OfficeHours

JUNE 2, 2023

Buyside and corporate development role interviews are not as rudimentary as investment banking interviews. If we are specifically talking about highly coveted firms such as elite boutiques and bulge bracket investment banks, the success rate of interviews is in the single digits, even for target school candidates. Best of luck!

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Investment Banking Bank Banking Investment 147

Mergers and Inquisitions

MAY 10, 2023

It’s safe, stable, low-tax, and light on corporate regulation – you can safely ignore the occasional executions of cannabis traffickers. The basic difference is that the international bulge bracket banks tend to be stronger in M&A advisory and weaker in equity and debt capital markets. 7,200 | U.K.: 3,200 | U.K.: ~500

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Investment Banking Bank Banking Investment 105

Mergers and Inquisitions

JUNE 21, 2023

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. I’ll back this up by citing Capital IQ data about the number of firms in different regions: Private Equity Firms: S.:

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Investment Banking Bank Banking Investment 105

Mergers and Inquisitions

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

How does this higher compensation change the investment banking vs. private equity decision and the appeal of IB vs. other industries? Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs paid quite well, with many Associates in the $400K – $500K total compensation range, and various other bulge bracket and middle market firms followed suit.

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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. Internships at local venture capital or private equity firms. Corporate finance roles at nearby companies. Corporate banking. bulge brackets (well, except for RBC).

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Investment Banking Bank Banking Investment 105

Mergers and Inquisitions

JULY 23, 2025

Commercial Banking vs. Corporate Banking vs. Investment Banking I’ll start by copying the other generic articles and describing the day-to-day tasks and how commercial banking differs from these other fields. Not all banks have separate groups for three seemingly related fields: Commercial banking, corporate banking, and investment banking.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Specifically, private equity is not feasible from most ECM or DCM teams, hedge funds are also challenging, venture capital is a stretch, and you won’t have the right skills for corporate development. Again, LevFin is the exception and provides realistic exits into private equity, direct lending , mezzanine , etc.).

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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. Among the bulge brackets, the U.S.-based based firms (GS, MS, Citi, JPM, and BofA) tend to perform best.

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How2Exit

MAY 23, 2023

He then worked for what are called bulge bracket investment banks, mostly in the capital market space. Castle Placement specializes in raising private equity and debt capital for clients. After four years, in 1990, the economy was slow and the deal flow was slow.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

APRIL 5, 2023

Sovereign Wealth Fund Strategies Sovereign wealth funds can invest in almost anything, from equities to fixed income to real estate, infrastructure, private equity, hedge funds, and more. So, your best option in most cases is to gain traditional investment banking or private equity experience and use that to move in.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JANUARY 10, 2024

To advance and move beyond the VP level, you do need sales skills , which not everyone has – this is why the more analytical candidates often leave for private equity and hedge funds in the early years. It’s usually a 50-hour-per-week job , which is significantly better than the 60, 70, or 80+ hours required in IB.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

APRIL 24, 2024

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. If you’re targeting an informal venture capital internship , private equity internship , or search fund internship , focus on smaller, local firms.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

As with equity research and hedge fund roles, there are two main options for breaking in: Complete the CFA , get fixed income-related internships, and start working directly in FI research, either at a bank or a buy-side firm. Bond Types: How are corporate bonds different from government bonds? How would you analyze them differently?

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Mergers and Inquisitions

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Finally, many renewable energy debt deals take place within Project Finance teams at banks – but Project Finance and corporate finance are very different ! The renewables team still works on corporate-level debt deals, but these are less common than asset-level transactions.

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Investment Banking Bank Banking Investment 59

Mergers and Inquisitions

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Private equity was viewed as a “lightly regulated” industry for a long time. government has become more aggressive about regulating all “private funds” (private equity, hedge funds, venture capital, etc.) You can read all ~660 pages of the new “Private Fund Rule,” but the SEC’s summary is more than enough.

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