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

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Recruiting is straightforward and much less competitive / time-sensitive than IB roles; you can get in coming from a solid-but-not-top-tier university with decent grades and good accounting knowledge. Recruiting: How to Win Corporate Finance Jobs Corporate finance jobs are much less competitive than investment banking jobs.

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

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Partially, it’s an issue of accessibility: Everyone understands what happens to the stock price if a company beats earnings… …but few people understand what it means if a company is set to violate a debt covenant on page 214 of its credit agreement. An Example Fixed Income Research Report Recruiting: Who Gets into Fixed Income Research?

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

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This setup creates many differences with multi-manager (MM) hedge funds , from investment styles to recruiting and careers. This is especially common in areas like distressed debt investing that depend heavily on catalysts. Since teams are small and want to retain talent, turnover tends to be much lower than at the MM funds.

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