Wall Street’s Deal Desk in Decline: Investment Banking’s Longest Drought Since 2014

SnapshotWall Street’s “back office”—powered by mergers & acquisitions and capital markets—is bogged down. For over three years, investment banking has failed to reach 25 percent of top bank revenues, hitting its worst stretch since 2014 . Macro Forces at Play• Elevated interest rates & geopolitical tensions are boosting market volatility.• Paradoxically, while volatility boosts trading revenue…

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JPMorgan says it will fire analysts who accept future-dated job offers elsewhere 

🏦 JPMorgan Warns Analysts: Accepting Future-Dated Job Offers Will Lead to Termination JPMorgan Chase has issued a stern warning to its incoming investment banking analysts: accepting future-dated job offers from other firms within the first 18 months of employment will result in immediate termination. This new policy aims to curb the growing trend of early…

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