Oaktree Capital co-founder voice doubts that macroeconomic fears caused gold’s rally October 20, 2025 Howard Marks, co-founder of investment firm Oaktree Capital, has voiced his scepticism over gold’s rallying run, believing economic conditions have not caused the surge and there is “no intelligent way to assess the intrinsic value”. Speaking on The Master Investor podcast with Wilfred Frost, Marks attributed the precious metal’s long standing run to popularity, believing [...]
Wall Street banks toast to $130bn revenue in deal making boom October 15, 2025 Wall Street banks raked in bumper profits, comfortably breezing past analyst expectations in the third quarter, driven by the continued strength of trading desks and a sharp revival in deal making. JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs and Citigroup brushed past estimates on Tuesday, with Jamie Dimon’s banking juggernaut collecting $14.4bn (£10.8bn) in profit – a 12 [...]
Goldman Sachs chief warns Rachel Reeves against bank tax October 14, 2025 The boss of Goldman Sachs has warned Chancellor Rachel Reeves that an increase to the financial burden slapped on the banking sector would dent economic growth ambitions. In a private meeting with the Chancellor, David Solomon said hitting the industry with higher taxes would dampen wider prospects for the country’s growth. The remarks come ahead [...]
‘Storm of volatility’ carries gold past $4,000 per ounce October 8, 2025 A flurry of political drama across several major economies has stoked already existing fears around ballooning sovereign debt to fuel gold’s rise this year, market strategists have said, after the precious metal shot past $4,000 per troy ounce for the first time in its history on Wednesday. Analysts said the ongoing political impasses in France [...]
Goldman warns Japan fiscal plans could spark UK bond sell-off October 7, 2025 The fiscal plans touted by the woman poised to become Japan’s first female Prime Minister will trigger a sharp jump the country’s borrowing costs that could spill over into the price of UK and US government bonds, Goldman Sachs has said. Sanae Takaichi, an admirer of Margaret Thatcher, was swept to victory in her Liberal [...]
Reeves and Goldman chief to pitch London to IPO candidates October 5, 2025 Chancellor Rachel Reeves will pitch to London Stock Exchange flotation candidates alongside one of the City’s top bankers, in her bid to revive interest in the struggling UK market. First reported by Sky News, Reeves and Lucy Rugby, the newly appointed City minister, will host a group of company bosses on Monday to discuss “the [...]
Petershill Partners blames ‘enduring valuation discount’ as it quits London Stock Exchange September 25, 2025 Investment firm Petershill Partners has become the latest business to unveil plans to quit the London Stock Exchange after it complained of suffering from an “enduring valuation discount.” The FTSE 250 business, which was founded by Goldman Sachs in 2007, said its lacklustre share price “did not appropriately reflect the quality and underlying value” of [...]
Rachel Reeves hosts Scott Bessent and finance execs for investment talks September 16, 2025 Chancellor Rachel Reeves hosted US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent and top dogs from most of the world’s biggest finance firms in a warm-up event ahead of President Donald Trump’s UK arrival on Tuesday evening. City firms including Barclays, HSBC and Revolut sent representatives to Downing Street, where they were joined by bosses from top Wall [...]
Goldman Sachs: Tax increases will not improve public finances September 10, 2025 Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been warned by a leading Wall Street bank that hiking taxes later this year will not improve the state of public finances. Reeves is widely expected to raise taxes by at least £20bn at this year’s Autumn Budget, with property owners, gambling companies and pension pots likely to be hit with [...]
Watch: Reeves fights back against critics ‘talking rubbish’ September 4, 2025 It’s not just Angela Rayner who finds herself on the defensive; Rachel Reeves has come out fighting – claiming many of her critics are talking rubbish. Who could she be talking about? Imagine returning from your summer break to find that your boss has poached your deputy and hired a brace of advisers to advise [...]