Goldman Sachs profits more than double to $2.9 bn

Goldman Sachs reported strong second-quarter results Monday demonstrating robustness across its trading, advisory and asset management businesses.

The storied New York financial giant, which was under pressure for much of 2023 over an ill-fated push into Main Street lending, reported profits of $2.9 billion for the quarter ending June 30, more than double the year-ago level.

With the consumer banking experiment in the rear-view mirror, Goldman excelled in its bread-and-butter enterprises in the just-finished quarter.

In global banking, the New York giant scored increased fees for debt underwriting and equity underwriting, while reporting higher revenues in both fixed-income and equities trading.

The investment bank’s asset and wealth management division also prospered behind a buoyant performance in equity holdings and a much better time in real estate investments, which suffered significant losses in the year-ago period.

Operating expenses were essentially flat compared with the year-ago level, while results were also assisted by a decrease in provisions for bad loans.

Chief Executive David Solomon described the results as “solid,” saying in a statement that the firm is deepening its relationship with clients and “serving them in an improving, but complex environment.”

Shares of Goldman Sachs rose 1.0 percent in pre-market trading.

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