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What is VBA for Excel? Here’s Everything You Need To Know

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For example, in 2013, JPMorgan used VBA to build a custom model to forecast loan losses, which helped them save time and improve accuracy. VBA in the Context of Finance In finance, VBA for Excel is commonly used for financial modeling, forecasting, data analysis, and automation of repetitive tasks.

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Infrastructure Investment Banking: Definitions, Deals, and a Dizzying Diversity of Verticals

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This makes these assets a bit lumpy in financial models because the total capacity can stay the same for years but suddenly jump up when an expansion is completed. Some of these are non-financial and relate to the companys overall capacity, while others are financial (e.g.,

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Private Equity in China: The Worst of Both Worlds?

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Communication Skills and Some Technical Knowledge – Since most PE firms do growth-oriented deals, financial modeling and technical skill are a bit less important than communication skills – as you’ll need these skills to source deals and meet local entrepreneurs. You’ll have better luck aiming for HF roles if you go to Hong Kong.

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Bullish Engulfing Pattern

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Wealth Management vs. Investment Banking: Career Deathmatch

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The Nature of the Work: Markets, Analysis, Sales, and Interpersonal Skills Wealth management (WM) requires broader knowledge of the financial markets since you may have to advise clients on everything from their portfolio allocations to upcoming tax changes. Think: benchmarking portfolios rather than modeling companies.

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Event-Driven Hedge Funds: The Best Home for Bankers Turned Investors?

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5) Portfolio Concentration – Many special situations and distressed funds run concentrated portfolios (e.g., If you want more, there are several Sum of the Parts lessons in the valuation sections of our Financial Modeling Mastery course. But lock-up periods are longer than most long/short equity funds.

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Renewable Energy Investment Banking: How to Make Greens by Going Green

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Per FTI Consulting , solar, wind, and “portfolio” (mixed asset) deals account for 60% of renewable M&A activity in the U.S.: So, even if you’re advising entire companies, you must still be familiar with asset-level modeling and valuation and how an entire portfolio works. What Do You Do as an Analyst or Associate?