JPMorgan-Apple talks started earlier this year, advanced recently
Weak economic activity in August has ramped up attention on China's slow economic recovery
The Singapore-based lender is working with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. as an adviser on potential ban assurance agreements for those markets
Airtel outperforms as the US-based brokerage reiterates 'buy'
Vodafone Idea's recent capital-raise while incrementally positive, may not be adequate to stop the telco's market share erosion, according to a note by Goldman Sachs. The brokerage has, in fact, anticipated another 300 bps (basis point) share loss for the company over the next 3-4 years, citing the direct correlation between capital expenditure and revenue market share, and given its own expectation of peers spending at least 50 per cent higher capex versus Vodafone Idea. One basis point is equal to 1/100th of a per cent. "Vodafone Idea's recent capital raise, while incrementally positive, is unlikely to be adequate to stop the company's market share erosion in our view," it said. Additionally, it said, Vodafone Idea has large Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR)/spectrum-related payments starting in FY26. "While the government has the option of converting some dues into equity, we estimate ARPUs would have to rise by Rs 200-270 (120-150 per cent under different scenarios) versus December
The fall in SBI share price came the New York-based brokerage Goldman Sachs downgraded SBI to 'Sell' from 'Neutral'.
On Wednesday, Harris said Trump's plans would cut off federal programs that offer loans to small businesses, cut the corporate tax rate and push the US deficit higher
Harris proposed raising the corporate tax rate to 28 per cent from 21 per cent and ensure big corporations pay their fair share
Consumers continue to be "somewhat steady," but they are spending selectively after years of inflation, McShane added.
The Wall Street lender adjusted its gold target of $2,700 to early 2025, versus previous forecast of end-2024, citing a price-sensitive China market
Goldman Sachs' annual review process has historically resulted in workforce reductions of 2 to 7%, depending on financial performance and market conditions
The bank now expects the nation's economy to expand at 6.7% in calendar 2024, and 6.4% in 2025.
As markets sift the Budget's fine print, they'll also monitor Q1 earnings, monsoon trends, and global factors
Bollinger, who is currently co-head of private wealth management for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Goldman Sachs in London, will join Julius Baer no later than Feb 1, 2025, the Swiss bank said
Mining conglomerate Vedanta Limited raised Rs 8,500 crore (over USD 1 billion) through Qualified Institutions Placement (QIP) of 19.31 crore equity shares at an issue price of Rs 440 per share, according to a stock exchange filing by the company. The issue, which closed on July 19, implied a discount of 4.61 per cent to the floor price of Rs 461.26 per equity share. In a stock exchange filing, Vedanta said it sold 19.31 crore shares to raise Rs 8,500 crore. Some of the marquee investors that have been allotted equity shares through the QIP include Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), Goldman Sachs AMC, Nippon Mutual Fund, SBI Mutual Fund, UTI Mutual Fund, ICICI Mutual Fund, Aditya Birla Mutual Fund and Mirae Mutual Fund. Various funds run by Nippon Mutual Fund were allotted 9.11 per cent of the total issue size, while funds managed by Morgan Stanley and SBI Mutual Fund received 8.62 per cent and 7.88 per cent, respectively. Speaking on the occasion, Vedanta chairman Anil Agarwal
Expectations (as measured by pre-budget equity market performance), wrote analysts at Morgan Stanley in a note, are important in determining what the market does immediately after the budget
The resilience of the U.S. economy has given corporate executives the confidence to pursue acquisitions, debt sales and stock offerings
The firm also announced that Sunil Khaitan has joined as head of financing in India. Reuters reported in April that Goldman hired Khaitan from Bank of America
Only five China-focused private equity funds were raised in the first half this year, totalling $2.2 billion
The tested banks overall saw losses of 17.6 per cent to existing loan balances on credit cards and among them Goldman Sachs recorded 25.4 per cent in losses