Bulletin: The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Rating Unaffected By Strong Fourth-Quarter Earnings Jan 10
Standard & Poors, January 2010
Abstract
NEW YORK (Standard & Poor's) Jan. 21, 2010--Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said today that The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s (GS; A/Negative/A-1, holding company) just-announced fourth-quarter earnings do not immediately affect the rating. GS's reported pretax earnings of $7.4 billion were boosted by negative compensation expense of $519 million, which primarily reflected a substantial ratcheting back of previously accrued compensation, plus a reallocation to noncompensation expense of $500 million previously booked as compensation expense. (Compensation and benefits expense averaged $5.6 billion per quarter in the first three quarters of 2009). Taking account of this factor, adjusted pretax earnings were off significantly from the third quarter's $5.1 billion, although still strong. Trading revenues were down significantly from the robust level of...
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- The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
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- The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
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