldman Sachs is exploring whether to launch a trading  venture in bitcoin in response to client demand, a person familiar with the matter said Monday. Goldman’s consideration of the digital currency could give bitcoin a boost at […]

Retail Asia12/04/2017
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Investment bank Goldman Sachs is reportedly preparing a £600 million bid for The Body Shop. Owner L’Oreal decided to put the ethical cosmetics brand on the market last month, apparently unwilling to invest in arresting falling sales and market share. The Body Shop bid price would fall considerably short of the £850 million L’Oreal is […]

Retail Asia21/03/2017
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Alibaba and main rival JD.com will enjoy fast growth in the fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) market, according to research from Goldman Sachs, as more people in China turn to online shopping for daily grocery items like food snacks, body care products and soft drinks. The online grocery retail market is currently substantial and will […]

Retail Asia16/03/2017
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Chinese online sales are tipped to reach US$1.17 trillion by 2020, according to new research by  Goldman Sachs. That compares with $750 billion in 2016. “While there have been concerns of a slowdown following the deceleration in growth to mid-20 per cent in 2016, we expect online retail growth to sail on at 23 per […]

Retail Asia13/12/2016
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Control of the Foodpanda business has been sold by parent Rocket Internet, including the remaining Asian operations. German-based online food-ordering service Delivery Hero Holding, which is active in 33 countries, has acquired Rocket Internet-backed Emerging Markets Online Food Delivery Holding, parent of the shrinking Foodpanda business. Foodpanda, 49 per cent owned by Rocket Internet, has […]

Retail Asia08/09/2016
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Yum! Brands has agreed with two partners to invest $460 million into Yum China, following its spinoff from the American fast-food giant. Also involved are China-based global private equity firm Primavera Capital Group and online and Alibaba subsidiary, mobile financial services provider Ant Financial Services Group, which runs the Alipay mobile payments platform. The spinoff and […]

Retail Asia18/07/2016
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L Capital, an affiliate of luxury brand group LVMH, will invest US$50 million in Korean cosmetics company Clio, which aims to go public by the end of this year. Clio will issue redeemable convertible preference shares to be taken over by the investment company, and an official agreement for this pre-IPO investment will be signed […]

Retail Asia01/04/2016
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A Vietnam payment platform start-up has received a US$28 million shot in the arm from private equity investors. M_Service, which launched the mobile e-wallet MoMo, received the boost from Standard Chartered Private Equity (SCPE), which invested $25 million, and existing shareholder and strategic investor Goldman Sachs, which added $3 million to its initial $5.75 million investment […]


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