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FOCUS Investment Banking Named a Top Industrial Industry M&A Advisor

Focus Investment Banking

Washington, DC, (June 19, 2023) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”), a national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture, and corporate finance services, has been recognized as a leading M&A advisor in the industrial industry.

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The CFA for Investment Banking: Do the New Changes Make It Worthwhile?

Mergers and Inquisitions

I’ve now been writing about finance careers for almost 20 years, and the topic of the CFA for investment banking never seems to die. I first criticized the CFA in a 2009 article , which generated a lot of angry comments. These points go back to the flawed concept of “ investment banking certifications.”

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Reasons for Layoffs in the Current Environment

OfficeHours

From my personal experience, securing an investment banking internship in my junior year of college set me up for a full-time offer and launched the rest of my career. According to CBS News, excluding January 2023, the January layoffs in 2024 represent the highest number of job cuts announced in the first month of January since 2009.

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01-15-2024 Newsletter: Make 2024 Your Year to Recruit

OfficeHours

This was supposed to be the year that investment banking bounced back. Getting someone to listen Read More Blogs Visit the OfficeHours Blog and follow us on our social media accounts: Instagram , LinkedIn , YouTube , TikTok , and Twitter for our latest updates. But 2024 may not be much better.

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How the Growth of Private Credit is Impacting Private Equity

OfficeHours

The growth of private credit can be traced back to the Great Financial Crisis of 2008-2009. Following the GFC, the government enacted new regulations that limited banks’ abilities to underwrite highly leveraged financing. investment banking, private equity , VC, etc.) and how our process works.

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03-06-2024 Newsletter: Reasons for Layoffs in the Current Environment

OfficeHours

From my personal experience, securing an investment banking internship in my junior year of college set me up for a full-time offer and launched the rest of my career. According to CBS News, excluding January 2023, the January layoffs in 2024 represent the highest number of job cuts announced in the first month of January since 2009.

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Technology Services Mergers Update – Q1 2024

Solganick & Co.

Solganick is a data-driven investment bank that specializes in IT services and software companies and has advised on multiple M&A transactions within the covered sector verticals. Financial buyers, particularly private equity firms, have kept M&A volume afloat in the systems integration sector, accounting for 57.1%

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