The TRADE

JANUARY 22, 2025

I spent the first 20 years of my career at the global bulge bracket banks, first in investment banking and then on the institutional equity desks, in a cross-asset and special situations role. I was there through 2015, then Bank of America, before I joined Conversant Capital in early 2021. I believe so.

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Peak Frameworks

JANUARY 15, 2024

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OfficeHours

JUNE 2, 2023

When you first decide to enter the world of private equity, you will undoubtedly be more overwhelmed than you were when you entered investment banking recruiting. When it comes to investment banking, there are only so many investment banks that you can choose from. GTCR has invested more than $8.5

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JULY 17, 2024

If you have the option to work in finance in different parts of the world, investment banking in India should be at the bottom of your list. But the main problem is that winning a “true” front-office investment banking role in India is virtually impossible, even if you have outstanding academic credentials and work experience.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JANUARY 10, 2024

If you want to read angry comments and long threads with plenty of insults, you can’t go wrong with the wealth management vs. investment banking debate. Some of these client differences relate to the distinction between private wealth management and private banking; for more on that, you should review the the private banking article.

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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. The questions usually go like this: Are capital markets teams (ECM, DCM, and LevFin) “real” investment banking?

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MAY 8, 2024

Tragedies like this show that the culture in investment banking hasn’t changed that much, despite banks’ claims that they are “trying” to improve things. The “crazy hours” in investment banking are mostly unwarranted and reflect poor senior leadership, bad project management, and misplaced priorities.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

If there is one sector that has attracted even more hype than technology and TMT , it might just be renewable energy investment banking. But before jumping into the overall advantages and disadvantages, let’s start with the verticals and how banks are set up: Table Of Contents What is Renewable Energy Investment Banking?

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Mergers and Inquisitions

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

But the true inflation rate is likely at 10-20%, and global investment banking fees were up by even higher percentages! What Happened to Investment Banking Fees? After an initial slowdown when the pandemic first struck in early 2020, banks have generated record-high fees from M&A and capital markets deals.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

AUGUST 16, 2023

As with investment banking in Hong Kong , I can summarize private equity in China in one sentence: “If you’re not Chinese, don’t even think about it, and even if you are Chinese, it’s best if you have great connections within the CCP and want to stay in China long-term.” is better for domestic funds.

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OfficeHours

JULY 8, 2023

Yes Not yet There’s a process and art to this and I wouldn’t go in unprepared is all I will say… Access our Free Headhunter Documents from our PE Platform here 5 Questions Headhunters Ask Investment Banking Analysts Headhunters are the gatekeepers to many buyside jobs including those in private equity, growth equity, & hedge funds.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The protocol appeals to the sell-side for several reasons, namely the fact that they can take a basket of securities and use them in other trades, special purpose vehicles (SPV) or, importantly, the exchange traded fund (ETF) create and redeem process. The tool’s popularity has swelled in recent years, thanks to market conditions.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

APRIL 5, 2023

But one possible exception lies in sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) , which are similar to funds of funds in some ways. I’ll address all these points here and cover the advantages and disadvantages of SWFs, but let’s start with the definitions and overview: What Are Sovereign Wealth Funds?

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 18, 2024

But the headwinds have subsided, and the tailwinds have finally arrived in the form of new fund launches, a rise in allocations and increasing returns for funds, not to mention the continuing emergence of multi-strategy hedge funds. That’s adding a level of interest in the sector again by allocators. billion in 2023.

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Wall Street Mojo

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Example #2 Monomoy, a private equity firm, has created a new credit fund that introduced a niche in the LMM secondaries. The fund has a value of $300 million and is likely to focus on buying the first lien term loan credits, including the senior secured notes on LMM companie s in the secondary market across different sectors.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MARCH 22, 2023

Get an Emergency Loan from the Central Bank – The central bank is supposed to be “the lender of last resort,” so this strategy can work – but only up to a certain withdrawal percentage. First, Credit Suisse is obviously no longer a bulge bracket bank , so I’ll have to update that article. with flying colors !

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Mergers and Inquisitions

APRIL 24, 2024

But then recruiting moved up, the MBA process became more structured, and now we have 4-year-olds aiming for “Target Kindergartens” so they can eventually get into investment banking ~15 years in the future. Interestingly, there are not many investment banks on these lists.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

For the right person, though, fixed income research can be even better than equity research, whether you’re at a bank, an asset management firm, a hedge fund, or a credit rating agency: Table of Contents: What is Fixed Income Research? closer to the work at a quant fund ).

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JULY 12, 2023

Depending on your source, a VC case study might consist of a “cap table” exercise where you calculate the company’s ownership over many investment rounds and the proceeds to each group upon exit… …but it could also be a qualitative discussion of a market, an evaluation of a specific startup, or even a simple 3-statement model.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Only wealthy individuals and institutions could invest, so governments cared less about PE firms than commercial banks and brokerages. government has become more aggressive about regulating all “private funds” (private equity, hedge funds, venture capital, etc.) But that is changing as of 2023, as the U.S.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Given the proliferation of high frequency trading (HFT) several investment banks chose to launch these alternative trading systems (ATS) as a means of protecting institutional clients who are typically slower to execute. TCA can be done in-house but is also offered by third party providers.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

DECEMBER 18, 2024

For example, you dont need to work at a bulge bracket or elite boutique bank to participate; you could work at a smaller bank, in management consulting, or another finance-related field (Big 4, corporate development, valuation, etc.). On-cycle recruiting is mostly relevant if youre in the U.S.

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