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Wealth Management vs. Investment Banking: Career Deathmatch

Mergers and Inquisitions

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. It’s one area where people on both sides tend to talk past each other : Bankers say that wealth management roles pay less, offer less interesting work, and lack good exit opportunities.

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Helping Business Owners Achieve Successful Exits: Proven Strategies for a Smooth Transition

How2Exit

E234: Helping Business Owners Achieve Successful Exits: Proven Strategies for a Smooth Transition - Watch Here About the Guest(s): Christine McDannell is the founder and principal intermediary of The Magnolia Firm, a boutique business brokerage firm. – Christine McDannell "Negotiation is a muscle that you build.

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02-09-2024 Newsletter: Intention to Lateral?

OfficeHours

The Lateral Process The biggest piece of advice I have for current banking analysts looking to lateral is to actively build your network. Given that we were mainly doing sell-sides at the EB, a lot of the analysis work was valuation as well as positioning the company and helping the management team with the presentations.

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From Wealth Management to Investment Banking: How to Make the Leap

Mergers and Inquisitions

How can I move from wealth management to investment banking ? It’s arguably the most difficult “front office to front office” transition within finance, so you should probably start by considering why you want to make this switch: Table Of Contents Why Switch from Wealth Management to Investment Banking? I hate this job.

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LiquidityBook acquires Messer to boost multi-asset capabilities

The TRADE

LiquidityBook is set to acquire boutique capital markets fintech provider, Messer Financial Software, in a bid to accelerate its multi-asset capabilities. As a result, LiquidityBook’s LBX suite has become a full-featured Portfolio, Order and Execution Management System (POEMS) with an embedded FIX network.

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A new chapter for RBC BlueBay Asset Management’s London-based fixed income trading desk

The TRADE

UK-based boutique fixed income trading desk BlueBay Asset Management is beginning a new chapter in its life. The move has opened up swathes of synergy opportunities for the pure fixed income asset manager, with its traders now working directly alongside RBC BlueBay Asset Management’s equities desk.

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The Full Guide to Pre-MBA Internships: Are They Worth It?

Mergers and Inquisitions

We’ll return to this point later, but in finance, it’s more common to do a pre-MBA internship at a small VC/PE firm or boutique bank rather than a bulge bracket bank. Management consulting firms like to hire candidates from diverse backgrounds, but for tech and finance roles, you have a big advantage with relevant work experience.

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