FRONT STORY RESULTS
Goldman sees FICC revival
Q2 trading decent for big 5 US banks, especially equities
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Philip Scipio
0EOPLE
&-ARKETS
12
Goldman
Sachs is riding
high in ECM in Latin
America and could
take top spot there
for the first time in a
decade
17
The New York
Fed’s new
secured overnight
financing rate, or
SOFR, gains traction
as an alternative to
replace Libor
Natalia
Ermolitskaya
is one of four new
hires by Exotix Capital
as it expand its fixed
income presence in
Latin America, Russia
and elsewhere
“Our clients responded to a
stronger US dollar, weaker EM
currencies, higher oil prices
and a divergence between US
investment grade and high yield
spreads”
Source: Company results, IFR calculations
%
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0
10
20
30
40
50
JPM Citi BAMLGoldman MS US average
FICC Equities Advisory/underwriting
SOLID Q
Q2 REVENUE CHANGE VS Q2 2017