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Investment banks’ revenue has been hit hard by a sharp drop in corporate and private equity dealmaking, with a darkening economic outlook and the banking crisis in the spring helping push mergers and acquisitions volumes to their lowest level in a decade in the first quarter. “We may see the pendulum swing back and forth the entire year when our market looks good to access,” she says.
Apollo’s takeover of Arconic Corp., announced May 4, is also set to be financed by banks including J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. before the loan is sold to other investors.