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JANUARY 22, 2025

At the junior levels , entry-level professionals in both fields spend a lot of time in Excel working on models, valuations, and documents such as equity research reports and investment banking pitch books. If you do IB, you can get into deal-based roles ( private equity , corporate development , venture capital , etc.),

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JULY 17, 2024

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. or Europe and recruiting there.

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JANUARY 10, 2024

For example, they might ask you how to use a DCF, what bond yields are, or the trade-offs of debt vs. equity – but but they won’t ask you to build a DCF model or calculate Unlevered Free Cash Flow. It offers the broadest set of possible exits within the finance industry if you leave early (in your Analyst years).

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APRIL 24, 2024

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. Instead, pick a single company and give yourself 1-2 hours to assess it and build a simple model.

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JUNE 5, 2024

The work might not be for you , even if you’re good at it – for example, maybe you find deals far more interesting than building a client book or managing their portfolios. I have covered finance careers for ~20 years, and I can think of exactly one person who has made this move directly.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Finally, many renewable energy debt deals take place within Project Finance teams at banks – but Project Finance and corporate finance are very different ! Debt deals also happen, but many are in a Project Finance context, meaning they’re outside the purview of the renewables IB team.

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