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Wealth Management vs. Investment Banking: Career Deathmatch

Mergers and Inquisitions

Think: benchmarking portfolios rather than modeling companies. You will very rarely get exposed to the type of financial modeling that bankers complete: 3-statement models , DCF models , M&A models , LBO models , and so on.

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Private Equity in China: The Worst of Both Worlds?

Mergers and Inquisitions

Working at the bulge brackets or elite boutiques is better for international funds, while IB experience at the top Chinese banks (CICC, CITIC, Huatai, Haitong, etc.) You can’t necessarily trust documents at face value, and there are issues with multiple versions of “the books” and other key data. is better for domestic funds.

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Renewable Energy Investment Banking: How to Make Greens by Going Green

Mergers and Inquisitions

Renewable Energy Accounting, Valuation, and Financial Modeling For the most part, very little is “new” here. Among the elite boutiques , Evercore and Lazard have traditionally been strong, but Moelis and Guggenheim also have significant deal flow. but they are less consistent than those above. are also active in renewables.

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Metals & Mining Investment Banking: The Full Guide to Ground Zero for the Energy Transition

Mergers and Inquisitions

If you have an engineering background, you might get hired for your ability to read and interpret technical analyses such as feasibility reports and help bankers incorporate them into financial model assumptions. One example is Steel Dynamics, which we feature in our main financial modeling course.

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Equity Research vs. Investment Banking: Careers, Compensation, Exits, and AI/Automation Risk

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People are convinced that financial modeling in equity research is vastly different from investment banking and that research requires different or more specialized skills. So, for example, quarterly financial models are more common in equity research, as are detailed bottoms-up models used in initiating coverage reports.