CLAIM #29082 · GS (GS) · 2024Q4 earnings call · Jan 15, 2025 · due Dec 31, 2025
“And lastly, we are driving platform solutions to pretax breakeven in 2025.”
David Solomon · CEO
In context
“sed expenses and looking to more efficiently manage our vendor and consultant relationships. We will also continue to reduce operating expense associated with our consolidated investment entities as we further sell down those assets. Lastly, we are leveraging AI solutions to scale and transform our engineering capabilities, simplify and modernize our technology stack, drive productivity. These efficiencies will allow us to further invest for growth and improve client experience. Moving to Page 10. We believe the path to our return targets is straightforward. First, we have demonstrated our ability to deliver mid-teens returns on our leading global banking and markets franchise. Second, we are making strong progress against our plan to drive asset wealth management to mid-teens and beyond. And lastly, we are driving platform solutions to pretax breakeven in 2025. Taken together, we have a clear path to producing our target returns, which will further unlock shareholder value. Before turning it over to Denis, I want to spend a moment on regulation. Last month, trade groups representing the major U.S. banks, including Goldman Sachs, filed suit against the Federal Reserve. We have long been concerned that the lack of transparency and the Fed's current stress testing creates uncertainty and at times produces results we cannot understand and which can lead to higher industry-wide borrowing costs, reduced market liquidity and inefficient capital allocations. For the industry, the bar to take this step was incredibly high. And while the Fed has announced that it's seeking to improve the stress test, the suit was filed to protect our rights. We believe it”
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