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Is this another false dawn for fixed income trading?

The results in so far indicate revenues for 2019 will be up, leading many to wonder if income trading is finally on the ascent

For a business widely regarded as a dying dinosaur, fixed income trading is showing remarkable signs of life
For a business widely regarded as a dying dinosaur, fixed income trading is showing remarkable signs of life Photo: Getty Images

Those Goldman Sachs bond traders still worried about what David Solomon might say on 29 January should probably relax. He is not going to sack them all.

When Solomon took over as chief executive at the end of 2018 and promised a strategic overhaul of the group many predicted he would take an axe to the fixed income trading division.

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