Book-building Bulge Bracket Recruitment 
Mergers and Inquisitions
JANUARY 22, 2025
The more significant equity research vs. investment banking differences relate to recruiting and careers , including points such as the compensation and exit opportunities. But you would not build models for M&A deals, leveraged buyouts, or debt/equity issuances in research or at least, they would be far simpler than the IB versions.
Mergers and Inquisitions
MAY 10, 2023
The basic difference is that the international bulge bracket banks tend to be stronger in M&A advisory and weaker in equity and debt capital markets. These banks focus on the capital markets, so you should target the bulge brackets if you want to work on M&A deals. As in the U.S.,
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Mergers and Inquisitions
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. Here’s why it’s a Herculean task.
Mergers and Inquisitions
JANUARY 10, 2024
Recruiting in Wealth Management vs. Investment Banking You should know all about IB recruiting from reading this site, but it’s insanely competitive and starts very early. So, you won’t pull all-nighters to finish pitch books , and you won’t be called in over the weekend to make last-minute changes to a model.
Mergers and Inquisitions
APRIL 24, 2024
But then recruiting moved up, the MBA process became more structured, and now we have 4-year-olds aiming for “Target Kindergartens” so they can eventually get into investment banking ~15 years in the future. Instead, pick a single company and give yourself 1-2 hours to assess it and build a simple model.
Mergers and Inquisitions
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. The compensation ceiling is lower than in IB or WM, but it’s still quite high (mid-to-upper-six figures), and recruiting is much less competitive than IB.
Mergers and Inquisitions
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
For example, if a renewable developer wanted to raise debt to build a new offshore wind farm as a separate entity, it would fall under Project Finance. In the middle market , Jefferies has recruited some of the top bankers in renewable energy M&A and is expected to do well going forward.
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