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M and A activity should increase because the world is speeding up. CEOs, boards of directors need to adapt... Scale matters increasingly. You need to onshore increasingly. Independent advisory firms will benefit from a massive secular tailwind as corporations are forced to restructure, vertically integrate, and onshore supply chains to survive. Furthermore, boutique firms using AI to enhance senior banker productivity will expand margins without needing to bloat their junior headcounts. LONG independent investment banks positioned to capture the inevitable return to high-volume, complex corporate dealmaking. Short-term geopolitical shocks and market volatility could delay the M&A pipeline, pushing revenue realization further into the future.