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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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There’s also some variation in how teams account for player wages, training, and equipment, with some capitalizing and amortizing this spending over time. Among the bulge brackets , Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan should be at the top of this list now that they have dedicated teams (plus their existing reputations and market shares).

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

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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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Private Equity in China: The Worst of Both Worlds?

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RMB vs. USD: Does the firm raise capital in China’s currency (the RMB), or does it raise USD from Limited Partners overseas? You could add a few other names to this list, such as Xiaomi (its PE arm), Huaxing, and BA Capital for RMB funds, and Macquarie and Bain in the USD funds. is better for domestic funds.

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Wealth Management vs. Investment Banking: Career Deathmatch

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Think: benchmarking portfolios rather than modeling companies. 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.

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Fixed Income Research: The Overlooked Younger Brother of Equity Research?

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The differences vs. equity research lie in the details: Financial models focus on the downside scenarios and analyze each issuance separately: the Yield to Worst , Yield to Maturity , Recovery percentages, and the default risk. the appropriate debt vs. equity mix, and additional capital needs over the next few quarters.

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

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Renewable Energy Accounting, Valuation, and Financial Modeling For the most part, very little is “new” here. There are also quite a few boutique banks in the space, including Marathon Capital, Onpeak Capital, CRC-IB, Finergreen, Virentis, Ocean Park, Global Power Partners, and Rubicon Capital.

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Sovereign Wealth Funds: The Full Guide to the Industry, Recruiting, Careers, and Exits

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Sovereign wealth funds have much longer time horizons and more “permanent capital” than traditional PE firms, hedge funds, and funds of funds, and these points create differences in timing, strategy, and willingness to pay. The approval process might take longer (say, 2-3 months rather than 1 month) because more people need to weigh in.