Fund management deals offer M&A lifeline

M&A in financial services Amex and Threadneedle; US Trust and State Street; Lehman Brothers and Neuberger Berman Advisers: Credit Suisse First Boston, UBS, Goldman Sachs

There was a rush of acquisition activity in fund management last month, sparking talk of another round of consolidation. If this comes about, M&A bankers will raise a huge cheer.

They will be hoping this run of deals is the start: if not of an avalanche, then at least a small landslide. Hard times in fund management, with dead markets forcing parents to consider selling off investment houses, could mean bonus time again for the M&A piranhas.

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