RPT-DEALS-Dealmakers look past winter, 'fiscal cliff,' for thaw
December 21, 2012 at 03:15 AM EST
NEW YORK, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Perpetually optimistic investment bankers are hoping a resolution to the U.S. "fiscal cliff" and cheap, plentiful financing will fuel a rebound in mergers and acquisitions in the spring of 2013 and set business back on the road to recovery.