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

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

DECEMBER 4, 2024

This partially explains why sports investment banking has become a hot field, with JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs launching their own sports coverage groups. For a long time, sports teams and franchises were not worth that much, so banks rarely put their “A-Teams” on these deals. What is Sports Investment Banking?

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 18, 2024

According to Coalition Greenwich, the top dozen investment banks offering prime services saw revenues rise to a record $20.4 The bank also highlights to us how “as a global multi-asset class prime broker, we are structured to deliver the widest range of services regardless of strategy type or product complexity”. “At

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JANUARY 22, 2025

People are convinced that financial modeling in equity research is vastly different from investment banking and that research requires different or more specialized skills. Investment banking requires more process and project management skills , while equity research requires stronger creativity and communication skills.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JULY 12, 2023

It won’t replace Analysts or Associates because it can’t create entire presentations with all the correct details. But it speeds up the process by generating slide templates based on your queries, presentation data, and free examples on the sec.gov site.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

APRIL 5, 2023

Presentations – Traditional PE: The “deal review” pace above means that you could make several presentations to the investment committee or Board each month. So, your best option in most cases is to gain traditional investment banking or private equity experience and use that to move in.

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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 6, 2023

Liquid vs. Illiquid Funds: “Illiquid funds” (most private equity firms) have more reporting requirements than “liquid funds” (most hedge funds) and must present metrics such as the IRR, MOIC , and contributions and distributions. Annual Audits: Each private fund must receive an annual audit. In the U.S.,

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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.). Off-Cycle Recruiting: Slow processes for very close start dates.

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