Highest M&A Deals by Investment banks in 2013;

In 2013 Goldman Sachs was the leading bank by the value of managed Merger and Amalgamation deals. In 2013, mergers and acquisitions managed by Goldman Sachs were worth a total of around 604 billion US dollars. The number 2 investment bank  in the list was  JP Morgan with 563.7 US billion dollars, followed by Morgan Stanley

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A full-service investment banks usually provide both advisory and financing banking services, as well as sales, market making, and research on a broad array of financial products, including equities, credit, rates, currency, commodities, and their derivatives

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