Mergers and Inquisitions

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Corporate finance jobs at normal companies are bad … …if you’re using them to break into a deal-based field, such as investment banking , private equity , or venture capital , or as a “Plan B” if you interview around but do not get into one of these. In my view, corporate finance jobs are not ideal “stepping stone roles.”

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MAY 29, 2024

With the craze over renewable energy and infrastructure over the past few years, we’ve received more and more questions about Project Finance vs. Corporate Finance. This article will focus on careers and recruiting , while the accompanying YouTube video will discuss the technical/modeling aspects in more detail.

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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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OfficeHours

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Featured Speaker: Polly Helvacioglu Recent Position: Vice President, Corporate Finance Solutions Group, HSBC UK Rohit Malrani will be moderating the conversation. Got an offer Waiting game Going to recruit later What makes you most nervous about recruiting? Balancing a professional and personal life can be difficult.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JULY 17, 2024

Firms like the State Bank of India (SBI Capital Markets), IIFL, Arpwood, Trust Group, AK Financial Services, HDFC, Edelweiss, Veda, and o3 Capital are also well-regarded but are closer to middle-market or “in-between-a-bank” firms. or Europe and recruiting there. Here’s why it’s a Herculean task.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

APRIL 30, 2025

The venture capital market is highly cyclical , which discourages some bankers from considering it. Join in a bad market, and you might close 0 deals and learn very little except how to start a podcast or Substack on becoming a VC influencer. But there is one lower Beta alternative: Corporate venture capital (CVC).

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