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Global Investment Banking Fees down 14% from Q1'2011

• Fees for global Investment Banking services, from M&A advisory to capital markets underwriting, totaled US$17.6 billion during the first 
  quarter of 2012, a 14% decrease over last year at this time.  First quarter investment banking fees in the Americas totaled US$9.9 billion, 
  an 8% decrease from the first quarter of 2011 and accounted for 56% of global investment banking fees
• Fees for global Investment Banking services, from M&A advisory to capital markets underwriting, totaled US$17.6 billion during the first quarter of 2012, a 14% decrease over last year at this time.  First quarter investment banking fees in the Americas totaled US$9.9 billion, an 8% decrease from the first quarter of 2011 and accounted for 56% of global investment banking fees

JP Morgan topped the global investment banking league table for the first quarter of 2012 with US$1.4 billion in fees, or 7.8% of overall "walletshare".  Bank of America Merrill Lynch booked US$1.2 billion in investment banking fees during the first quarter, a decrease of 22% over last year and a loss of 0.7 wallet share points. Fees for Citi increased 8.5% compared to the first quarter of 2011, resulting in a gain of 1.1 percentage points, as the firm moved two spots to third place during first quarter 2012.