Mergers and Inquisitions

JANUARY 22, 2025

To summarize: For investment banking at the undergraduate level, you need to start years in advance, have a high GPA, win at least 1-2 other finance internships first, and prepare intensively for networking and interview questions. and areas like corporate finance or strategy at normal companies.

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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. One (1) solid finance internship and one (1) student/leadership activity or two solid finance internships. Corporate finance roles at nearby companies. and ideally a bit higher.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JUNE 21, 2023

If you’re interested in the Middle East or have connections to the region, all this hype has probably made you wonder about finance careers there. Another selling point is that when other regions are doing poorly, Dubai often performs well and acts as a “counter-cyclical” finance center. are much less active.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JANUARY 10, 2024

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. It offers the broadest set of possible exits within the finance industry if you leave early (in your Analyst years).

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Mergers and Inquisitions

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Even though we’ve covered industry groups vs. product groups and teams such as M&A , ECM , DCM , and Leveraged Finance , we continue to get questions about capital markets vs. investment banking. Enterprise Value or a DCF model. Do you work or get paid less in capital markets? 4) Are capital markets offers “worth” accepting?

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Mergers and Inquisitions

APRIL 5, 2023

If you’ve read this site before, you know this set of goals is impossible for most finance careers: you take a lot of risk, work long/stressful hours, or both. You won’t have time to build a simple DCF model or do more than look at multiples and qualitative descriptions, so you must think and act quickly based on limited information.

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