Goldman restores capital buffer after Trump tax hit

Goldman Sachs capped a year-long effort to strengthen its core solvency ratio by further cutting risk-weighted assets (RWAs) and building up its capital stockpile in the three months to end-December.

The bank's binding Common Equity Tier 1 capital ratio, as calculated under the Basel III advanced approach, improved to 13.1% in 2018 from 10.87% in 2017, returning to the level reported at end-2016. The CET1 capital ratio as defined using the regulator-set standardised approach rose to 13.34% from

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