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How to Get an Investment Banking Internship

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And yes, you read the news correctly: Banks like RBC, DB, Houlihan Lokey, Rothschild, and Guggenheim opened 2025 summer internship applications in calendar year 2023. Admittedly, not all banks did this, and many bulge bracket firms will start in the normal time frame of January – March. Corporate banking.

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Investment Banking in India: Please Avoid It and Try Again in Another Country

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based bulge brackets (GS, MS, JPM, Citi, and BofA) are the strongest international banks, and Avendus, Kotak, JM Financial, ICICI, and Axis are the strongest domestic firms. Among the bulge brackets, the U.S.-based based firms (GS, MS, Citi, JPM, and BofA) tend to perform best.

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UBS and Credit Suisse: The Next Shoe to Drop in the Financial Crisis of 2023?

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First, Credit Suisse is obviously no longer a bulge bracket bank , so I’ll have to update that article. So, if you’ve accepted an offer at CS, all you can do at this point is network around and look at fields outside of IB (Big 4, corporate banking, valuation, corporate finance, etc.),

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No Return Offer from an Investment Banking Internship: What to Do

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2008 – 2009 or 2022 – 2023), the percentage may be even higher. All the large investment banks – bulge brackets , elite boutiques , and middle-market firms – use internships as a recruiting tool for Analysts and Associates. Unfortunately, it’s also quite common: in some years, over 50% of interns fail to get a return offer.