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Investment Banking in Dubai: The New York of the Middle East?

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You’ll also see a fair number of deals in the financial sponsors group due to the many sovereign wealth funds in the region. Many people would say that the elite boutiques – specifically, Moelis and Rothschild – are the top banks in the region based on deal activity, business model, and overall experience. are much less active.

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Growth Equity: The Child Prodigy of Private Equity and Venture Capital, or an Artifact of Easy Money?

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Some argue that GE offers the best of both worlds: the opportunity to fund innovation and growth – as in venture capital – plus the ability to limit downside risk and invest in proven companies – as in private equity. Many of these firms use debt to fund deals, and they complete bolt-on acquisitions for portfolio companies.

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How to Get an Investment Banking Internship

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You probably won’t be able to get a “real” IB internship, but you can find some good alternatives: Search fund internships. Internships at regional boutique banks. Smaller firms tend to be a bit slower, so you could find some middle-market and boutique openings, even if the bigger banks are done. Wealth management.

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Wealth Management vs. Investment Banking: Career Deathmatch

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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. As you advance, your exit opportunities narrow because PE firms and hedge funds don’t want to pay for expensive VPs or Directors with no direct investing experience.

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

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Note that while Leveraged Finance is technically in “capital markets,” it is closer to groups like M&A because most of the work relates to funding for acquisitions and leveraged buyouts. If you want a long-term finance career (stay in banking or switch to private equity, corporate development, hedge funds, etc.),

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

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Valuation , such as the different multiples used for mining companies and the NAV model in place of the DCF (see below). To value it, we build a standard DCF based on production volumes, CapEx to drive capacity, and assumed steel prices: The valuation multiples are also standard (TEV / Revenue, TEV / EBITDA, and P / E).

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

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Equity research recruiting tends to be less structured, though the bulge bracket banks and elite boutiques still run traditional processes that start over a year before summer internships. public markets roles ( hedge funds , asset management , etc.), and areas like corporate finance or strategy at normal companies.