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

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People are convinced that financial modeling in equity research is vastly different from investment banking and that research requires different or more specialized skills. Traditionally, banks gave away equity research reports for free to incentivize large clients to trade with the bank.

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Power-Up Your Resume: Essential Investment Banking Keywords

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In the highly competitive field of investment banking, a well-crafted resume can be the key to landing coveted interview opportunities. In this blog post, we will highlight five essential keywords that you should incorporate into your resume to increase your chances of getting those sought-after investment banking interview calls.

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Wealth Management vs. Investment Banking: Career Deathmatch

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If you want to read angry comments and long threads with plenty of insults, you can’t go wrong with the wealth management vs. investment banking debate. Some of these client differences relate to the distinction between private wealth management and private banking; for more on that, you should review the the private banking article.

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Capital Markets vs. Investment Banking: Deals, Careers, Recruiting, Exits, and Offer Decisions

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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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Metals & Mining Investment Banking: The Full Guide to Ground Zero for the Energy Transition

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Metals & mining investment banking used to be a “sleepy” group. But let’s forget about the children temporarily and focus on the verticals, the drivers, deal examples, and the exit opportunities if you escape from the underground mines: What Is Metals & Mining Investment Banking?

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The Search Fund Internship: Perfect Pathway into Investment Banking and Private Equity Roles?

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You can think of a search fund as a private equity firm meets a SPAC , minus the celebrity sponsor who’s there to swindle retail investors. Like a PE firm, a search fund raises capital from outside investors and aims to multiply that capital by investing it – but like a SPAC, it makes only one acquisition.

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Determining Discount Rate for Companies with Negative Initial Cash Flows and Future Growth

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Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC): Calculate the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC), which represents the average rate of return required by the company's investors. Adjustments for Negative Cash Flows: Incorporate adjustments in the DCF analysis to account for the negative cash flows in the initial years.