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 started my career at Bear Stearns in 2001, then migrated to Credit Suisse in 2008. There’s been a reopening in capital markets.

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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. I always advise students that it’s best to start in a global financial center, such as New York or London , and that is part of the rationale here as well.

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Peak Frameworks

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The Singapore Management University is one of the highest-ranked schools in Singapore and modeled their business progra m after the Wharton Business School. SMU also has dominant placement into Asian satellite offices of bulge brackets (which our list does not cover). investment banking. investment banks. investment banks.

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OfficeHours

JULY 8, 2023

What we know/What we don’t know Hey All — Rohit here, we’ve been getting asked quite a bit about On-Cycle 2025 — when it might happen, should individuals be getting reached out to by Headhunters, what firms individuals should focus on, when they should begin their prep, how we might be able to help, etc. I don’t think so.

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The Deal

AUGUST 15, 2023

ATVI) acquisition, gaming M&A will likely jump to the next level. Video game M&A topped $6 billion in the second quarter, S&P reports, which was the highest quarterly total since the Microsoft announced the $68.7 Console gaming M&A also showed life, however, with Tencent Holdings Ltd. If Microsoft Corp.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

I did not expect to revisit investment banker salary and bonus data for a while, but the banks ruined my plans by changing base salaries multiple times in less than a year. Unfortunately, that has made it difficult to determine the “average ranges.”. As a result, I am listing below the new base salary ranges for U.S.-based Is it $80K + $85K = $165K?

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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. Should you accept a capital markets offer at a larger bank over an M&A or industry group offer at a smaller bank?

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The London-based trading team at Ninety One has a very particular set of skills. The active investment manager specialises in emerging and frontier markets trading across fixed income, credit and specialist equities. Gibson is a seasoned trader with an extensive career in markets. Markets have been tricky.

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How2Exit

MAY 23, 2023

He then worked for what are called bulge bracket investment banks, mostly in the capital market space. Ron Concept 1: Adapt To Uncertain Times. In today's world, uncertainty is a constant. It can be difficult to navigate the ever-changing landscape of the business world, but it is possible to adapt to uncertain times.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JANUARY 10, 2024

By contrast, investment banking is more about advising companies on transactions such as M&A deals , equity and debt deals , and restructuring. By contrast, investment banking is more about advising companies on transactions such as M&A deals , equity and debt deals , and restructuring.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JUNE 5, 2024

How can I move from wealth management to investment banking ? I’ll do anything!” The good news is that it is possible to do this. The bad news is that it may be extremely difficult to near impossible unless you get a top MBA. So, you’ll usually have to take more of an indirect path through several other “hops” if you do this.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MAY 10, 2023

Asia-Pacific sees ~$1+ trillion of M&A deal activity per year , and SE Asia accounts for only ~10% of that (note that the first image below is only for 9 months of the year, so the full-year numbers are higher): $50 – $100 billion of M&A deal activity per year may seem like a lot, but it’s less than Canada in an average year.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Admittedly, not all banks did this, and many bulge bracket firms will start in the normal time frame of January – March. If you want to know how to get an investment banking internship, it’s simple: Start very, very early and have a great “Plan B” if something goes wrong. and ideally a bit higher.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JUNE 21, 2023

There are usually a few hundred M&A deals per year for $50 – $100 billion of total volume : For context, that’s less activity than Canada in an average year, and it’s about 5-10% of the deal volume of the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. bulge-bracket banks , such as JPM, GS, MS, and Citi, always rank well in the league tables.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

and reviewing M&A deals. and reviewing M&A deals. Private equity was viewed as a “lightly regulated” industry for a long time. Only wealthy individuals and institutions could invest, so governments cared less about PE firms than commercial banks and brokerages. But that is changing as of 2023, as the U.S.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MARCH 22, 2023

With the number of emergency / news-related articles on this site lately – two in a row! it’s starting to feel a lot like 2008. Before delving in, though, I want to start with the elephant in the room: I was partially wrong ~5 months ago when I wrote about Credit Suisse, UBS, and Deutsche Bank, and whether they would become Lehman Brothers 2.0.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Per FTI Consulting , solar, wind, and “portfolio” (mixed asset) deals account for 60% of renewable M&A activity in the U.S.: In practice, most of this M&A activity consists of asset acquisitions because buying individual solar plants and wind farms is common. Some knowledge of solar and wind assets, batteries, etc.,

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Peak Frameworks

JANUARY 15, 2024

UofT has weaker placement to most bulge brackets and elite boutiques when compared to other top Canadian schools. University of Toronto Investment Banking Placement The University of Toronto is one of Canada's most distinguished universities, with a strong reputation in many different fields. We have created a U.S. Patten U.S.

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Cooley M&A

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

2023’s much-discussed downturn in mergers & acquisitions – with global M&A volume and value down 6% and 17%, respectively, from 2022 – was largely driven by the slowdown in the tech sector, with global tech M&A volumes down 51% year over year, while other sectors saw marked increases. [1] billion leading the pack.

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