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Growth Equity: The Child Prodigy of Private Equity and Venture Capital, or an Artifact of Easy Money?

Mergers and Inquisitions

Some argue that GE offers the best of both worlds: the opportunity to fund innovation and growth – as in venture capital – plus the ability to limit downside risk and invest in proven companies – as in private equity. The Top Growth Equity Firms Why Did Growth Equity Get So Popular?

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How does a job in Private Equity look like?

Wizenius

Private Equity (PE) often becomes the coveted next step for many investment bankers, promising new dimensions within the financial landscape. This stage may also entail consultation with subject matter experts like geologists or engineers, particularly for sectors like Oil & Gas.

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The Path to Success: How to Become an Investment Banker

OfficeHours

If you would like a leg up in the recruiting process, consider pursuing courses that focus on finance, accounting, statistics, mathematics, engineering, and economics. investment banking, private equity , VC, etc.) Maybe even more important than your major is your GPA. and how our process works.

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

Mergers and Inquisitions

We sometimes get questions about why we dont offer an equity research course. People are convinced that financial modeling in equity research is vastly different from investment banking and that research requires different or more specialized skills. For example, if you have an M.D.

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Going Deeper: Measuring Engineering Team Value Creation

Beyond M&A

Introduction Predicting value creation in an engineering teamnot the product, but the team itselfis a challenge worth tackling. But measuring engineering team value creation is more nuanced. Case Study: When Engineering Becomes a Liability The company had already received its first tranche of Private Equity investment.

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How to Get into Commercial Real Estate: Side Doors, Front Doors, Steppingstones, and Career Paths

Mergers and Inquisitions

While people obsess over investment banking and private equity, other sectors within finance, such as commercial real estate (CRE) , often go ignored. The exit opportunities are also quite good because many appraisal professionals get into development, investment sales, lending, and even real estate private equity roles.

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

Mergers and Inquisitions

But it’s not necessarily required, and plenty of undergrads join these groups via internships without detailed knowledge of the engineering side. One example is Steel Dynamics, which we feature in our main financial modeling course. OK, now to the good news: This situation is starting to change.