Description: The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a leading global financial holding company providing IB, securities, investment management and consumer banking services to a diversified client base. It has 4 broad segments. The IB segment comprises the Financial Advisory, Underwriting and lending to corporate clients. The Global Markets segment comprises Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities, which include client-execution activities related to making markets in credit products, interest rate products, mortgages, currencies and commodities. Equities include client execution activities related to making markets in equities, commissions and fees, and its securities services business, warehouse lending & structured financing to institutional clients, advisory and underwriting assignments. The Consumer & Wealth Management segment includes management and other fees, incentive fees and results from deposit-taking activities related to wealth management business. The Asset Management division comprises management and other fees.

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