Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Investment Banking 2.0 - Pattern to emerge after the Present Crisis

Investment Banking 2.0 will be the re-emergence of the boutique, the focused, nimble, high-touch firm that was the bedrock of capital formation in the early years of the stock market boom.

The mega-firms, universal banks being created at the urging of the Treasury are not sustainable. They'll live just long enough for investment banking losses to be absorbed by the commercial bank's larger capital base, after which the best talent will flee for greener pastures.


http://seekingalpha.com/article/95633-investment-banking-2-0-think-small

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