NEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs raised CEO David Solomon's compensation 26% to $39 million for last year, according to a filing, and its board lined up an $80 million stock retention bonus that signals he will stay at the helm for another 5 years.
Goldman Sachs raised CEO David Solomon's compensation 26% to $39 million for last year, according to a filing, and its board lined up an $80 million stock retention bonus that signals he will stay at the helm for another 5 years.
Fourth-quarter 2024 profits at Bank of America (BAC) and Morgan Stanley (MS) more than doubled, cementing a Wall Street revival that has dealmakers optimistic about the coming Trump era in 2025. Strong investment banking and trading results also helped push profits higher at other big banks in the fourth quarter,
Bank of America stock, for example, was down 2% after reporting a 116% spike in earnings. M&T Bank, US Bancorp, and PNC Financial were all down about the same, or more. Only Morgan Stanley stock was rising Thursday, but it is primarily an investment bank and asset manager, and less a consumer bank.
Investors will be keen to hear about the company's target for 2025, especially as expectations for rate cuts have been reined in. Bank of America is scheduled to report fourth-quarter earnings before the opening bell Thursday. How will shifting expectations on interest rates impact Bank of America?
Bank of America and Morgan Stanley are next up in a series of bank earnings reports due out this week. The firms report fourth-quarter results on Thursday morning. Their competitors—JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo,
Richard Ramsden, an analyst from Goldman Sachs, maintained the Buy rating on Bank of America (BAC – Research Report). The associated price
Bank of America on Thursday announced profits more than doubled in the fourth quarter, surging to $6.7 billion from $3.1 billion in the same period last year - another in a wave of favorable reports from the nation's biggest banks. The 111% increase in earnings buoyed its full-year profits to $27.1 billion.
Goldman's president and chief operating officer was also awarded a retention bonus of $80 million in restricted stock, the bank said on Friday.
Goldman Sachs announced a raft of leadership changes as it created a new division to focus on financing large deals and providing loans to corporate clients, looking to capitalize on the lucrative private credit market.
Investors are awaiting earnings from Big Banks earnings this week, watching especially closely for guidance updates. Citi (C), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Goldman Sachs (GS), and Wells Fargo (WFC) report on Wednesday.