Bankers can finally look forward to merger activity | The National

Bankers can finally look forward to merger activity | The National:

"The GCC’s investment bankers must be a stressed lot – too much work and such little reward.

The fee-based investment banking business has four key components – syndicated loans, equity capital markets, debt capital markets and mergers and acquisitions (M&A). While in other markets we can witness activity across these four components, in the GCC investment banking advisers depend on syndicated loans for their survival – 50 per cent of total investment banking fees on average.


Equities is dull thanks to poor performing capital markets and the related dull initial public offering environment."



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