Goldman Sachs News

Goldman Avoids Damages in Dragon System’s Merger Negligence Claim

Sachs Group Inc.’s missteps advising speech-recognition pioneer Dragon Systems Inc. in a merger weren’t egregious enough under the law to warrant damages, a federal judge ruled. U.S. District Judge Patti B. Saris in Boston let stand a jury verdict for …

Goldman Avoids Class Action Over Gender Bias Claim; Court Allows Arbitration

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. on Thursday won a U.S. court order allowing it to send a former employee’s gender discrimination dispute to arbitration, rather than being forced to defend against her claims in a class action. In ruling for Goldman, …

Aspen Announces $150 million Accelerated Share Repurchase Program

Bermuda-based Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited announced that it has entered into an Accelerated Share Repurchase (ASR) agreement with Goldman, Sachs & Co. to repurchase an aggregate of $150 million of Aspen’s ordinary shares under an accelerated share repurchase program. Aspen …

Canadian Private Equity Firm Onex Completes USI Acquisition

Canadian private equity firm Onex Corp. said today it has completed its previously announced acquisition of USI Insurance Services from Goldman Sachs Group’s GS Capital Partners for approximately $2.3 billion. The transaction was first announced one month ago. The price …

Florida’s Citizens Cancels Surplus Loan Plan; CEO Questions Depopulation Methods

Officials of Florida’s policyholder-back insurer have decided not to pursue a plan to loan private insurers part of its surplus in exchange for removing policies citing the fact that as currently envisioned no insurers would step forward and participate in …

Goldman Execs Win Dismissal of Mortgage, TARP Lawsuit by Shareholders

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein and other bank officials won the dismissal of a shareholder lawsuit accusing them of tolerating poor mortgage practices and quitting a federal bailout program early to boost executive pay. U.S. District Judge …

Judge Allows Investor Lawsuit Over Goldman CDO Conflicts

A federal judge said on Thursday that shareholders can proceed with a lawsuit accusing Goldman Sachs Group Inc. of concealing conflicts of interest in several collateralized debt obligation transactions, the fallout from which caused Goldman’s stock price to drop. The …

Goldman Must Defend Bond Insurer’s Fraud Claims

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. must defend fraud claims brought by a bond insurance company over its notorious Abacus mortgage product deal, a New York state judge ruled, but she decided that the investment bank did not unjustly enrich itself. In …

Goldman Sachs Completes Acquisition of Ariel Re’s Bermuda Operations

The Goldman Sachs Group and Ariel Holdings Ltd announced that Ariel Holdings has completed the sale of Ariel Reinsurance’s Bermuda-based insurance and reinsurance operations to Goldman Sachs, pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement announced on March 1, 2012. The purchase price …

Former Zurich CEO Schiro Named Lead Director at Goldman Sachs

The Goldman Sachs Group, a global investment banking and securities firm, said it appointed former Zurich Financial Services CEO James J. Schiro to be its board’s next lead director. Additionally, Schiro will also serve as the board’s chair of the …