The TRADE

OCTOBER 4, 2023

LiquidityBook is set to acquire boutique capital markets fintech provider, Messer Financial Software, in a bid to accelerate its multi-asset capabilities. In addition, the accounting and reconciliation engines of Messer Financial Software will be integrated. Bringing our firms together was the next logical step in this process.”

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Peak Frameworks

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The Johns Hopkins University is a highly regarded university, with top-ranking programs in medicine, engineering, and the arts. We note that Johns Hopkins has very low placement into elite boutiques. Johns Hopkins ranks #52 overall on our investment banking target school list , earning a designation as a lower semi-target school.

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Chesapeake Corporate Advisors

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

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Peak Frameworks

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Finance hopefuls often take other majors such as economics, statistics, or engineering. Relatedly, we note that Colgate has very few elite boutique placements, with Bank of America and Barclays hiring the most Colgate students. Colgate is a private liberal arts college and does not have a business school.

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Peak Frameworks

OCTOBER 4, 2023

by student enrollment and has well-regarded programs for engineering, veterinary medicine, and business. This suggests that Texas A&M is fairly well represented across Wall Street (although lacks relationships to elite boutiques). Texas A&M is a public, land-grant research university located in College Station, Texas.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

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. If you are making a “hard pivot” career change , such as engineering to investment banking, pre-MBA internships are very useful but not necessarily required.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JANUARY 22, 2025

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. in a field like biology or biomechanical engineering, you could be a strong candidate for biotech equity research groups.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JULY 12, 2023

This startup claims that its service can boost Analyst productivity by 30% and generate millions in extra fees for the average bank, and it plans to sell it to boutique banks for $2,000 per month. for the engineers), while others are on the high side (sales & marketing), but nothing seems completely crazy.

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Sun Acquisitions

AUGUST 21, 2024

Companies that specialize in personalized sign solutions often have skilled designers, engineers, and craftsmen who possess the knowledge and experience to create high-quality custom signs. Expanding Product Offerings M&A can also help sign manufacturers expand their product offerings to include a wider range of personalized solutions.

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Peak Frameworks

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Bill Smith , an engineer at Motorola, can be credited with its inception. Financial firms, from Wall Street giants to boutique investment banks in Europe, have recognized its value. Over the years, it's spread from manufacturing to service industries.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MARCH 13, 2023

Second, in the past week, VCs arguably engineered this run on the bank by panicking on social media and telling their portfolio companies to withdraw funds. And the middle-market and boutique investment banks don’t have much presence in commercial lending anyway, so they’re not at risk of bank runs.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MARCH 13, 2024

Also, you can get in more easily from a middle-market or boutique bank. That said, you are still highly unlikely to win growth equity offers from something like engineering at a tech company or brand advertising.

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Chesapeake Corporate Advisors

JUNE 2, 2023

Limiting Company is a 10-year-old cybersecurity business founded by two engineers who worked in the intelligence community. The business operated stably for a few years, then revenue stagnated at $20 million and earnings peaked at 10%. Recently, those figures began drifting downward.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Greenhill was formerly considered an “elite boutique,” at least by some people, so this deal could turn Mizuho into more of an investment bank and give it a greater presence outside Asia, which is why I listed it in the “Potential” category above. The elite boutique banks (Evercore, Lazard, Centerview, etc.)

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Mergers and Inquisitions

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Think: Engineering, math, statistics, or something with elements of all these, such as “management science” or “operations research.” 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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Peak Frameworks

JANUARY 15, 2024

UBC is a highly regarded Canadian university, with notable programs in medicine, law, engineering, and business. UBC sends a strong number of graduates into bulge brackets and elite boutiques, with over 1/3 of hires going into these firms. PMF students consistently place into the top U.S. buyside jobs (e.g.,

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Peak Frameworks

JANUARY 15, 2024

UofT is one of the highest-ranked universities in the world, with top-tier programs in applied science/engineering, management, and public health. UofT has weaker placement to most bulge brackets and elite boutiques when compared to other top Canadian schools.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

APRIL 19, 2023

But it’s not necessarily required, and plenty of undergrads join these groups via internships without detailed knowledge of the engineering side. The elite boutiques do not have a huge presence in mining, but you’ll sometimes see Rothschild or Perella Weinberg on the list.

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