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The CFA for Investment Banking: Do the New Changes Make It Worthwhile?

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I’ve now been writing about finance careers for almost 20 years, and the topic of the CFA for investment banking never seems to die. I first criticized the CFA in a 2009 article , which generated a lot of angry comments. But earlier in 2023, the CFA Institute announced the biggest changes to the program since it started.

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Corporate Finance Jobs: Cozy Careers, But Bad “Plan B” Options

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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. What Are Corporate Finance Jobs? not banks or investment firms).

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Multi-Manager Hedge Funds: A Meritocratic Paradise or a Revolving Door of Burnout?

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The multi-manager hedge fund model is simple: Raise $10-20 billion, borrow at the fund level to take this to $50-$100 billion, and then allocate this capital to dozens of internal teams. These funds are usually multi-strategy as well. These funds are usually multi-strategy as well. What Do You Do as a Multi-Manager Hedge Fund Analyst?

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Fixed Income Research: The Overlooked Younger Brother of Equity Research?

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The differences vs. equity research lie in the details: Financial models focus on the downside scenarios and analyze each issuance separately: the Yield to Worst , Yield to Maturity , Recovery percentages, and the default risk. the appropriate debt vs. equity mix, and additional capital needs over the next few quarters.

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Single-Manager Hedge Funds: The Best Way to Get a Recurring Guest Spot on CNBC?

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In-depth analysis that might take days or weeks, such as a financial model with 1,000 rows in Excel to assess a biopharma company’s valuation. Tiger Global is another example of this issue: It started as a hedge fund but later expanded into private equity and venture capital , with different teams for each one.

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