Mergers and Inquisitions

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

I never expected to revisit the topic of bulge bracket banks so quickly because the full list changes slowly, and we updated it a few years ago. What is a “Bulge Bracket Bank”? The name “bulge bracket” (BB) comes from the prospectus for an IPO or debt issuance, which lists all the banks underwriting the deal.

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H. Friedman Search

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

By reverse engineering, the description of the obvious becomes noticeably clear. Cities, municipalities, special districts, health care, and higher education will always need capital. Who Are The Rock Stars In The Field Of Public Finance? That’s what public finance professionals provide.

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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

but the venture capital case study remains a bit mysterious. We’ll go through a short example for a fictional startup called PitchBookGPT , which comes directly from our new Venture Capital & Growth Equity Modeling course. There’s plenty of information online about case studies in finance interviews (IB, PE, etc.),

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Mergers and Inquisitions

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Admittedly, not all banks did this, and many bulge bracket firms will start in the normal time frame of January – March. Think: Engineering, math, statistics, or something with elements of all these, such as “management science” or “operations research.” Internships at local venture capital or private equity firms.

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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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The TRADE

OCTOBER 24, 2024

While perhaps not one of the most exciting aspects of the trade lifecycle, settlement is a central process that acts as a pillar for the capital markets. Usually hosted by bulge bracket banks, SIs are an internalising mechanism that allow banks to execute flow over the counter or off exchange.

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