Focus Investment Banking

APRIL 7, 2024

One aspect that is often talked about and significantly impacts the business landscape is the relationship between interest rates, private equity groups, and business valuations. For private equity (PE) groups, these rates determine the cost of capital, which is essential for their investment strategies.

Private Equity 52

Private Equity Valuation Equities Business 52

How2Exit

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Concept 6: Value Assets With DCF (Discounted Cash flow) One of the most important tools in the negotiation process is the discounted cash flow (DCF) method. This method is used to value assets by estimating the future cash flows they are expected to generate and discounting them back to present value.

Business 130

Business Negotiation DCF Acquisitions 130

Mergers and Inquisitions

APRIL 5, 2023

Sovereign Wealth Fund Strategies Sovereign wealth funds can invest in almost anything, from equities to fixed income to real estate, infrastructure, private equity, hedge funds, and more. So, your best option in most cases is to gain traditional investment banking or private equity experience and use that to move in.

Recruitment 59

Recruitment Funds Private Equity Investment 59

Mergers and Inquisitions

JUNE 21, 2023

Among the other banks, HSBC usually makes a strong showing, most middle-market banks are barely present, and the other elite boutiques (Evercore, Lazard, etc.) I’ll back this up by citing Capital IQ data about the number of firms in different regions: Private Equity Firms: S.: are much less active. 7,200 | U.K.: 3,200 | U.K.: ~500

Investment Banking 105

Investment Banking Banking Bank Investment 105

Mergers and Inquisitions

MAY 29, 2024

Project Finance vs. Corporate Finance: Recruiting We’ve covered investment banking recruiting , private equity recruiting , and even “ corporate finance at normal company ” recruiting many times on this site, so I’ll refer you to those articles. an equity IRR of 7% to 13%). Wait, How Does Project Finance Math Work?

Corporate Finance 59

Corporate Finance Financial Modeling Financial Models Finance 59

Mergers and Inquisitions

APRIL 19, 2023

Valuation , such as the different multiples used for mining companies and the NAV model in place of the DCF (see below). Here’s an example from the Capstone / Mantos Copper presentation below: Companies often go into detail on individual mines , with estimates for their useful lives, annual production, and “all-in sustaining costs,” or AISC.

Investment Banking 52

Investment Banking Bank Banking Investment 52

Mergers and Inquisitions

OCTOBER 18, 2023

In a good industry group, you might build a 3-statement model for a client based on a detailed review of its business, and you would use the output in the CIM and management presentation to market the company. Again, LevFin is the exception and provides realistic exits into private equity, direct lending , mezzanine , etc.).

Investment Banking 59

Investment Banking Capital Market Recruitment Capital 59