Bulge Bracket Corporate Finance M&A 
Mergers and Inquisitions
JANUARY 22, 2025
But you would not build models for M&A deals, leveraged buyouts, or debt/equity issuances in research or at least, they would be far simpler than the IB versions. People are convinced that financial modeling in equity research is vastly different from investment banking and that research requires different or more specialized skills.
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JULY 9, 2023
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Mergers and Inquisitions
DECEMBER 20, 2023
Admittedly, not all banks did this, and many bulge bracket firms will start in the normal time frame of January – March. One (1) solid finance internship and one (1) student/leadership activity or two solid finance internships. of the year – you should have the following elements in place: A good GPA – at least 3.5
Mergers and Inquisitions
JULY 17, 2024
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. It is almost always better to do an MSF or MBA in another country and break into the finance industry there than to compete for real IB jobs in India.
Mergers and Inquisitions
JULY 23, 2025
The “commercial banking vs. investment banking” question is a bit silly because they’re not in the same category. Yes, some students apply to both roles, and some people move from one field to the other, but they serve very different functions and represent different types of careers. GPA, and maybe a previous accounting or credit internship.
Mergers and Inquisitions
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Even though we’ve covered industry groups vs. product groups and teams such as M&A , ECM , DCM , and Leveraged Finance , we continue to get questions about capital markets vs. investment banking. Should you accept a capital markets offer at a larger bank over an M&A or industry group offer at a smaller bank?
Mergers and Inquisitions
MARCH 22, 2023
With the number of emergency / news-related articles on this site lately – two in a row! it’s starting to feel a lot like 2008. Before delving in, though, I want to start with the elephant in the room: I was partially wrong ~5 months ago when I wrote about Credit Suisse, UBS, and Deutsche Bank, and whether they would become Lehman Brothers 2.0.
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