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APRIL 23, 2024

After a two-year slump, investment banking looks like it's entering the early stages of a recovery. Investment banks reported earnings growth of double-digit percentages in the first quarter, driven by strong initial public offering ( IPO ) markets and a pick-up in debt underwriting.

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JANUARY 5, 2024

Moreover, one prediction I made for 2024 is that mergers and acquisitions will see a rebound this year. While Hercules and Horizon typically compete for the same business, Ares is slightly different because it focuses on middle-market companies that may fall off the radar of investment banks and other BDCs.

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DECEMBER 6, 2023

Riley Financial provides financial services including investment banking, wealth and asset management, business advisory, and asset disposal. The company was a big beneficiary of the blistering investment activity seen in 2021.

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OCTOBER 6, 2024

One of Berkshire's smaller positions (less than one-tenth of 1% of the overall portfolio) is the investment bank Jefferies Financial Group (NYSE: JEF). Total investment banking revenue, which can be tricky to forecast, came in at $949.5 Berkshire owns roughly 433,500 shares. Jefferies has also been gaining market share.

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MAY 5, 2024

Take corporate fundraising and M&A ( mergers and acquisitions ) as an example. Numbers from Dealogic indicate that total M&A deals were up 30% year over year during the first quarter of 2024, driving 14% growth in total investment banking fees during the same three-month stretch.

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MARCH 16, 2024

Goldman Sachs Rising interest rates have dampened investment banking activity over the past several years, impacting Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) , one of the largest investment banks in the world. Goldman Sachs' investment banking revenue plummeted 56% over two years ending in 2023. times earnings and just 9.9

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AUGUST 6, 2024

Investment banks Investment banks, on the other hand, offer very few of these services and focus primarily on acting as advisors in an array of capacities to large corporations and high-net-worth individuals.

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