Solomon Says Goldman Pushed Too Quickly Into Consumer Banking

Goldman Sachs CEO David SolomonPhotographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. was overly aggressive in pushing into the consumer space, doing “too much, too quickly,” which contributed to worse-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings, Chief Executive Officer David Solomon said.

“We obviously had a disappointing quarter and we tried to own that upfront,” Solomon said in a CNBC interview Wednesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.