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The Path to Success: How to Become an Investment Banker

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While a degree in finance, economics, or related fields is highly sought after, investment banks will hire candidates with a diversity of backgrounds, especially in STEM fields. To develop these skills, take classes in finance and economics, regardless of your major. Maybe even more important than your major is your GPA.

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What is a Price Index? (Definition, Examples, and Applications)

Peak Frameworks

A consistently low CPI can be a sign of economic stagnation. Application in Private Equity and Corporate Finance In the heart of high-stakes deals and corporate strategies, price indices serve as a touchstone for decision-making processes in both private equity and corporate finance. Example: In the U.S.,

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Commodity Hedge Funds: The Most Lucrative “Hidden Gem” in Finance?

Mergers and Inquisitions

at a hedge fund , prop trading firm , or asset management firm and then move into a commodity role once you prove yourself. Almost no one (< 5%) had management consulting or investment banking backgrounds , and the ones that did also had something closely related to commodities. Start in trading and pivot into commodities.

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Investment Banking Spring Weeks: The Full Guide

Mergers and Inquisitions

Outside of IB, various asset managers, hedge funds, consulting firms, and trading firms also run some type of spring week program, but we’re focusing on banking here. All the bulge bracket banks in the U.K. run them, but so do many elite boutiques (Lazard, Evercore, PJT, etc.), middle-market banks (Jefferies, Houlihan Lokey, etc.),

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Wealth Management vs. Investment Banking: Career Deathmatch

Mergers and Inquisitions

” Interviews are broader than IB interviews and require knowledge of asset allocation, economics, and and financial markets, but far less specific technical knowledge. It offers the broadest set of possible exits within the finance industry if you leave early (in your Analyst years).

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Canvassing the Shareholder Franchise in 2021 – Institutional (Coates, BlackRock and Hohn, ESG, XOM, Ubben, GM) and Retail (WSB, GME, AMC)

Transactional Delights

Here are some connections on things that are interesting to me: John Coates was named Acting Director of the SEC’s Division of Corporate Finance. A former Professor of Law and Economics at Harvard University and partner at WLRK, one of the things Coates is known for is the Problem of the Twelve. public companies ’”.

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