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Capital Markets vs. Investment Banking: Deals, Careers, Recruiting, Exits, and Offer Decisions

Mergers and Inquisitions

Even though we’ve covered industry groups vs. product groups and teams such as M&A , ECM , DCM , and Leveraged Finance , we continue to get questions about capital markets vs. investment banking. The questions usually go like this: Are capital markets teams (ECM, DCM, and LevFin) “real” investment banking?

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Investment Banker Salary and Bonus Report: 2022 Update

Mergers and Inquisitions

After an initial slowdown when the pandemic first struck in early 2020, banks have generated record-high fees from M&A and capital markets deals. How does this higher compensation change the investment banking vs. private equity decision and the appeal of IB vs. other industries? at some smaller firms.

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Bulge Bracket Banks: 2024 Edition

Mergers and Inquisitions

As another example, some argue that UBS should not be a bulge bracket bank because it has focused on wealth management and areas outside the capital markets. For example, Wells Fargo always does well in debt capital markets but much worse in M&A advisory and equity capital markets.

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Investment Banking in Singapore: The Best Gateway to Asia for the Non-Chinese?

Mergers and Inquisitions

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. Among the elite boutiques , Evercore has the strongest presence in Singapore, and Rothschild also works on many deals, mostly in the middle-market space.

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Mizuho Eyes Bigger Slice of U.S. Middle Market

The Deal

Katz’s comments come after the company on May 22 announced the acquisition of New York-based boutique investment bank Greenhill & Co. In our financial sponsor coverage effort, we tend to focus on the larger household name private equity firms, the likes of KKR, Blackstone, Apollo, Brookfield, etc.,

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Cole Strandberg Named Managing Director

Focus Investment Banking

During his time with Autotality, the company partnered with a private equity firm and subsequently made six add-on acquisitions, eventually quadrupling in size. Strandberg was responsible for the company’s growth efforts, including key account management, strategic sales & marketing, and various operational management functions.

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9 Concepts We Can Learn About Raising Capital From How2Exit's Interview W/ Richard Luftig

How2Exit

Richard grew up in the suburbs of New York City and went to college, later working for a boutique investment bank. He then worked for what are called bulge bracket investment banks, mostly in the capital market space. Castle Placement specializes in raising private equity and debt capital for clients.

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