Goldman Sachs will cut about 30% of the jobs in Asia. The US bank would be to announce the cutting of about 30% of its workforce in Asia, excluding Japan. Goldman, whose investment banking revenue fell 11 per cent to US$1.79 billion in the second quarter, is reducing the number of bankers working on mergers and acquisitions, and equity and debt capital market deals, Reuters said, citing unnamed sources.
The European Commission, in response to growing pressure around the former European Commission President José Manuel Barroso, decided to conduct an investigation in respect of the new ethics commission that the Portuguese has agreed in Goldman Sachs last July.
The Community executive chairman Jean-Claude Juncker made the announcement through a letter of response to the request for clarification received a few days ago by the European Ombudsman, Emily O’Reilly. The Secretary-General of the Commission, tells Juncker, has sent a letter to Barroso "asking him to provide clarifications on its nine responsibilities and the terms of his contract, on which – still the President of the Commission – will ask the opinion of an ad hoc ethics committee" which however is not binding.
