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Goldman Needs To Give Away $1bn

last updated: 29 October 2009
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Bloomberg reports that billionaire philanthropist Pete Peterson (co-founder of private equity firm Blackstone and former chairman and CEO of Lehman Brothers), has suggested that Goldman Sachs needs to make a charitable donation of at least $1bn if the firm is to mollify the public's anger over employee bonuses.

And HSBC, led by chairman Stephen Green (who is an Anglican priest) is said to have raised over $1bn in bond and equity sales for US multi-national Textron, which, among other products, manufactures cluster bombs. Nice.

In the meantime, Reuters reports that Deutsche Bank is to acquire Sal. Oppenheim in a deal worth $1.5bn. The German bank is said to be only interested in the firm's wealth management business, and is thought to be looking for a buyer for the investment banking unit.

Finally, The New York Times DealBook column reports that Lazard posted a 4% drop in its third-quarter earning. Profit came in at $52.5m, after strong earnings from its restructuring advisory unit. Nomura also posted positive earnings Wednesday. Profit for the quarter end 30th September came in at $304.6m.

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