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Bulge Bracket Banks: 2024 Edition

Mergers and Inquisitions

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

Mergers and Inquisitions

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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How to Get an Investment Banking Internship

Mergers and Inquisitions

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.” Corporate finance roles at nearby companies.

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

Mergers and Inquisitions

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 20 greatest trading innovations

The TRADE

Facilitated by exchanges, a CLOB allows buyers and sellers to submit their trading interests and then utilises a matching engine to match buy and sell orders based on specific requirements such as price time priority. Tradeweb launched its all-to-all corporate bond trading functionality in 2017.

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