Can you have a good year without closing a lot of deals?

I am a Senior headed to a specialized boutique investment bank in New York. I was wondering what your thoughts were on gauging profitability of private boutiques. The firm I am going to work for has only closed one deal so far in 2010, and it was relatively small for them. Usually they are a juggernaut in their sector, but lately it seems like their competitors are closing far more deals. However, I know some of the analysts and associates and they are working around the clock even more than usual. Are closed deals really a good measure for how well a firm is doing? I know this particular firm has been doing more buy-side lately. Is there any way to tell whether or not they have done well so far this year? Is it conceivable that they are doing great, just haven't closed much? I guess my question is how close is the correlation between closed deals and fees collected?

 

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