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| Highlighting our strong relative performance on a year-to-date basis, our economic fees from sub $5 billion market cap companies increased approximately 88% over last year compared to a 26% increase in the fee pool for this market |
| We continue to execute on our strategy to deliver strong revenue, margin and returns to our shareholders |
| And our relative performance was strong in several of our businesses |
| Against this backdrop, we are pleased with our momentum and we recorded our best quarter of the year in terms of adjusted net revenues and operating margin |
| Finally, given our continued strong cash generation and capital-light business model, on October 13, we repaid the $125 million of our Class B notes upon maturity |
| Highlighting the benefits of our diversified product set, revenues from M&A and debt capital raises increased sequentially |
| Restructuring activity continues to be robust, and equity financing reflects a gradually improving market |
| As we've stated previously, scaling our industry groups and adding new product capabilities have enhanced our ability to deliver strong results against mixed economic conditions |
| However, strong relative performance, combined with the diversification of our platform within and across our businesses, led to the strongest net revenue quarter of the year |
| Interest in our firm continues to be robust, and as a result, we see opportunities to selectively expand our market reach across all of our client verticals |
| Performance was led by our financial services and healthcare teams with solid contributions from our consumer, energy and power, and restructuring groups |
| Historically, the fourth quarter has been our best quarter of the year for equity brokerage revenues, and we expect to finish 2023 strong as clients position their portfolios for 2024 |
| With one of the largest and most experienced teams in the marketplace, we continue to gain market share as we leverage our deep sector expertise to advise clients |
| Our most recent vote ranking is the highest in our history, which should drive further market share gains in this business over time |
| So, we feel really good |
| Overall, our performance on a relative basis remains solid |
| Despite softer conditions, we performed well, driven by quality research and the broad capabilities of our platform |
| And absent events that could cause a delay in the closing of these and other transactions in our pipeline, we expect that advisory revenues for the fourth quarter will continue to show sequential improvement |
| Though activity was episodic, these transactions highlight the strength and breadth of our platform and ability to get deals done in a tough market |
| We generated $37 million of corporate financing revenues during the third quarter of 2023, consistent with the improved results we generated for the second quarter |
| But while the timing didn't seem good right when we did it in '20 before '21, now it's really paying dividends, and we're really excited about the team we have and the prospects of continuing to grow that into a significant business |
| We continue to generate solid operating results despite the tough markets, but don't believe these results reflect the full earnings power of our platform |
| On the strategic side, we definitely have good activity |
| As we look ahead, we expect sequential improvement during the fourth quarter |
| We completed 51 advisory transactions during the quarter and benefited from a higher average fee and aggregate transaction value |
| Financial services is another large and critical component of the economy where we have leading market share |
| I guess to start on the advisory outlook, we've seen a number of large strategic transactions announced over the past couple of months, which, along with the positive news on antitrust front, such as the approval of Activision, Microsoft suggests that the environment is relatively favorable for larger strategic transactions |
| Our broad product capabilities and industry diversification has provided some resiliency to our results |
| We generated $192 million of corporate investment banking revenues, our best quarter of the year thus far |
| Specific to advisory services, revenues of $155 million for the quarter reflect a moderate improvement to M&A and debt markets |
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| Market conditions remain challenging with higher nominal rates, interest rate volatility, and weak investor demand |
| For the first nine months of 2023, net revenues totaled $873 million, down 16% year-over-year |
| Market conditions continued to be challenging during the third quarter |
| While we expect the near-term outlook to remain challenging, we are starting down the path to more constructive fixed income market |
| Currently, as you can see in the numbers that our revenues have been more depressed |
| Completed US M&A market activity is down approximately 30% to 40% compared to the first nine months of last year, while our advisory revenues are down 23% |
| And I would just add, Devin, to what Deb said, I mean, there's no question the muni financing business of all of our business segments is the most challenged, and it's mostly on the specialty side |
| Market conditions continue to remain challenging for most of our businesses |
| That will -- the spreads will adjust, but that's a big part of why that's been very difficult for us this year |
| Obviously, it's also challenged in financial services |
| However, activity continues to remain below historic levels |
| As we look ahead, we expect market issuance will be lower than historical levels until rates stabilize, issuers adjust to higher nominal rates and more investors return to the municipal investment space |
| Non-compensation expenses for the third quarter of 2023, excluding reimbursed deal expenses, were $57 million, below our guided range due to reduced travel and lower professional fees |
| Market conditions continue to be challenging |
| The macro backdrop remains uncertain, but our priorities have not changed |
| I think for peers so far this quarter, and it does sound like there are some headwinds there |
| We generated net revenues of $306 million for the third quarter of 2023, up 10% from the prior quarter and down 9% compared to the third quarter of last year |
| So, in general, I think we just expect to see more of the same, a very slow recovery |
| So this is about banks and credit unions and their lack of liquidity and what's happening in their own bond portfolios |
| I think we've also talked, look, longer term, we see comp rates somewhere between 60 and 65, right? Revenues are depressed |
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