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Two Important Books That Have Helped Me in Dealmaking

Focus Investment Banking

The first is Private Capital Markets by Rob Slee (John Wiley & Sons: 2011). Slee also lived in Charlotte and had an Investment Banking firm called Robertson & Foley. Over this time, there are two books that I keep returning to frequently for help in my transactions. Don’t wing it.

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Single-Manager Hedge Funds: The Best Way to Get a Recurring Guest Spot on CNBC?

Mergers and Inquisitions

Also, most of its outperformance came from strong results in 2004 – 2010, which is why it struggled and lost AUM and investor support in the 2011 – 2019 period. Specifically, they often hire people who have followed “the path” by working at a top investment bank for 2 years and then joining a private equity mega-fund for another 2 years.

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Industry (HBO): Could a TV Show About Investment Banking Be “One of the Best of the Decade?”

Mergers and Inquisitions

If you’re not familiar with it, the show follows several young graduates who start working in sales & trading and investment banking at JP Morgan Pierpoint & Co. If you go by the show’s 2020 premiere date, it’s a stretch to say that Industry ranks among the best shows of the 2011 – 2020 period.

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What is the World Trade Organization (WTO)?

Peak Frameworks

The Role of WTO in Private Equity, Investment Banking, and Corporate Finance The World Trade Organization (WTO) serves as a linchpin in the realm of international trade, thereby indirectly shaping the global finance industry. Here's a closer look at its profound influence.

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The TRADE’s most read stories of 2024, part one: M&A, quant moves, and outsourced trading remits

The TRADE

FIS acquires post-trade platform Torstone Technology Coming in at number 10 in our 2024 most read countdown was a major merger and acquisition scoop announced at the start of the year. Torstone is a global SaaS platform for post-trade securities and derivatives processing technology, originally built by and for a global investment bank.

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Growth Equity Interview Questions: Full List, Answers, and Differences vs. Venture Capital and Private Equity

Mergers and Inquisitions

This site has already covered investment banking interview questions , private equity interview questions , and venture capital interview questions , so the next topic on the list seemed to be growth equity interview questions.

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An Invitation to the Machine Messiah’s Masquerade Ball

Focus Investment Banking

That is heady stuff, and that is why in the first edition of Mergers & Acquisitions For Dummies , I thanked the Internet. The Implications of the Scrape When the first edition of Mergers & Acquisitions for Dummies was released in 2011, numerous well-meaning people asked, who wrote it? You knowyou!

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