Sounds like this will become a DCM group for financial sponsor and private credit related transactions? Realize that a few other banks have cap solutions group, but GS is the first BS bank to do it from my knowledge.
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Its for private credit it looks like?
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Based on the most helpful WSO content, GS Capital Solutions seems to be a strategic move by Goldman Sachs to focus on financial sponsor and private credit-related transactions. While other banks have similar capital solutions groups, GS appears to be leveraging its position as a bulge bracket bank to carve out a niche in this space.
This group could indeed function similarly to a DCM group but with a more specialized focus on private credit and sponsor-driven deals. It aligns with the trend of bulge bracket banks expanding into middle-market and private credit transactions, which have been growing in prominence. If GS is the first bulge bracket bank to formalize such a group, it could set a precedent for others to follow, especially given the increasing importance of private credit in the current financing landscape.
For those considering roles in this group, it might offer a unique blend of DCM and sponsor-driven deal experience, potentially opening up interesting exit opportunities in private credit or financial sponsors.
Sources: Is Goldman Sachs Still a Bulge Bracket?, IB in Greater Washington DC, DCM Path, GS Cross Markets vs RBC, Q&A: Non-target → Top Bucket SSG Private Credit/Direct Lending
Roomate is in JPMs version. Made up of their middle market financial sponsors group , abl team, and syndicated finance group
Never realized, is there a definitive group name for it at JPM or is it just a portion of the mid-cap banking team?
At JPM in financing… this is most def not investment banking.
He’s talking about what we call commercial banking
That’s tough. That being said the GS group sounds like the capital solutions team at Moelis or the PCM (not PCA) group at Guggenheim.
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