Top 5 Investment Banking Trends for 2025

Stay ahead of the curve in 2025

As 2025 unfurls, change is happening everywhere. Technology and the culture around it is becoming almost unrecognizable compared to the past few decades, and that will absolutely make its mark in the world of investment banking. Are you prepared to keep up?

We've sifted through the stats and pulled out the top 5 trends that will be driving the changes in investment banking this year.

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Defining Data

"Global market for AI is expected to grow to $826 billion by 2030"

"Anti-ESG sentiment ranks fourth among external ESG challenges for US CEOs in 2025 but is absent from the top five for CEOs globally or in Europe, reflecting heightened political polarization and scrutiny in the US."

85% of security professionals attribute the uptick in cyber attacks in the last year to the rise of bad actors using generative AI

16% rise in M&A in the private equity market. 8% rise in M&A in the corporate market.

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