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As investment banks struggle to make heads or tails of the harsh new normal, here is an attempt to make sense of a variable set of the first-quarter results (in US dollars).

There were a few bright spots: investment banking revenues increased by 15% and those stubborn costs fell by 6%. But revenues across the industry fell by 6%, led by a 13% drop in fixed income. Pre-tax profits also edged downwards.

Financial News's investment banking columnist William Wright analyses the first-quarter figures from the world's largest banks

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How was it for you? The first quarter at a glance

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