| Niall Cameron | ||||||
Most investment bankers were delighted to see the end of 2001 – a truly terrible year in which many lost friends and colleagues in the World Trade Centre. Work itself provided little consolation. M&A and equity capital market volumes declined precipitously, robbing firms of earnings in their highest-margin businesses. Most cut staff and bonuses. Those investment bankers who have held on to their jobs returned to work in January praying that an economic recovery would reignite the equity markets and prompt corporations to finance new investments and mergers&acquisitions.
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