Deals valued at $1 billion-plus worldwide are up 22% from a year ago, LSEG data shows. Wall Street executives have been bullish about the burgeoning pipeline for deals. AdvertisementFor Wall Street deal makers, the billion-dollar bangers are back. So what has revived what Wall Street refers to as the "animal spirits," at least when it comes to bigger targets? Other Wall Street bank chieftains, like Ted Pick of Morgan Stanley and Peter Orszag of Lazard, have been bullish about the M&A pipeline.

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