You arrived in Asia two months ago from the US, what's your sense of the MA scene here
Marin It is a very interesting contrast to come here from North America right now. I'm sure those people who saw the boom in Asian MA are still looking at the market and are saying it is not what it once was. What's interesting for me, is that the feeling here û as I go out and see clients and as we're working on transactions û is much more positive than what I am seeing in North America. In fact, the contrast could not be more stark.
In the US there is still a...