Bank of America Investment Banking Fees — Investment banking fees increased by 10.5% to $1.84B in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 20.9%, from $1.52B to $1.84B. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Investment Banking Fees — Investment banking fees shows a downward trend with a -7.1% CAGR. This is a positive signal — higher values indicate stronger performance for this metric.
An increase suggests strong market activity and successful client acquisition in advisory and underwriting services, while a decrease may indicate a slowdown in corporate deal-making or loss of market share to competitors.
This metric represents the total revenue generated from advisory services, underwriting, and capital raising activities...
Peers typically report this as Investment Banking Revenue or Advisory and Underwriting Fees, with performance highly correlated to broader macroeconomic conditions and capital market cycles.
bac_segment_total_investment_banking_fees_investment_banking_fees| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
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| Value | $2.12B | $2.17B | $2.35B | $1.46B | $1.13B | $1.17B | $1.07B | $1.16B | $1.21B | $1.19B | $1.15B | $1.57B | $1.56B | $1.40B | $1.65B | $1.52B | $1.43B | $2.01B | $1.67B | $1.84B |
| QoQ Change | — | +2.2% | +8.4% | -38.0% | -22.6% | +3.5% | -8.2% | +8.6% | +4.2% | -2.0% | -3.6% | +36.9% | -0.4% | -10.1% | +17.9% | -7.9% | -6.2% | +41.0% | -17.2% | +10.5% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -46.8% | -46.2% | -54.4% | -20.2% | +7.4% | +1.8% | +6.9% | +34.8% | +28.8% | +18.1% | +44.5% | -2.9% | -8.5% | +43.5% | +0.7% | +20.9% |