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The Role of Investment Banking Courses in Career Progression

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Simply put, you want to get as much understanding when it comes to things like dealing with financial models, selecting comparable companies, how to format a deck, etc., Listen, as much as bankers and consulting hardos want to convince you otherwise, we are human beings, and we need our rest and focus to stay attentive.

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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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the Founders sell some shares to take money off the table, but “the company” doesn’t get any of that cash). Financial Modeling: Like private equity, 3-statement models are common, as are valuations and DCF models , but LBO models are less common since not all deals use debt.

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Private Equity in China: The Worst of Both Worlds?

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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.) Investment Banking Experience at Bulge Bracket or Top Domestic Banks – As with PE anywhere, you need a few years of IB experience to be competitive in most cases.

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

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The key drivers for wind turbine manufacturers are raw material and labor costs, demand for new wind farms, and overall competition and market share. Renewable Energy Accounting, Valuation, and Financial Modeling For the most part, very little is “new” here.

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

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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. Anglo-American (U.K.),

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Sports Investment Banking: How to Win the Super Bowl and the World Cup in the Same Year

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Here’s a good example for the Aloha Stadium redevelopment project , which has a very aggressive projected improvement: Sports Accounting, Valuation, and Financial Modeling We’ll focus on teams and leagues in this section because the other verticals are covered in the other industry group articles on the site.