Mixed messages—vowing to grow the business and get rid of parts of it—seem to have confused investors. The share price has sagged since an unsuccessful investor day
, as he grew visibly exasperated by yet another query about how fast the bank could break even in its platform-solutions business, home of its consumer-lending arm, which lost $1.7bn in 2022. “But I can’t answer that question.” The investor then tried flattery: “Goldman Sachs is world class at risk management…when you make a bad trade you get out of it,” he said, before asking what more the bank could do to reduce losses in platform solutions.
The tense exchange reflects the frustrations inside Goldman. Mr Solomon can point to metrics that show he has served investors well enough. Since he took over in 2018 the company has posted an annualised total return to shareholders of 13%—better than the overall market and almost all of its competitors, apart from Morgan Stanley, its major rival, which managed to return 21% over the same period.
Mr Solomon argues this is because the firm has executed on many of the promises it made about its core businesses three years ago, at its first ever investor day, such as growing market share in, and beefing up assets under management. From this view, the obsession of analysts and media with mounting losses in platform solutions, which remains a tiny part of the firm, is unmerited.
Yet the skirmish was also indicative of investor frustration. Although Goldman’s core businesses have done well, it has been such a strange time for capital markets it is hard to tell how much of the success can be replicated. The firm has struggled to bring down the value of investments it makes using its own balance-sheet, which cause wild swings in earnings. Platform solutions may be a small part of the business, but costs are piling up.
At its investor day Goldman tried to reassure shareholders. This included mea culpas from Mr Solomon who said Goldman did “too much too fast” and grew into areas where it “did not have a competitive advantage”. The firm also made promises: Stephanie Cohen, head of platform solutions, said scale would help the business reach profit by 2025. Mr Solomon teased a sale, saying Goldman was exploring “strategic alternatives”.
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