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Private Equity in China: The Worst of Both Worlds?

Mergers and Inquisitions

As with PE in many other emerging/frontier markets, it’s more like growth equity than traditional roles at middle-market PE firms and mega-funds in the U.S. poor stock-market performance, slowing growth rates, and an aging population. This may change due to factors like the “decoupling” with the U.S.,

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Investment Banker Salary and Bonus Report: 2022 Update

Mergers and Inquisitions

Benefits: Finally, you’ll get health insurance, vacation days, and potential participation in the firm’s profit-sharing or 401(k) retirement plans. Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs paid quite well, with many Associates in the $400K – $500K total compensation range, and various other bulge bracket and middle market firms followed suit.

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Capital Markets vs. Investment Banking: Deals, Careers, Recruiting, Exits, and Offer Decisions

Mergers and Inquisitions

But in capital markets, you work on just one category of deals , such as equity-related transactions (IPOs, follow-ons, convertible bonds, etc.) so you may look up stats on recent issuances and share them with the lead team – but you are not heavily involved in the process. But if it’s one of the top few middle-market banks (e.g.,

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Renewable Energy Investment Banking: How to Make Greens by Going Green

Mergers and Inquisitions

The key drivers for wind turbine manufacturers are raw material and labor costs, demand for new wind farms, and overall competition and market share. In the middle market , Jefferies has recruited some of the top bankers in renewable energy M&A and is expected to do well going forward.

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Cooley’s 2023 Tech M&A Year in Review: An AI-Generated Glass Half Full

Cooley M&A

As a result, private debt providers and the syndicated market increasingly are competing on pricing and covenant packages to win new acquisition financing mandates, and many bulge bracket banks are sponsoring their own private debt funds. Still, average leverage levels in sponsor buyouts declined from 7.1x in 2022 to 5.9x

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