Several trends emerge from the year-to-date league tables, and not everyone will like them.

US bank enters UK retail just as BoE raises alarm on consumer credit.

Goldman Sachs has laid out a three year revenue growth plan that is nothing short of extraordinary

An appearance by a senior Goldman executive at a forthcoming conference could herald a new strategy for its fixed income franchise

There was no shine to the firm’s quarterly results, especially in fixed income sales and trading. They came in as the worst of the top five.

The chief executives of US banks have spent so long complaining about regulations that they can scarcely believe their luck at the impending relaxation.

Lines are being blurred as advisers get better at financing, and firms that used to lead through balance sheet up their game in advisory.

The shifting dynamics of the M&A market during the awards period has tested the mettle of advisory franchises. Corporates in particular have been wary – for different reasons at different times. The Obama administration had applied aggressive scrutiny that saw deals blocked in sectors such as healthcare, a situation compounded by the natural caution imposed by an upcoming presidential election.

Recovering profitability and capital as a result of restructuring, better economic growth and less threatening regulatory changes could see the European investment banks push back the Americans. There are already signs that Deutsche Bank is tentatively getting back on the front foot and could regain its position as the continent’s preeminent investment bank. Some European firms have forged an investment banking franchise with a very modern focus on returns instead of revenues.

Euromoney names HSBC as the World’s Best Bank and Morgan Stanley as the World’s Best Investment Bank; UniCredit’s chief executive Jean Pierre Mustier wins Banker of the Year award.

Goldman’s creativity and ability to commit capital have paid off this year.

The US firm has a broad franchise in financial institutions, but whatever the sector and no matter what the solution, advice is at the heart of its offering.

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Euromoney magazine has released the results of its 39th annual foreign exchange ranking, the most comprehensive quantitative and qualitative annual study available on the FX markets.

Goldman Sachs badly underperformed other US banks in first-quarter fixed income results, setting off a frenzy of speculation about trading positions that could have led to the disappointment.

Lloyd Blankfein’s swingeing cost cuts at Goldman Sachs really hit bankers where it hurts in March: their phones. No longer will their employer simply pick up the tab for their smartphone usage – Goldman bankers now face the indignity of having to itemise their monthly bills and (good grief!) claim their money back.

Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein seems to be on a comfortable glide path towards maximizing the value of the performance stock units that will provide most of his future compensation.

Goldman's new incentive scheme for its top management has some curious quirks.

More than 2,000 private banks took part in the 2017 Euromoney private banking survey. See who’s up and who’s down globally, regionally and by country.

UBS Wealth Management voted best global private bank; new regional winners; private banks less bullish on revenues; non-bank competition a minor concern.

Last year was far from a vintage year for the big five US corporate and investment banking franchises, with almost no business lines seeing an overall increase in revenues in 2016, but the gains in fixed income sales and trading were enough to inch CIB division revenues up by 1.4% to $142 billion.

Gary Cohn, president and COO of Goldman Sachs, was poised to join president-elect Trump’s new administration at the end of last year, having been appointed director of the National Economic Council.

The increasing dominance of global investment banking by US firms is hard to ignore.

Anyone hoping they fell through a wormhole on November 8 and are now living in an alternate reality will be encouraged by a new ad campaign in the US.

Singapore's investigations into the 1MDB scandal continue to claim more big-name scalps

Donald Trump vilified Wall Street during his presidential campaign in stump speeches and an advert that featured an image of Goldman Sachs CEO and chairman Lloyd Blankfein as a symbol of the “corrupt machine” that needed to be overthrown.

Libyan Investment Authority fails to convince court US bank duped it; Société Générale case even bigger but LIA is rudderless.

Goldman Sachs is cutting and Citic is hiring – but is all as it seems?

Goldman Sachs almost certainly made a good investment when it paid Hillary Clinton $675,000 for three speeches.

Asian developers dominate the 2016 Euromoney real estate survey, but the biggest changes are revealed among the global banks providing real estate finance.