A man outside the New York Stock Exchange on January 15 in New York City.Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Don’t be fooled by the strong rebound in Wall Street trading revenues at the end of 2016: Investment banks still had a lousy year.
According to new data from Coalition, 2016 revenues at the 12 largest investment banks in the world fell 3% last year, making for a fourth consecutive decrease in revenues.
One bright spot was fixed income, currencies, and commodities revenues, which were up 9%. Still, that couldn’t offset a weak performance in equities and investment banking.
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