Goldman Tops $1 Trillion of M&A, Fastest Ever to Reach the Mark

Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s investment bankers have just set a speed record.

The Wall Street bank has advised on more than $1 trillion of mergers and acquisitions so far this year, the fastest any bank has ever reached the milestone, according to Dealogic data.

There’ve been about $1.7 trillion of deals announced so far this year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg which excludes SpaceX’s combination with xAI. That’s about the same as had been announced by this point during the high-water mark year of 2021.

But during the record M&A run of 2021 it took the bank until ...