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Goldman traders score $2b in commodities’ comeback year

Bloomberg Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s commodities traders doubled their revenue haul in 2020 — another sign that Wall Street desks managed to print profits into the year’s finale, even as market mayhem subsided. Goldman’s business generated more than $2 billion in revenue for its best annual showing in about a decade, according to people with knowledge of the matter. That ...

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Credit Suisse to post fourth-quarter loss

Bloomberg Credit Suisse Group expects to post a fourth-quarter loss after setting aside $850 million for legal cases in US as CEO Thomas Gottstein seeks to tackle legacy issues and start the year with a clean slate. The amount is more than twice what the bank signaled last month when it flagged that a dispute with bond insurer MBIA Inc. ...

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Deutsche to pay $100m to avoid bribery charges

Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG agreed to pay more than $130 million to settle criminal and civil charges that it bribed foreign officials and manipulated the market for precious-metals futures through a trading tactic known as spoofing. The Frankfurt-based bank agreed to a deal in which it won’t be prosecuted as long as it doesn’t engage in the practices again for ...

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