Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. has announced a significant change in its leadership team, with Harvey M. Schwartz set to take over as Chief Financial Officer at the end of January 2013. This move comes as David Viniar, who has served as the Chief Financial Officer for 12 years, has decided to retire and join the Board of Directors as a non-independent director at that time. The firm also plans to appoint additional independent directors to its board in the near future.Lloyd C. Blankfein, Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs, expressed his confidence in the transition, stating,...

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. has announced that Gary Cohn, President and Chief Operating Officer, will be presenting at the Sanford C. Bernstein 2012 Annual Strategic Decisions Conference in New York City on Thursday, May 31, 2012, at 9:00 a.m. (EST).According to the press release, a live audio webcast of the presentation will be available on the Investor Relations section of the Goldman Sachs website at www.gs.com/shareholders. For those unable to listen live, a replay will be accessible on the website shortly after the event.Goldman Sachs, a prominent global...