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

Mergers and Inquisitions

People are convinced that financial modeling in equity research is vastly different from investment banking and that research requires different or more specialized skills. 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.

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Long-Only Hedge Funds: A Cozy Career, or a Complete Contradiction?

Mergers and Inquisitions

Investment Style – Long/short strategies depend more on timing and getting individual quarters and events right, while long-only strategies often use longer holding periods and require deeper dives into companies. Think: a deep review of companies’ financial statements, 3-statement models , and DCF-based valuations.

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Keeping Up with Delaware Appraisal Jurisprudence Since Aruba: Deal Price Reigns Supreme, But Will Recent Decision Lead to More Arbitrage?

Cooley M&A

Key Takeaway : As courts increasingly rely on deal price as the most reliable indicator of fair value in an appraisal proceeding, buyers should carefully document and quantify any expected synergies reflected in their financial models used to support the deal price. 1] In Halpin v. Riverstone Nat’l, Inc.