Goldman May Feast on Biggest Piece of M&A Pie in Nearly a Quarter Century

When the stroke of midnight and the Times Square ball drop ushered in 2025, investment bankers clinking their glasses anticipated a fireworks display of dealmaking that would pay for their Dom Pérignon and then some. You know what happened next. The hope that a business-friendly new administration would unlock the tepid M&A market ran into a wall of tariff-induced anxiety. But then things changed. More than six months into a market rally that kicked off in May, bankers at Goldman Sachs in particular can a ...