Wall Street banks see deal activity picking up, even after record results

Jonathan Gray, president and chief operating officer of Blackstone Inc., from left, Ron O’Hanley, chief executive officer of State Street Corp., Ted Pick, chief executive officer of Morgan Stanley, Marc Rowan, chief executive officer of Apollo Global Management LLC, and David Solomon, chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., during the Global Financial Leaders’…

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This stock will be a big beneficiary of Trump’s deregulation, says Bank of America

Goldman Sachs should be particularly helped by President-elect Donald Trump’s preference for deregulation, Bank of America suggested. Less oversight can boost investor confidence that Goldman will provide sustainable returns on equity, analyst Ebrahim Poonawala told clients on Wednesday. In fact, he said Goldman should be one of the clearest winners from this type of policy…

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