Clearly, the markets are improving and the appetite for deal-making is slowly, but surely improving along with them.

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This news built upon improving investor risk appetite after the U.S. stock indexes on Tuesday closed well up from their daily lows.

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We ended up getting our own refresher on the appetite for improving this evergreen issue.

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However, with global economic environment improving in 2009, these firms have again managed to increase their assets largely due to an increase in risk appetite and investment activity by clients, a consequence of returns across most major asset classes improving.

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U.S. and European stock markets traded higher Thursday, as risk appetite at least temporarily increased, on news reports the European Union sovereign debt situation may be a improving just a bit, or at least is not deteriorating further.

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