With a potential for a 10x growth in pre-tax profit from the business over the next decade, retail including e-commerce will be the next growth engine for Reliance Industries Ltd, Goldman Sachs said in a report. After growing 5x over FY16-FY20, RIL's core retail revenue growth has taken a pause in FY21 (April 2020 to March 2021) due to Covid related macro headwinds including lower footfalls. The oil-to-telecom conglomerate run by billionaire Mukesh Ambani used the period to build strong digital capabilities of the retail business while continuing to expand its physical reach.
As part of its focus on developing startups across the world, Goldman Sachs is looking at training and development of around 29 select women entrepreneurs in India.
"Following preliminary investigations, FSA has decided to commence a formal enforcement investigation into Goldman Sachs International in relation to recent SEC allegations. FSA will be liaising closely with SEC in this review," FSA said in a statement today. No further details were provided.
Sonjoy Chatterjee, executive director (ED) of ICICI Bank, has put in his papers and will soon join US-based investment bank Goldman Sachs in India, according to a person familiar with the development.
Neo banks, along with mid-sized banks, are establishing global capability centres (GCCs) in India, mirroring the expansion strategies of larger global counterparts. This trend is being seen as the next major wave in the country's banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI) sector.
Gold price outlook 2025: Gold prices that have climbed over 30 per cent so far in 2024 to Rs 7,300 per gram in the Indian markets (up 28 per cent in dollar terms till November-end), are set for their best calendar year performance in 10 years, suggests a recent report by World Gold Council (WGC). However, this stellar run, analysts believe, may not carry through till the end of 2025 in the backdrop of economic and geopolitical headwinds.
Financial services firm Goldman Sachs on Tuesday said the new United Progressive Alliance government is unlikely to pursue 'big-bang' reforms, but piecemeal changes in policies may take place, including hiking of FDI cap in insurance and divestment in public sector units.
The current slowdown has lasted for over 18 months and is the longest incident of sluggishness since 2006.
Global financial services firm Goldman Sachs has said it is not planning to sell its five per cent stake in the National Stock Exchange.
If Beijing succeeds in this multipronged effort to challenge the current dominant power, it will have not just economic but political and security consequences. There is no let-up in the South China Sea nor any de-escalation moves on the India-China border. This portends to ominous signalling from Beijing, observes China expert Srikanth Kondapalli.
The central government is likely to further consolidate its fiscal deficit by 50 basis points (bps) to 5.9 per cent in FY24 from 6.4 per cent in FY23, according to a recent report released by Goldman Sachs on Tuesday. In the current fiscal year, there is going to be an upside of 0.5 per cent on the receipts side due to higher nominal GDP growth, and higher tax buoyancy because of the formalisation, the report said. The upside to expenditure is mainly going to come from incremental subsidies (0.8 per cent of GDP), in both food and fertilizer, it said. The upcoming pre-election Budget will carry forward the trend of the increased capital expenditure seen in recent years.
May take 10-15% in Phase II of Bengaluru-Mysore road for Rs 500 crore.
Goldman Sachs has emerged from the market bust as a trading colossus. New Chief Lloyd Blankfein must fuel growth -- and avoid an unforeseeable blowup.
Global investment and financial services major Goldman Sachs will pump in more direct investment into India, besides expanding operations, Lloyd C Blankfein, president and chief operation officer, Goldman Sachs Group Inc said on Thursday.
British daily The Financial Times has reported that AIG had lost $2 billion over the deals and the move is a sign that Securities and Exchange Commission action against Goldman Sachs could spark litigation from investors who lost money on mortgage-backed deals.
Kunal Shah is one of five of India-origin to have made the cut in Goldman Sachs in the 2014 class of partners.
Oil-to-telecom conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has surprised the street with a better than expected performance in its oil-to-chemicals (O2C) division in October-December 2024 (Q3FY25). RIL executives attributed it to favourable feedstock sourcing and higher volumes. However, they also listed cost optimisation and other measures.
Already witnessing a sharp decline in inflation, India would see deflation or reduction in general price level from next month due to slackening demand, financial services firm Goldman Sachs said on Monday.
Indian-origin steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal has joined the board of the investment bank major Goldman Sachs as an independent director.
The new managing directors will assume their enhanced role at the investment banking firm with effect from January 1, 2014.
In last few years, a number of global players have exited the Indian mutual fund business.
Perhaps the most sensible thing Goldman Sachs did in an otherwise poorly-researched report on ONGC was to talk of 'corporate governance issues with cash withdrawals by promoter,' says Sunil Jain.
Goldman Sachs' controversial note on corporate governance in Oil and Natural Gas Corp that evoked a strong reaction from the company, is not the first instance of the US investment bank having a run-in with the state-owned firm.
The fight to end poverty sometimes looks like an industry that depends on the poor's impoverished state for its own survival. Jeffrey Sachs's book End of Poverty is a jolt to shake us out of that rut.
Gupta, who has not been indicted in the criminal trial of Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam, faces civil charges from the Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly passing confidential information about Goldman Sachs to the defendant.
"We believe loose liquidity will increasingly feed into higher inflation from current levels. However, we expect a falling output gap, the primary determinant of inflation, and currency appreciation will keep inflation within the RBI's target range of below 5 per cent," Goldman Sachs analyst Tushar Poddar said in the report.
Global financial services major Goldman Sachs on Wednesday said it will start its brokerage operations in India this year.
The New-York based Goldman Sachs, one of the world's oldest and largest investment banking firms, plans to enter the buoyant mutual fund business in India.
World's first "rock star" economist, he coined the popular term "BRIC"
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Despite criticism, the investment bank said that it stands by its research.
The South African Constitutional Court judge has set July 20 for presentation of submissions on Sourav Ganguly's ban.
The Rs 6,145-crore initial public offer of electric two-wheeler company Ola Electric Mobility got fully subscribed on the second day of bidding on Monday, driven by demand from retail investors and non-institutional investors. The initial share sale received bids for 49,43,63,610 shares against 46,51,59,451 shares on offer, translating into 1.06 times subscription, according to the NSE data.
A day after global brokerage firm Macquarie painted a rosy picture of the Indian economy and raised its target level for the stock indices for the next 12 months, Goldman Sachs said India is set to overtake China and become the fastest-growing emerging market during 2016-18.
It said the government took $20 billion in cash over the past six years from the company without consulting minority shareholders. 'Since 2003-04, the promoter (the government of India) has taken away cash from the company on a quarterly basis for subsidising loss-making state-owned downstream companies. So far, ONGC's promoters have taken cash of almost $20 billion from the company without consulting the minority shareholders,' Goldman said in its latest report.
High Court dismisses petitions challenging telecast of the controversial reality show hosted by Rajeev Khandelwal.
'Women' as a political constituency appears to be an idea that has come of age. It is changing India in ways that we only dimly understand, asserts Aditi Phadnis.
Executive is facing probe for allegedly leaking confidential information to former Galleon Group co-founder Raj Rajaratnam.
US-based global investment banking major Goldman Sachs on Tuesday said it would invest one billion dollar in India for expanding operations in sectors like real estate and infrastructure.
The Indian rupee will bounce from its record low level of close to Rs 52 against the greenback and will gain about 10 per cent in 12 months once overseas borrowings resume, Goldman Sachs has said.
