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Equity Research vs. Investment Banking: Careers, Compensation, Exits, and AI/Automation Risk

Mergers and Inquisitions

In equity research, the goal is to get clients to pay for the teams research consistently , but revenue does not depend on deals or other specific events. The difference is that IB is more of an explicit sales job , as deals must close for the bank to earn fees.