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The Role of Investment Banking Courses in Career Progression

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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. I was viewed as the top intern and received a return offer at my bulge bracket bank – trust me, you can thank me when you get your return offer. BEFORE you actually hit the desk.

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

Mergers and Inquisitions

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). Outside the bulge brackets, many elite boutiques also advise on sports deals: PJT, Moelis, Evercore, and Rothschild (more so in Europe) are all examples.

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Asset managers not prioritising research budgets as prospect of rebundling looms, study finds

The TRADE

As a result, in 2023, asset managers are consuming increasingly more from their core bulge bracket providers as they aim to be cost efficient and manage budgets in what has turned out to be a challenging market environment for active managers. since 2022 – now at 54.6%. since 2022 – now at 54.6%.

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The Tragic Investment Banker Death: Should Senior Bankers Go to Jail for Killing Their Junior Staff?

Mergers and Inquisitions

They must change in a big way to attract better candidates and remain competitive with tech and consulting. Before 2008, banking jobs paid so much more than consulting, tech, and other roles that junior bankers would put up with anything to get in. Banks are destroying their reputations with their failed cultures.

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Investment Banking in India: Please Avoid It and Try Again in Another Country

Mergers and Inquisitions

based bulge brackets (GS, MS, JPM, Citi, and BofA) are the strongest international banks, and Avendus, Kotak, JM Financial, ICICI, and Axis are the strongest domestic firms. Among the bulge brackets, the U.S.-based based firms (GS, MS, Citi, JPM, and BofA) tend to perform best.

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The Full Guide to Pre-MBA Internships: Are They Worth It?

Mergers and Inquisitions

These pre-MBA programs are the most prominent in consulting , finance, and technology , which makes sense since most MBA students target these industries. 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.

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The prime brokerage pie is growing, which means bigger slices for everyone

The TRADE

Additionally, we remain vigilant in working with emerging talent early and providing them differentiated resources across consulting capital introductions, talent management, technology and client service to help these new entrants launch their businesses successfully.” This is an ongoing pattern that we suspect will continue for some time.”

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