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I wonder if they actually will return it? Sounds as though they regret taking it to start with, as they should! :mad:
Goldman Sachs Said to Be in Talks to Return TARP by Mid-April
By Christine Harper and Elizabeth Hester
March 24 (Bloomberg) -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc., once the most profitable firm on Wall Street, is talking with U.S. regulators about repaying the $10 billion it received from the government by mid-April, a person familiar with the matter said.
Goldman hasn’t formally applied to give back the money, which the New York-based company received as part of the first round of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, the person said, declining to be identified because the talks are private.
Bank executives are chafing under increased scrutiny that accompanied the bailout money, as public outrage over bonuses and executive perks intensifies. The government may be reluctant to let any banks pay back the TARP money now, because it could pressure other companies that still need the cash to return it, according to Peter Sorrentino, who helps manage $13.3 billion at Huntington Asset Advisors in Cincinnati.
“The regulators do want to keep all these guys on the same page,” Sorrentino said in an interview. “It’s like a chain gang, you’ve got them all in handcuffs. If you let some of them out, then you’ve got a couple off the reservation.”
Goldman doesn’t expect to be allowed to repay the TARP money until the Treasury finishes so-called stress tests of major banks’ financial stability, the person said.
The New York Times reported earlier today that Goldman Sachs was negotiating to return the money. Goldman Sachs spokesman Michael DuVally declined to comment, as did Treasury spokesman Isaac Baker.
Bonuses Lost
David Viniar, Goldman Sachs’s chief financial officer, said Feb. 4 that running the company without government money “would be an easier thing to do.” The firm, which set a Wall Street record for pay last year, said in November that Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein, 54, and six deputies would forgo their year-end bonuses.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. CEO Jamie Dimon said Feb. 23 the New York-based bank was planning to pay back TARP “as soon as it is prudent” in consultation with regulators. Richard Kovacevich, chairman of San Francisco-based Wells Fargo & Co., criticized the government’s retroactive curbs on bonuses last month and called the plan for bank stress tests “asinine.”
Goldman Sachs “can legitimately make the argument that it’s getting in the way of doing business since they keep changing the rules,” Sorrentino at Huntington said. “Politically I don’t know how you stop them from giving the money back.”
Goldman Sachs, which has gained 35 percent in composite trading on the New York Stock Exchange this year, rose $1.98, or 1.8 percent, to $113.91 at 11:47 a.m.
Goldman Sachs Said to Be in Talks to Return TARP by Mid-April
By Christine Harper and Elizabeth Hester
March 24 (Bloomberg) -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc., once the most profitable firm on Wall Street, is talking with U.S. regulators about repaying the $10 billion it received from the government by mid-April, a person familiar with the matter said.
Goldman hasn’t formally applied to give back the money, which the New York-based company received as part of the first round of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, the person said, declining to be identified because the talks are private.
Bank executives are chafing under increased scrutiny that accompanied the bailout money, as public outrage over bonuses and executive perks intensifies. The government may be reluctant to let any banks pay back the TARP money now, because it could pressure other companies that still need the cash to return it, according to Peter Sorrentino, who helps manage $13.3 billion at Huntington Asset Advisors in Cincinnati.
“The regulators do want to keep all these guys on the same page,” Sorrentino said in an interview. “It’s like a chain gang, you’ve got them all in handcuffs. If you let some of them out, then you’ve got a couple off the reservation.”
Goldman doesn’t expect to be allowed to repay the TARP money until the Treasury finishes so-called stress tests of major banks’ financial stability, the person said.
The New York Times reported earlier today that Goldman Sachs was negotiating to return the money. Goldman Sachs spokesman Michael DuVally declined to comment, as did Treasury spokesman Isaac Baker.
Bonuses Lost
David Viniar, Goldman Sachs’s chief financial officer, said Feb. 4 that running the company without government money “would be an easier thing to do.” The firm, which set a Wall Street record for pay last year, said in November that Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein, 54, and six deputies would forgo their year-end bonuses.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. CEO Jamie Dimon said Feb. 23 the New York-based bank was planning to pay back TARP “as soon as it is prudent” in consultation with regulators. Richard Kovacevich, chairman of San Francisco-based Wells Fargo & Co., criticized the government’s retroactive curbs on bonuses last month and called the plan for bank stress tests “asinine.”
Goldman Sachs “can legitimately make the argument that it’s getting in the way of doing business since they keep changing the rules,” Sorrentino at Huntington said. “Politically I don’t know how you stop them from giving the money back.”
Goldman Sachs, which has gained 35 percent in composite trading on the New York Stock Exchange this year, rose $1.98, or 1.8 percent, to $113.91 at 11:47 a.m.
