The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a global financial services firm that serves corporations, financial institutions, governments, and individuals through a broad range of businesses. Goldman Sachs provides investment banking, including mergers and acquisitions advisory, equity and debt underwriting, and strategic financing, alongside global markets activities such as trading, securities financing, and principal investments. The firm also operates asset and wealth management services for institutional and private clients, as well as platform-based financial solutions and banking services. Goldman Sachs plays an important role in capital formation, market liquidity, and portfolio management across major financial centers in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. Headquartered in New York, the company is recognized as one of the leading institutions in global capital markets.