OfficeHours

MAY 24, 2023

While a degree in finance, economics, or related fields is highly sought after, investment banks will hire candidates with a diversity of backgrounds, especially in STEM fields. Investment banking hiring managers are looking for students who have high GPAs for what they signal about the candidate.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JANUARY 22, 2025

in a field like biology or biomechanical engineering, you could be a strong candidate for biotech equity research groups. If you do IB, you can get into deal-based roles ( private equity , corporate development , venture capital , etc.), public markets roles ( hedge funds , asset management , etc.),

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Focus Investment Banking

APRIL 1, 2024

FOCUS represented CMI Management throughout this transaction process. Founded in 1986 by husband and wife, Abe and Azzi Abraham, CMI is an award-winning provider of turn-key facilities management services to Federal agencies including highly sought-after clients such as the U.S.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

APRIL 24, 2024

If you are making a “hard pivot” career change , such as engineering to investment banking, pre-MBA internships are very useful but not necessarily required. Pre-MBA programs at large companies tend to be more common and important in tech and consulting; internships at boutique firms (via networking) are more common in finance.

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Transactional Delights

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Here are some connections on things that are interesting to me: John Coates was named Acting Director of the SEC’s Division of Corporate Finance. Take for example, another European asset manager, Nordea Bank, who has declared that it expects all of its $425 billion wealth unit to be close to 100% ESG in 5 to 10 years.

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