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Why Investment Banking? How to Answer the Most Boring But Persistent Interview Question of All Time

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“Why investment banking?” An older version of this article from ~15 years ago addressed this question, and you can find dozens of other articles that suggest answers. a summer internship that converts into a full-time offer vs. a boutique internship in your 1 st or 2 nd year of university).

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How to Get an Investment Banking Internship

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If you want to know how to get an investment banking internship, it’s simple: Start very, very early and have a great “Plan B” if something goes wrong. 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.

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Investment Banking Spring Weeks: The Full Guide

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If you go by most online discussions, investment banking spring weeks in the U.K. are as essential as oxygen or high grades if you want to work at a large bank. Banks are also to blame because they now market spring weeks to students as young as 16. Which Banks Offer Spring Weeks? What Do You Do in a Spring Week?

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Investment Banking in Singapore: The Best Gateway to Asia for the Non-Chinese?

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I’ve found that two main groups care about investment banking in Singapore : Students who are from Southeast Asia and are considering whether they want to work in Singapore, NY, London, or other places. You’ll learn about the trade-offs of Singapore and other locations in this article. If you’re in the first group, congrats!

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Bulge Bracket Banks: 2024 Edition

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As another example, some argue that UBS should not be a bulge bracket bank because it has focused on wealth management and areas outside the capital markets. Deutsche Bank is a trickier case because it now generates less investment banking revenue than firms like Jefferies, Wells Fargo, and RBC.

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Wealth Management vs. Investment Banking: Career Deathmatch

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If you want to read angry comments and long threads with plenty of insults, you can’t go wrong with the wealth management vs. investment banking debate. Some of these client differences relate to the distinction between private wealth management and private banking; for more on that, you should review the the private banking article.

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Wall Street Mastermind Review: Should You Hire a Coach to Get Into Investment Banking?

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Since I know Sam and the service, I’ve written this review/comparison article that outlines the program, who benefits from it, and how it differs from our coaching services. To be clear, this is a tiny percentage of my annual income (think: well below 1%) because most of my earnings come from other sources (products, rent, investments, etc.).