NEW YORK : When a senior Goldman Sachs technology banker delivered a grim prediction to his colleagues earlier this year, it marked the beginning of downturn that would result in some bankers leaving.Mergers and acquisitions among technology companies could be down as much as 80 per cent in 2023, Sam Brit
NEW YORK : When a senior Goldman Sachs technology banker delivered a grim prediction to his colleagues earlier this year, it marked the beginning of downturn that would result in some bankers leaving.
In the months that followed, a number of top technology bankers have left firms such as Goldman, Bank of America and Barclays, often for smaller peers such as Moelis & Co, Qatalyst Partners, Evercore, and Jefferies Financial Group, according to interviews with more than a dozen bankers and previous Reuters reporting.
Technology was the top sector for mergers and acquisitions for eight consecutive quarters until the second quarter of 2022, when a bout of inflation forced central banks to raise interest rates, weighing on tech stock valuations. "When the pay is less, bankers feel less committed to the bank they are at. The cost of opportunity to switch is less," said Anthony Keizner, managing partner at executive search firm Odyssey Search Partners.
Ron Eliasek, one of the software industry's top investment bankers, left his post as global chairman of technology, media, and telecommunications at Bank of America earlier this month to join Jefferies.
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