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Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva:

The global equity markets improved in Q2 2014 after a rather soft performance in the first quarter. According to Forbes, equity deal volumes of $282 billion for the period represented a 50% improvement quarter-on-quarter and a 40% growth year-on-year. Naturally, the strong market conditions translated into a similar revenue growth for the banks.

Banks’ earnings announcements Source: Forbes.com

Forbes notes that the total figure of $2.4 billion in Q2 2014 is 41% higher than $1.7 billion in Q1 2014 and 36% more than that for Q2 2013, indicating that the biggest investment banks performed slightly better than the industry as a whole for the period.

For a look at the broader picture of investment banking, Coalition, a business intelligence provider with offices in London, New York, Singapore and Mumbai, has just come up with its Global and Regional Investment Bank League Tables for the first half of 2014.

Driven by M&A and ECM (Equity Capital Market), IBD (Investment Banking......................

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