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. Many firms put capital markets groups within “Investment Banking,” but some include it within Sales & Trading or “Global Markets.”

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JANUARY 10, 2024

For example, they might ask you how to use a DCF, what bond yields are, or the trade-offs of debt vs. equity – but but they won’t ask you to build a DCF model or calculate Unlevered Free Cash Flow. 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

MARCH 22, 2023

per share when it was trading above $8.00 First, Credit Suisse is obviously no longer a bulge bracket bank , so I’ll have to update that article. So, if you’ve accepted an offer at CS, all you can do at this point is network around and look at fields outside of IB (Big 4, corporate banking, valuation, corporate finance, etc.),

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Mergers and Inquisitions

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

While everyone seems to know about equity research and trading stocks, fixed income research gets far less attention. Fixed Income Research Definition: In fixed income research, finance professionals analyze companies’ debt issuances and make pricing and investment recommendations based on their outlook for each one.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Finally, many renewable energy debt deals take place within Project Finance teams at banks – but Project Finance and corporate finance are very different ! The same criteria as always apply: High grades, a good university or business school, previous finance internships, and a good amount of networking and interview prep.

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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. Trade Surpluses – Some countries, like Singapore, are not rich in commodities but serve as trade hubs and generate significant revenue from these activities.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

DECEMBER 4, 2024

It mixes public finance , project finance , real estate , and infrastructure. It does help to have industry experience in one of the related sectors (tech/TMT, real estate, infrastructure, public finance, etc.), A few smaller European football clubs also happen to be publicly traded (Ajax, Celtic, etc.).

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JANUARY 22, 2025

Traditionally, banks gave away equity research reports for free to incentivize large clients to trade with the bank. Therefore, equity research generated revenue indirectly via trading commissions , but it was still considered a front-office role due to the compensation, interaction with managers and investors, and exit opportunities.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JUNE 5, 2024

It’s arguably the most difficult “front office to front office” transition within finance, so you should probably start by considering why you want to make this switch: Table Of Contents Why Switch from Wealth Management to Investment Banking? The bad news is that it may be extremely difficult to near impossible unless you get a top MBA.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

This filing isn’t required for small deals, such as $20 million acqui-hires , but it’s part of the process for almost all M&A deals that bulge bracket and elite boutique banks advise on. What Does This New Private Equity Regulation Mean for Finance Careers? Up until now, the HSR filing has mostly been a formality.

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Cooley M&A

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Private equity slowed but not stopped by financing environment Despite record amounts of dry powder accumulating for sponsors, high financing costs, persistent valuation gaps and a closed tech IPO market led to a significant decrease in private equity M&A activity in 2023. in 2022 to 5.9x

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