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The Role of Investment Banking Courses in Career Progression

OfficeHours

Listen, as much as bankers and consulting hardos want to convince you otherwise, we are human beings, and we need our rest and focus to stay attentive. I was viewed as the top intern and received a return offer at my bulge bracket bank – trust me, you can thank me when you get your return offer. BEFORE you actually hit the desk.

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Asset managers not prioritising research budgets as prospect of rebundling looms, study finds

The TRADE

As a result, in 2023, asset managers are consuming increasingly more from their core bulge bracket providers as they aim to be cost efficient and manage budgets in what has turned out to be a challenging market environment for active managers. since 2022 – now at 54.6%. since 2022 – now at 54.6%.

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Investment Banking in Dubai: The New York of the Middle East?

Mergers and Inquisitions

bulge-bracket banks , such as JPM, GS, MS, and Citi, always rank well in the league tables. The other bulge brackets (BofA, Barclays, UBS, and DB) tend to rank lower, but this varies each year. Investment Banking in Dubai: The Top Banks The usual U.S. are much less active.

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Off-Cycle Private Equity Recruiting: How to Prepare for the Slow Grind to the Finish Line

Mergers and Inquisitions

For example, you dont need to work at a bulge bracket or elite boutique bank to participate; you could work at a smaller bank, in management consulting, or another finance-related field (Big 4, corporate development, valuation, etc.). as most PE recruiting in other countries is off-cycle.

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Investment Banking in India: Please Avoid It and Try Again in Another Country

Mergers and Inquisitions

based bulge brackets (GS, MS, JPM, Citi, and BofA) are the strongest international banks, and Avendus, Kotak, JM Financial, ICICI, and Axis are the strongest domestic firms. Among the bulge brackets, the U.S.-based based firms (GS, MS, Citi, JPM, and BofA) tend to perform best.

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The Full Guide to Pre-MBA Internships: Are They Worth It?

Mergers and Inquisitions

These pre-MBA programs are the most prominent in consulting , finance, and technology , which makes sense since most MBA students target these industries. We’ll return to this point later, but in finance, it’s more common to do a pre-MBA internship at a small VC/PE firm or boutique bank rather than a bulge bracket bank.

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Investment Banking Spring Weeks: The Full Guide

Mergers and Inquisitions

All the bulge bracket banks in the U.K. 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. Which Banks Offer Spring Weeks? run them, but so do many elite boutiques (Lazard, Evercore, PJT, etc.),