Financial industry executives expect the Trump administration to stimulate large banks' mergers and acquisitions.
On November 13, according to Reuters, executives and analysts from the american financial sector stated that as former President Trump returns to the White House, government-appointed regulators are likely to adopt a more favorable stance toward approving large trades, which may lead to a wave of bank mergers and acquisitions.
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Wall Street Bonuses Will Be Extra Fat This Year. Here's How Much Bankers Are Getting. -- Barrons.com
Compensation consulting companies predict traders will receive a "windfall", with Wall Street bonuses seeing a significant increase for the first time in three years.
According to a report by the compensation consulting firm Johnson Associates, Wall Street firms are expected to pay higher bonuses this year, marking the first increase since the bumper year of 2021.
Rallying Bank Stocks Have Further Room to Run, Analyst Says
Goldman Sachs: Hedge funds are scrambling for bank stocks after the end of the US presidential election, while the public utility sector has seen net selling for the first time in four weeks.
A report from Goldman Sachs shows that as investors react to Trump winning the USA presidential election, hedge funds bought bank stocks at the fastest pace in three years last week while shorting renewable electrical utilities producers.