Morgan Stanley has bested its archrival Goldman Sachs in the global and U.S. deal league tables, Reuters notes. Morgan Stanley graces the top of the worldwide list now; it worked on 202 deals worth $490.9 billion so far this year. That was good enough to vault it from sixth place into first place.

Goldman Sachs fell from first to second place; it worked on 182 deals worth about $455 billion or so. Citi came in third, followed by JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank, UBS and Bank of America Merrill. Overall M&A volume fell by more than 40 percent, however. As for over all investment banking fees so far this year JPMorgan took the top spot, with a market share of 8.7 percent. It was followed by Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Citi and Morgan Stanley.   

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