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I never expected to revisit the topic of bulgebracket banks so quickly because the full list changes slowly, and we updated it a few years ago. What is a “BulgeBracket Bank”? The name “bulgebracket” (BB) comes from the prospectus for an IPO or debt issuance, which lists all the banks underwriting the deal.
But this started changing in the 2010s and early 2020s as team values skyrocketed and billionaires, sovereign wealth funds , and sports private equity firms all jumped into the sector. Public / Private Split – This is vital for stadiums and arenas because it dictates where the funding will come from, but it also extends to other firm types.
I spent the first 20 years of my career at the global bulgebracket banks, first in investment banking and then on the institutional equity desks, in a cross-asset and special situations role. It seems like a lot of issuers are trying to finance or fund next year’s capital needs and are getting ahead of it opportunistically.
But you would not build models for M&A deals, leveraged buyouts, or debt/equity issuances in research or at least, they would be far simpler than the IB versions. public markets roles ( hedge funds , asset management , etc.), bulgebracket research team to startup PE firm).
The basic difference is that the international bulgebracket banks tend to be stronger in M&A advisory and weaker in equity and debt capital markets. These banks focus on the capital markets, so you should target the bulgebrackets if you want to work on M&A deals. 1,000 | Singapore: ~170 Hedge Funds: U.S.:
based bulgebrackets (GS, MS, JPM, Citi, and BofA) are the strongest international banks, and Avendus, Kotak, JM Financial, ICICI, and Axis are the strongest domestic firms. Financials are usually in the #1 spot because banks and insurance firms constantly issue debt; other sectors trade places in the rankings.
The primary sources of LMM companies are primarily different forms of debt and credit line lending systems. 3 – Mezzanine debt LLM firms mostly use it at the time of acquisitions as it uses equity in some form or another; the main advantages of it are negligible or no dilution, mostly favoring family-run enterprises.
or debt offerings (investment-grade or high-yield bonds). Note that while Leveraged Finance is technically in “capital markets,” it is closer to groups like M&A because most of the work relates to funding for acquisitions and leveraged buyouts. You also pitch prospective clients on deals and spend time learning your industry.
Partially, it’s an issue of accessibility: Everyone understands what happens to the stock price if a company beats earnings… …but few people understand what it means if a company is set to violate a debt covenant on page 214 of its credit agreement. closer to the work at a quant fund ).
Longer term, the new Government will face a number of aggressive assumptions regarding UK growth and tax revenue, with implication for absolute debt service levels. We have seen a stabilisation of money flows in recent months, global funds are returning to the UK, while we continue to see outflows (mostly to US) of domestic asset managers.
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