Investment Banking

JPMorgan dealmaking fees set to jump 45% in Q4, as Wall Street bosses eye 2025 boost

Wall Street executives have sounded an optimistic note on dealmaking for 2025

Marianne Lake, chief executive of JPMorgan’s consumer and community banking division, said that strategic dialogue “remains robust”
Marianne Lake, chief executive of JPMorgan’s consumer and community banking division, said that strategic dialogue “remains robust” Photo: Jin Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images

JPMorgan’s dealmaking fees could swell by 45% in the fourth quarter as Wall Street investment banks expect a pick up in work going into 2025. 

Marianne Lake, CEO of JPMorgan’s consumer and community banking unit, told a Goldman Sachs conference on 10 December that it was expecting a 45% year-on-year increase in investment banking fees during the final quarter of the year. 

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