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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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Technology & Services: This one includes any company that is built on top of sports, such as firms in the gambling, data/analytics, software, and live event sectors. Is it suddenly popular among a certain demographic due to recent events or player relationships (e.g., How many live viewers does the average game have?

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Private Equity in China: The Worst of Both Worlds?

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Investment Banking Experience at Bulge Bracket or Top Domestic Banks – As with PE anywhere, you need a few years of IB experience to be competitive in most cases. Working at the bulge brackets or elite boutiques is better for international funds, while IB experience at the top Chinese banks (CICC, CITIC, Huatai, Haitong, etc.)

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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. In equity research, the goal is to get clients to pay for the teams research consistently , but revenue does not depend on deals or other specific events.

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

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You cover quarterly earnings and send updated models and notes to clients and other teams. 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.