New Delhi, March 5 -- Goldman Sachs plans to trim its staffing by 3% to 5% in an annual performance review process this spring, said a source familiar with the matter who declined to be identified discussing personnel matters. That would equate to more than 1,395 job cuts from the bank's global workforce of 46,500 at the end of December. The last time the Wall Street firm conducted a similar review in September, it made smaller reductions.

"This is part of our normal, annual talent management process," a spokesman said, declining to give details. Goldman carried out multiple rounds of workforce reductions in 2023 as dealmaking stagnated and it stepped back from a loss-making consumer business.

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