Mergers and Inquisitions

JULY 17, 2024

based bulge brackets (GS, MS, JPM, Citi, and BofA) are the strongest international banks, and Avendus, Kotak, JM Financial, ICICI, and Axis are the strongest domestic firms. Among the bulge brackets, the U.S.-based I found contradictory information when researching this point, but I’ll present my rough estimates below.

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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. What has your journey to the trading desk been like? I started my career at Bear Stearns in 2001, then migrated to Credit Suisse in 2008.

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OfficeHours

JULY 8, 2023

I know you are gathering information for On-Cycle 2025 and while I understand that it is still early, I wanted to let you know that Advent International is one of my favorite Private Equity firms for XYZ portfolio company and what they’ve done in the past — do you have a few minutes for a quick phone call or coffee chat?”

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Mergers and Inquisitions

AUGUST 16, 2023

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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Mergers and Inquisitions

MARCH 27, 2024

All the bulge bracket banks in the U.K. In fact, here’s an example of one such tracker with dates and information by bank. Applications normally open between August and October, offers are usually sent in December – January, and you get the scheduling information in February. Which Banks Offer Spring Weeks?

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Given the liquidity landscape can often be more sparse or difficult to navigate, the use of local brokers alongside the bulge brackets is something Willis thinks is essential to minimise market footprint. Due to lower demand, bulge brackets will sometimes not cater for the particulars of what frontier traders are looking to execute.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Investment Banking: Skill Sets The main difference here is that ECM and DCM are far less modeling-intensive, so you’ll spend more time in PowerPoint drafting market update slides and sharing information with different groups. If it’s a 5-person regional boutique , take the BB capital markets offer.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

APRIL 24, 2024

We’ll return to this point later, but in finance, it’s more common to do a pre-MBA internship at a small VC/PE firm or boutique bank rather than a bulge bracket bank. If you’re targeting an informal venture capital internship , private equity internship , or search fund internship , focus on smaller, local firms.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JULY 12, 2023

There’s plenty of information online about case studies in finance interviews (IB, PE, etc.), PitchBookGPT could target large banks ( the bulge brackets ) instead, as they are more willing to pay for training and productivity tools. but the venture capital case study remains a bit mysterious.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

APRIL 5, 2023

Some other large funds might also qualify; unfortunately, there’s little information available on most of them. For example, they could give you information about two similar companies (Visa and Mastercard, Google and Facebook, etc.), ask you to recommend investing in one, and have you answer questions from the PMs about your decision.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Banks do not appear to offer many internships in this area, so if your goal is a bulge bracket bank , you’ll likely have to work in other credit roles first and network your way in. If ER Associates initially earn $150 – $200K for total compensation, FI Associates might start in the $100 – $150K range.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Recommended Resources for Learning More There’s an overwhelming amount of information and news on this sector, but we recommend starting with these resources: Mercom Capital – Reports on Solar, Energy Storage, and Smart Grid SEIA – Solar Energy Industries Association News Energy Storage Guide from the U.S.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 24, 2024

For more information on the various providers in the EMS market, check out The TRADE’s annual survey. For more information on algorithmic trading providers, check out The TRADE’s annual survey. Dark pools Dark pools are trading venues where institutional investors can access liquidity without giving away any pre-trade information.

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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. Information about previous acquisitions , which could affect many PE firms using “roll-up” strategies to complete bolt-on acquisitions.

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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.).

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