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Today's Capital Markets

PCE

Wednesday, May 17, 2023 Given today’s economic uncertainty—and all the focus on rising interest rates, bank failures, and market conditions—business owners and financial executives may find that debt markets are top of mind.

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Capital Markets vs. Investment Banking: Deals, Careers, Recruiting, Exits, and Offer Decisions

Mergers and Inquisitions

Even though we’ve covered industry groups vs. product groups and teams such as M&A , ECM , DCM , and Leveraged Finance , we continue to get questions about capital markets vs. investment banking. The questions usually go like this: Are capital markets teams (ECM, DCM, and LevFin) “real” investment banking?

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Corporate Finance Jobs: Cozy Careers, But Bad “Plan B” Options

Mergers and Inquisitions

For more on the day-to-day tasks, please see the articles on the Corporate Finance Analyst , the FP&A Manager , and the FP&A Director. First, if you work in Treasury , you might have a better chance at a broader set of roles, such as corporate banking, credit analyst jobs, or even something like capital markets ( DCM ) at a bank.

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How do you deliver the Cost and Growth Synergies?

Mergerware

With political certainty, the end of the pandemic in sight, and strong capital markets, the confidence levels in the C-suite and board rooms are high. Aiyengar’s sentiment rings true in M&A markets today. “M&A is a confidence game. That bodes well for M&A,” says Anu Aiyengar, JP Morgan’s Global Co-Head of M&A.

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Arthur Petropoulos: Helping Companies Sell and Secure Capital through M&A

How2Exit

." - Arthur Petropoulos rn "It's important to remember to always have, if you're obsessed with your business, then when you are going to sell your business or find capital, you should find someone who's obsessed with doing that.

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Silicon Valley: A Friend or Foe to Asset Management?

Accenture Capital Markets

For more information about this topic, please read our recent InsideOps article, Silicon Valley: A Friend or Foe to Asset Management? appeared first on Accenture Capital Markets Blog. or contact me at mike.kerrigan@accenture.com. The post Silicon Valley: A Friend or Foe to Asset Management?

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Bulge Bracket Banks: 2024 Edition

Mergers and Inquisitions

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. For example, Wells Fargo always does well in debt capital markets but much worse in M&A advisory and equity capital markets.