Goldman's reputation?

Can anyone speak to Goldman's reputation when it comes to RE? I understand their whitehall funds were a disaster coming out of the financial crisis, has their reputation recovered since then? I feel as if you don't hear about them doing much these days

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Goldman? Never heard of them...

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@Malta Monkey Apologies for such a delayed response here -- I have an alumni contact at Goldman's new york office, I haven't reached out yet but he's a "VP of Real Estate Financing". I would like to get on the buy-side as soon as possible (currently an incoming senior in undergrad), but I'm generally unsure of how active Goldman's real estate platform is, obviously the brand recognition is there, I was just wondering how they're perceived in the space.

 
"wsonewguy2019" From my understanding, the top BB RE lenders are GS, JP, and DB (no particular order). WF is also strong in terms of volume, however not as 'sexy' as they often deal with vanilla properties. From these lending platforms, you'd be able to break into solid REPE groups. All in all, a great place to start your career.

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"wsonewguy2019" From my understanding, the top BB RE lenders are GS, JP, and DB (no particular order). WF is also strong in terms of volume, however not as 'sexy' as they often deal with vanilla properties. From these lending platforms, you'd be able to break into solid REPE groups. All in all, a great place to start your career.

Let's look at the balance sheets of the largest banks and their current exposure to commercial real estate:

  1. Wells Fargo - $144.1 billion
  2. JP Morgan - $100.7 billion
  3. Bank of America - $61.2 billion
  4. Deutsche Bank - 29.2 billion euros
  5. Capital One - $29.9 billion
  6. PNC - $28.6 billion
  7. Citigroup - $13.6 billion
  8. Citizens - $13.4 billion
  9. Goldman Sachs - $11.7 billion
  10. Morgan Stanley - $8.9 billion

Now let's take a look at the 10 largest loan contributors to US CMBS deals in 2018: 1. JP Morgan - $9.7 billion 1. Deutsche Bank - $8.8 billion 1. Goldman Sachs - $8.6 billion 1. Citigroup - $7.3 billion 1. Morgan Stanley - $5.8 billion 1. Wells Fargo - $5.8 billion 1. Bank of America - $5.2 billion 1. Barclays - $3.9 billion 1. Natixis - $3.2 billion 1. UBS - $2.4 billion

 

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