Goldman Profit Rises 30% on Bond Trading, Banking
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc., the third- largest US securities firm, said profit rose 30 percent as fixed-income and commodities trading revenue increased by almost $1 billion and fees from mergers advice climbed.
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Morgan Stanley  on Wednesday said its second-quarter profit rose 40 percent, trouncing expectations as most of its trading and investment-banking businesses achieved record results.
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French banking group Societe Generale has reported that second-quarter net profit rose by 37.9 percent, with its finance and investment divisions posting strong growth amid market volatility.
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Investment bank stocks rose Tuesday after Goldman Sachs and Lehman Bros. reported surprisingly strong third-quarter results, indicating that sluggish market conditions this summer did not dent Wall Street earnings.
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Profits at US investment bank Goldman Sachs are better than expected, despite slow summer business.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. , the largest investment bank by market value, said on Tuesday quarterly earnings rose to a record, despite recent fears that mortgage market woes and flagging stocks would hurt results.
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Goldman Sachs reported second-quarter earnings on Thursday.
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NEW YORK: Bank of America, the No 3 US bank, on Thursday said third-quarter profit rose 29%, helped by its purchase of FleetBoston Financial and growth in deposits and credit card issuance.
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Goldman Sachs reported profit of $3.2 billion, setting a record amid growing concern over falling stock prices and an imploding subprime mortgage market.
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Bank of America Corp  and other large U.S. banks on Thursday reported higher quarterly profits, as rising fees offset deteriorating credit quality.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc  said on Tuesday its fourth-quarter earnings rose 2 percent, trouncing expectations as higher merger advisory fees and surprisingly strong debt trading results helped it sidestep the credit crunch that has hammered the rest of Wall Street.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. GS.N on   Tuesday said its third-quarter profit fell amid a summer slump   in trading and underwriting, yet its shares rose as the No. 3   U.S. investment bank exceeded expectations.
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Investment bank Lehman Brothers  Holdings Inc.  on Tuesday said its second-quarter profit  rose 27 percent as surging bond underwriting and stock trading  revenue more than made up for bond trading results hurt by U.S.  mortgage weakness.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. , the  largest investment bank by market value, said on Tuesday  quarterly earnings rose to a record, despite recent fears that  mortgage market woes and flagging stocks would hurt results.
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Dutch banking group ABN Amro reported that it had increased net profit last year by 30 percent with a big boost from exceptional items and mainly a halving of provisions.
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Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. , said on Tuesday that quarterly profit rose 27 percent, beating expectations, on surging revenue from bond underwriting and stock trading.
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NEW YORK -- Rising fixed-income and investment-banking revenue combined to help boost earnings in the latest quarter at two of Wall Street&#39;s biggest firms, Goldman Sachs Group Inc.