ECM participants bemoan the onset of volatility after years of wanting it

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ECM participants bemoan the onset of volatility after years of wanting it

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(180322) -- NEW YORK, March 22, 2018 (Xinhua) -- A trader works at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, the United States, March 22, 2018. U.S. stocks ended lower on Thursday, with the Dow plunging over 700 points, after the U.S. President Donald Trump announced to impose tariff on imported products from China. (Xinhua/Wang Ying) | Wang Ying/Xinhua News Agency/PA Images

It has been a long held belief over the past few years that a return of volatility would be good for equity capital markets. But the speed of its return is causing many investors to give taking risk a wide berth.

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