Mergers and Inquisitions

DECEMBER 4, 2024

This BofA presentation on the Raiders’ stadium in Clark County has many key points, as does this one for the Tennessee Titans’ stadium. Examples Valuations, Fairness Opinions, and Bank Presentations Finding these presentations and Fairness Opinions was quite difficult because most sports M&A deals involve non-public assets.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JANUARY 22, 2025

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.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

For a good example, look at this BofA presentation to Green Plains , which was structured as an MLP at the time and treated like a pipeline company in oil & gas. Renewable Energy Accounting, Valuation, and Financial Modeling For the most part, very little is “new” here.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

APRIL 19, 2023

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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Mergers and Inquisitions

MARCH 13, 2023

Look at any financial model for a bank, and you’ll see that loans – not deposits – are the key top-line driver. 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

JANUARY 10, 2024

In wealth management, you advise the same clients over long periods , but in IB, you hop from deal to deal – though some groups do operate on more of a “client service” model. Think: benchmarking portfolios rather than modeling companies. You can think of it like this: Wealth Management: Broad and long-term/continuous client coverage.

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