Equity markets rallied from the beginning of the year into early February, driven by encouraging data regarding the health of the U.S. economy and improved economic outlooks in China and Europe that were supported by the reopening of the Chinese
Banking and capital markets (B&CM) mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have been on a roller-coaster ride for several years. Transaction volumes and values climbed steadily prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, only to hurtle downward in 2020. Activity shot up the following
Over long periods of time there are two different types of bear markets. There are those that are associated with a recession and those that are not. It is only occasionally that a bear market is associated with a recession.
The US authorities took out the “big guns” and acted decisively before the market open to contain the spill over effect from the demise of SVB (now accompanied by Signature Bank) using a two-pronged approach. First, they will “make good”
