M&A volume down 40% according to Reuters

For the individuals throwing stones at CS, WB, and other banks doing layoffs. They might have just been early…time to cut your personal expenses if you can.

https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/global-deal…

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Here's where you are right and wrong:

  • it is down a higher amount than "normal" because the prior Q1 was inflated
  • banks hired their staff's not for steady state "normal" deal flow, but for that old Q1.

There are too many people in tech, too many people in industries that service it, and too many people in IB.

And definitely way too many people in tech IB

 

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