高盛集团(Goldman Sachs)本周预计将裁员数千人,而就在几个月前,它才刚刚公布了一项重大的重组计划。
据两位知情人士透露,作为华尔街顶尖投资银行的高盛将于1月11日宣布已经传闻许久的裁员计划。尽管两人都预计裁员政策会在1月11日出台,但他们也表示,具体时间当然也可能发生变化。其中一位知情人士表示,这家已经屹立154年的公司预计将在全球范围内裁掉多达4,000人,占其员工总数的8%。该公司共有约4.9万名员工。
上述知情人士还说,高盛还计划把年度奖砍掉40%至50%,另外还有5%至10%的员工将没有奖金。
高盛拒绝置评。
裁员是因为高盛的投行业务营收减少。2021年,并购和IPO创下了历史最好成绩,但2022年由于市场全面收缩(加上对衰退的担忧、乌克兰战争和通货膨胀),并购和IPO大幅放缓。高盛第三季度的营收为119.8亿美元。其中一半以上来自全球市场,包括交易和销售。第三季度投行业务收入下滑57%至15.8亿美元。该部门去年第三季度的收入仅占高盛总营收的13%,2021年同期占比则为27%。
就在几个月前,高盛宣布重组,将其业务精简为三大部门。正如《财富》杂志此前报道,高盛将其资产和财富管理部门合并,将投行和全球市场及交易部门合并为第二个部门。第三个部门名为平台解决方案(Platform Solutions),整合了高盛各部门的金融科技平台业务,包括交易银行业务、消费者合作伙伴关系[主要是与苹果(Apple)和通用汽车(General Motors)的信用卡],以及专业贷款机构GreenSky等。高盛的股价较2022年1月创下的52周403.05美元的高点下跌了约14%,今年1月6日收于348.08美元。
此次重组表明,高盛已经将旗下的数字银行Marcus打入冷宫,该银行有数百万名客户,业务包括高收益储蓄账户和个人贷款。此次公司洗牌已经产生了第一批受害者。《财富》杂志看到的一份备忘录显示,PayPal的前高管、Marcus的业务主管斯瓦蒂·巴蒂亚将从高盛退休。备忘录称,还曾经担任Greensky的联合首席执行官的巴蒂亚将成为顾问董事。
《财富》杂志看到的第二份备忘录显示,长期担任高盛高管的泽山·拉扎基将成为商业销售点贷款业务GreenSky的联席主管。拉扎基将与戴维·扎立克搭档,后者在2006年与他人共同创立了GreenSky,并在高盛于2022年3月以22.4亿美元收购了这家先买后付金融科技公司后加入高盛成为合伙人。拉扎基最初加入高盛是在2001年,后于2003年离职。第二份备忘录称,他于2006年重新入职高盛,2022年成为合伙人,此前曾经担任高盛消费者和财富管理部门的全球首席运营官。
高盛也在努力控制成本和津贴。在高盛位于美国纽约曼哈顿西街200号的总部大楼里,11楼的天空大厅(Sky Lobby)不再提供免费咖啡。《财富》杂志曾经报道过,高盛的员工要想在这喝上一杯“西雅图最好的咖啡”,需要付2.99美元。(但高盛仍然在每层楼提供免费咖啡。)
尽管高盛的首席执行官苏德巍(David Solomon)不断强调经济前景继续恶化,但高盛在恶化的经济形势中表现得比同行要好。在上周举办的《华尔街日报》(Wall Street Journal)首席执行官理事会峰会(CEO Council Summit)上,苏德巍预计2023年股市将继续下滑,美国经济陷入衰退的几率约为三分之二。
高盛定于1月17日公布第四季度收益。彭博社(Bloomberg)在2022年12月估计,这家投行2022年有望实现约480亿美元的年收入。这将是高盛自2021年以来的最佳表现,该公司当年营收为593.4亿美元,打破历史纪录。(财富中文网)
译者:Agatha
高盛集团(Goldman Sachs)本周预计将裁员数千人,而就在几个月前,它才刚刚公布了一项重大的重组计划。
据两位知情人士透露,作为华尔街顶尖投资银行的高盛将于1月11日宣布已经传闻许久的裁员计划。尽管两人都预计裁员政策会在1月11日出台,但他们也表示,具体时间当然也可能发生变化。其中一位知情人士表示,这家已经屹立154年的公司预计将在全球范围内裁掉多达4,000人,占其员工总数的8%。该公司共有约4.9万名员工。
上述知情人士还说,高盛还计划把年度奖砍掉40%至50%,另外还有5%至10%的员工将没有奖金。
高盛拒绝置评。
裁员是因为高盛的投行业务营收减少。2021年,并购和IPO创下了历史最好成绩,但2022年由于市场全面收缩(加上对衰退的担忧、乌克兰战争和通货膨胀),并购和IPO大幅放缓。高盛第三季度的营收为119.8亿美元。其中一半以上来自全球市场,包括交易和销售。第三季度投行业务收入下滑57%至15.8亿美元。该部门去年第三季度的收入仅占高盛总营收的13%,2021年同期占比则为27%。
就在几个月前,高盛宣布重组,将其业务精简为三大部门。正如《财富》杂志此前报道,高盛将其资产和财富管理部门合并,将投行和全球市场及交易部门合并为第二个部门。第三个部门名为平台解决方案(Platform Solutions),整合了高盛各部门的金融科技平台业务,包括交易银行业务、消费者合作伙伴关系[主要是与苹果(Apple)和通用汽车(General Motors)的信用卡],以及专业贷款机构GreenSky等。高盛的股价较2022年1月创下的52周403.05美元的高点下跌了约14%,今年1月6日收于348.08美元。
此次重组表明,高盛已经将旗下的数字银行Marcus打入冷宫,该银行有数百万名客户,业务包括高收益储蓄账户和个人贷款。此次公司洗牌已经产生了第一批受害者。《财富》杂志看到的一份备忘录显示,PayPal的前高管、Marcus的业务主管斯瓦蒂·巴蒂亚将从高盛退休。备忘录称,还曾经担任Greensky的联合首席执行官的巴蒂亚将成为顾问董事。
《财富》杂志看到的第二份备忘录显示,长期担任高盛高管的泽山·拉扎基将成为商业销售点贷款业务GreenSky的联席主管。拉扎基将与戴维·扎立克搭档,后者在2006年与他人共同创立了GreenSky,并在高盛于2022年3月以22.4亿美元收购了这家先买后付金融科技公司后加入高盛成为合伙人。拉扎基最初加入高盛是在2001年,后于2003年离职。第二份备忘录称,他于2006年重新入职高盛,2022年成为合伙人,此前曾经担任高盛消费者和财富管理部门的全球首席运营官。
高盛也在努力控制成本和津贴。在高盛位于美国纽约曼哈顿西街200号的总部大楼里,11楼的天空大厅(Sky Lobby)不再提供免费咖啡。《财富》杂志曾经报道过,高盛的员工要想在这喝上一杯“西雅图最好的咖啡”,需要付2.99美元。(但高盛仍然在每层楼提供免费咖啡。)
尽管高盛的首席执行官苏德巍(David Solomon)不断强调经济前景继续恶化,但高盛在恶化的经济形势中表现得比同行要好。在上周举办的《华尔街日报》(Wall Street Journal)首席执行官理事会峰会(CEO Council Summit)上,苏德巍预计2023年股市将继续下滑,美国经济陷入衰退的几率约为三分之二。
高盛定于1月17日公布第四季度收益。彭博社(Bloomberg)在2022年12月估计,这家投行2022年有望实现约480亿美元的年收入。这将是高盛自2021年以来的最佳表现,该公司当年营收为593.4亿美元,打破历史纪录。(财富中文网)
译者:Agatha
Goldman Sachs is expected to layoff thousands of employees this week, just months after unveiling a major reorganization.
Goldman, a leading Wall Street investment bank, is slated to announce its long-awaited job cuts on January 11, two people familiar with the matter said. Though both were expecting the moves to happen on January 11, they noted that the timing could certainly change. The 154-year-old firm is expected to slash up to 4,000 positions globally, or 8% of its workforce, one of the people said. It employs about 49,000 people.
Goldman is also expected to cut its annual bonus pool by 40% to 50%, while another 5% to 10% of staffers aren’t getting bonuses, the people said.
Goldman declined to comment.
The reductions are a reaction to the decrease in investment banking revenue at Goldman. In 2021, mergers and initial public offerings posted their best year ever but a broad market contraction (along with recession fears, the war in Ukraine, and inflation) caused M&A and IPOs to slow down significantly last year. In the third quarter, Goldman reported $11.98 billion in revenue. More than half of that came from global markets, which includes trading and sales. Investment banking revenue dropped 57% in Q3 to $1.58 billion. The unit generated just 13% of Goldman’s third quarter revenue last year, down from 27% in 2021.
The job cuts come just months after Goldman announced a reorganization that streamlined its businesses into three units. As Fortune reported, Goldman combined its asset and wealth management units into one segment, and put investment banking and global markets, along with trading, into a second segment. A third unit, called Platform Solutions, consolidated fintech platforms from across Goldman including transaction banking, consumer partnerships (mainly credit cards with Apple and General Motors), and specialty lender GreenSky. Shares of Goldman are down about 14% from their 52-week high of $403.05 in January 2022. The stock on January 6 closed at $348.08.
The reorg signaled that Goldman was sidelining Marcus, its digital bank, which offers high-yield savings accounts and personal loans to millions of customers. The corporate shuffle has already produced one of its first victims. Swati Bhatia, a former PayPal executive and head of the Marcus business, is retiring from Goldman, according to a memo seen by Fortune. Bhatia, who was also co-CEO of Greensky, will become an advisory director, the memo said.
Zeeshan Razzaqui, a long-time Goldman executive, will become co-head of merchant point-of-sale lending or GreenSky, according to a second memo viewed by Fortune. Razzaqui will partner with David Zalik, who co-founded GreenSky in 2006 and joined Goldman last year as a partner after GS completed its $2.24 billion purchase of the buy-now-pay-later fintech, in March 2022. Razzaqui initially joined Goldman in 2001 as an analyst but left in 2003. He rejoined the firm in 2006, was named partner last year, and was previously global chief operating officer of Goldman consumer and wealth management, the second memo said.
Goldman has been looking to contain costs and perks. Employees at the firm’s Manhattan headquarters at 200 West St. are no longer receiving free coffee at Goldman’s Sky Lobby on the 11th floor. Instead, they must pay $2.99 for a cup of “Seattle’s best,” Fortune reported. (Goldman still offers free coffee on each of its floors.)
Goldman has largely navigated the worsening economy better than its peers, although CEO David Solomon has continuously warned of a deteriorating economic outlook. At the Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council Summit last week, Solomon said he expected the stock market’s slide to continue into 2023 and estimated the odds of a recession hitting the U.S. economy at around two-thirds.
Goldman is scheduled to report fourth quarter earnings on Jan. 17. The investment bank is on track to post about $48 billion in annual revenue for 2022, Bloomberg said in December 2022. This would be Goldman’s best performance since 2021 when the firm reported a record $59.34 billion in revenue.