Wall Street's top execs couldn't stop bragging about their pipelines this earnings season

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From left: Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon; Morgan Stanley CEO Ted Pick.
From left: Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon; Morgan Stanley CEO Ted Pick.

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Wall Street banks' blockbuster quarter gives dealmakers hope for a 'golden age' of investment banking

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Workers in downtown Manhattan

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Business Insider's 2025 Rising Stars of Wall Street

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Photo collage featuring Wall Street's rising stars of 2024

Ricardo Santos for BI

They're still in the early innings of their careers, but these dealmakers and investors are already setting the agenda for the next era of finance.

Here's the chatter from hedge fund conferences run by Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Citi, and Kepler

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Conference attendees network at London's historic Wembley Stadium
Kepler held its sixth conference at Wembley Stadium

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The 20 financial firms that could be hardest hit from Trump's new H-1B fee — from Goldman Sachs to Citi

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President Trump with his signed H-1B visa order
President Trump with his signed H-1B visa order

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These are the 10 best banks for startups, according to founders and VCs

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Morgan Stanley's New York City headquarters.
Morgan Stanley's New York City headquarters.

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Morgan Stanley intern survey: Here's what they're carrying, wearing, and working out with

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A composite image of a Stanley Cup and an Owala water bottle.

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I toured Morgan Stanley's Innovation Lab and saw firsthand how banks are trying to pull top tech talent

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Morgan Stanley's Innovation Lab
Rows upon rows of machines lined Morgan Stanley's Innovation Lab.

Morgan Stanley

Meet Michael Grimes, the investment banker to Elon Musk who's running Trump's invest-in-America agenda

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Michael Grimes, Linda Yaccarino, X CEO, and Claudio Madrazo attend Inauguration Eve hosted by Uber, X and The Free Press at Cafe Riggs on January 19, 2025 in Washington, DC.
Michael Grimes, who has joined the Trump administration, is pictured next to Linda Yaccarino, the CEO of X, formerly Twitter.

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Companies that want to go public without a diverse board may still have to get through Goldman Sachs

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Goldman Sachs

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