2. Company Background Founded in 1869 by Marcus Goldman and Samuel Sachs Headquarter in Manhattan, New york Services provided- asset management, commercial banking, investment banking, mutual funds, prime brokerage. Offices worldwide – America, Europe, Asia Pacific, middle East. Primary dealer in US Treasury Security market. Currently headed by Lloyd Blankfein, CEO.
3. Sub Prime Crisis – A Human Story NINJA Loans CDO CDS Higher Interest Rate because of Higher risk U.S. subprime mortgage crisis - a rise in subprime mortgage delinquencies and foreclosures
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5. The Tremors of the crisis Bondholders-pension funds, who bought sub-prime mortgage bonds. Were worth between 20% and 40% of their original value for most asset classes, even those considered safe by the ratings agencies. A dramatic effect on house prices, causing the first national decline in house prices since the 1930s.
6. The Tremors of the crisis Economists expected the US economy to slow in the last three months of 2007 to an annual rate of 1% to 1.5%, compared with growth of 3.9%. Reduction of credit availability by banks due to the drying up of the wholesale bond markets and effect of the crisis on their own balance sheets
20. The Power Player Senate In a companies Email – November 2007 “Of course we didn't dodge the mortgage mess, We lost money, then made more than we lost because of shorts,” referring to trading bets that pay off when a bond drops in value.
21. Magnifying Risk & Abacus Selling high risk, poor quality mortgage products to investors around the world Transfer risk associated with its high risk assets – making on spread Assisting favoured clients to make profit at the direct expense of the clients that invested in the Goldman CDOs
22. Abacus Transaction Paulson & Company ( Hedge Fund) Wanted GS to make a CDO – full of mortgage assets that were predicted to loose value GS stated assets were selected by ACA – fudged investors Paulson made $1 billion & gave $15 million to Goldman Sachs
23. The “Fabulous Fab” The lawsuit accuses Goldman Sachs and a Goldman VP Fabrice Tourre of "making materially misleading statements and omissions.“ David Viniar (CFO) did not disclose investigation of the ABACUS by FED in 2009 He denied the allegations "I wish to repeat -- I did not mislead Deuche Bank or ABM Amro”
24. The “Fabulous Fab” Senate Emails between Tourre and his girlfriend suggesting that he was fully aware that the complex financial packages he helped create would collapse GS paid a $550m fine for sale of Abacus
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26. Goldman’s senior management repeatedly gave new and higher temporary risk limits to accommodate its trading.
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28. Goldman Sachs Reputation in Play The bank crossed paths with U.S. taxpayers Posted $3.44 billion in 2nd quarter profits 2009 in an environment where Morgan Stanley just reported a $1.26 billion loss. Stalwart voices of Wall Street -have criticized the firm’s undue influence on government and its ruthless pursuit of risky profits
38. Fall of the Giants Bear Stearns- sold to JP Morgan Chase in for $236.2 million or $2 per share. Effective nationalization of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Merrill Lynch sold out to Bank of America Fed arranges to lend $180 bn to AIG, American International Group, U.S.A’s biggest national insurer Lehman Brothers, the 158 year old U.S.A’s 4th largest Investment Bank files for bankruptcy
39. US Government – Oligarchy? FANNIE AND FREDDIE FED TAKEOVER LEHMAN BROS. NOT BAILED OUT-FAILED MERRILL LYNCH- JOHN THAIN HENRY PAULSON BIGGEST PAYOUT 12.9Bn DOLLAR TIMOTHY GIETHNER AIG $180Bn BUBBLE WEB NEEL KASHKARI CHANGE TO BANK HOLDING CO. TARP, FDIC MONEY, FED DISCOUNT WINDOW 1 year waiver TIMOTHY GEITHNER STEPHEN FRIEDMAN CONFLICT OF INTEREST
40. AIG Bail Out – Why? Goldman Sachs had purchased $20 billion of CDS and other instruments from AIG. GS Had made offsetting transactions in AIG Stock. If AIG was not bailed out GS would Have lost the money. GS got 100 cents per dollar whereas taxpayers only got 2 cents per dollar
42. Economic vandals Underwrote 7-8% of the Sub prime Mortgage Shorting against – They new it was toxic Enormous profits – Access to cheap money, used incorrectly Internet Bubble – underwrote 1/5 IPO’s Global Warming – 10% Ownership in Chicago Climate Exchange Investment in Carbon Trading Companies
43. The Government Sachs? “The incestuous marriage between the Fed, government and Goldman continues to give birth to demented offspring that move from Washington to Wall Street and back again like a piston in a perpetual motion screw-the-taxpayer machine”
44. Mr. Robber of Robber Barons Lloyd Blankfein "I know I could slit my wrists and people would cheer," “We help companies to grow by helping them to raise capital. We have a social purpose” $68m in 2007 alone, a record for any Wall Street CEO, to add to the more than $500m of Goldman stock he owns
46. Reason for the drop Fears of recession An ocean of unresolved litigation Worsening euro zone mess Hiring of a top criminal lawyer New FHCA Case 22 Aug 11 Share Price Dips 4.7% ( 104.25) Lowest since April 2009.
47. Legal Battles against Financial Crisis Civil Case of SEC in 2010 for misleading investors and then Congress Charged $1Billion for defrauding investors Fined $550 Million for Abacus
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49. The report that involved 2 years of investigation also blames the lending practices of big commercial banks for plunging the U.S. economy into a painful recession.
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51. High Cost of Doing God’s Work FHCA Accused Goldman of 2 fraud charges Common law fraud Aided and abetted Fraud Funded Mortgage Originators by encouraging property originators to inflate property values. Paid them big bucks for this Employees signed “ Self Registration Documents” to register securities for multiple issuance with SEC No of properties were stated as Owner Occupied but actually they were for investments. Increased the chances for delinquencies
52. High Cost of Doing God’s Work The loan to value ratios were said to be 80% or less for these securities – more attractive to the investors. In reality it was just the appraised value given to the home that made the loan sound so cheap More over rating agencies were paid to give it the AAA status. Goldman – paid mortgage lenders to securities sub prime loans, incentivized their employees to sell more. Daniel Sparks told Congress he didn't expect a group of financial products to fail. Internal documents suggest he knew otherwise
53. Goldman v/s People Hiring of Reid Weingarten, one of America's top criminal defence lawyers Some major criminal case on its way Lloyd Blankfein not accepting that they shorted
54. To sum up Goldman managed the dubious honour of coming out of the financial crisis with the best financial returns and the worst public image. Since the credit crisis subsided, Goldman has gone back to making money but has huge PR Problems now. The company was once the gold standard of investment banks, with an unimpeachable reputation. Goldman's primary interest always was in lining its own pockets and not those of its clients. The former US treasury secretaries Hank Paulson and Robert Rubin were both Goldman bankers. But seems like this is not going to happen again for a very long time.
