CLAIM #29088 · GS (GS) · 2024Q4 earnings call · Jan 15, 2025 · due Dec 31, 2026
“In addition, Platform Solutions, where we still have the Apple Card platform, this year, depending on how you look at it, and I'll give you rough numbers was a 75 basis point to 100 basis point drag on the firm's overall ROE, that will improve in 2025 and 2026.”
David Solomon · CEO
How to check this claim
Look at: Platform Solutions drag on firm-wide ROE (basis points), as disclosed or calculable from segment pre-tax earnings/ROE commentary
It came true if: Platform Solutions ROE drag in FY2025 and/or FY2026 less than 75 basis points (improved from the 75-100 bps drag cited for 2024)
Where: Company 10-K/Q4 earnings materials and management commentary on segment results (Platform Solutions segment disclosures, ROE discussion on earnings calls)
In context
“lth Management. We still have the legacy platforms, but we continue to make progress around that. Global Banking & Markets, I think, has shown over the course of the last five years that this business should be mid-teens throughout the cycle. On Asset & Wealth Management, we've commented to you that we've met our medium-term margin, target margin, but we have not yet improved the returns in that business to the levels that we believe that we can return them. We believe over the next couple of years, continued scaling and profitability in our alternative platform combined with our ability to continue to grow management fees and at the same time, also free up capital from legacy principal investments will allow us to bring the returns in Asset & Wealth Management to the mid-teens or higher. In addition, Platform Solutions, where we still have the Apple Card platform, this year, depending on how you look at it, and I'll give you rough numbers was a 75 basis point to 100 basis point drag on the firm's overall ROE, that will improve in 2025 and 2026. And so it's just math. If you have a mid-teens Global Banking & Markets business, if we get Asset & Wealth Management, the mid-teens plus and we removed the drag from the platform that gets you to a mid-teens business. We have a high level of confidence in our ability to execute against that. Denis will give you a comment. We're obviously generating a lot of capital. We do see opportunities to deploy. So Denis will give you some comments on how we're thinking about capital deployment and also returns. Denis Coleman: Sure. Thanks, David. And Christian, I think you're making references some capital release numbers. Within the overall remaining portfolio of HPI, we do note that there's about $4 billion of retaining attributable – of remaining attributable equity. And then, obviously, over ti”
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