This 29-year-old trader just became Goldman's youngest MD. Here's how he celebrated after a big year.

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Paulo Costa of Goldman Sachs
Paulo Costa, 29, is the youngest member of Goldman Sachs' class of newly appointed managing directors for 2025. He's a trader based in London.

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Why one of Asia's poorest countries grows Japan's cash

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Japan has long harvested a shrub called mitsumata for its money supply. But when mitsumata started dying out, Japan frantically searched for alternatives to make yen.

I was a hedge fund manager at Balyasny. Now I work at an AI startup helping bankers cut out the work they hate.

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Barry Duong
Barry Duong is the lead AI strategist at Hebbia.

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Wall Street's junior employees could be managing teams sooner with AI. The catch? They're teams of bots.

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Wall Street's junior set may cut their teeth in management by overseeing the work of AI agents, a top JPMorgan executive predicts.

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I demoed a buzzy AI startup and got a glimpse of what investment bankers' jobs might start to look like

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Hebbia's demo gave me insight into how investment banking could change in the coming years.

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The cofounder of a fintech once backed by Steve Ballmer and Drake pleads guilty to wire fraud

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Joe Sanberg
Joseph Sanberg

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Jamie Dimon wants to hire bankers in hot sectors for the firm's new $1.5 trillion bet on America: 'Just give us a call'

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"There's so many things moving out there, from deficits to geopolitics, to trade. It's complex, and something can go wrong," JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon said of the market.

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I left JPMorgan to join an AI investment bank. It was a calculated risk, and I have no regrets.

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Varun Agarwal is wearing a chequered blazer on top of a pink shirt.
Varun Agarwal, 25, left his job as an investment banker at JPMorgan to join OffDeal, an AI native investment bank.

Varun Agarwal

A first glimpse inside JPMorgan's new headquarters — courtesy of TikTok

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JPMorgan has shared renderings of the interior.

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A top Goldman executive is leaving following reports that he wrote unauthorized posts critical of Trump

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