Mergers and Inquisitions

JULY 23, 2025

So, I’ll take a different approach here and focus on the differences in careers and recruiting , including interviews, advancement, salaries, and exit opportunities. Recruiting into commercial banking roles is less competitive than IB, and you could win them with less impressive stats, such as a mid-tier university, a 3.4

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MAY 29, 2024

This article will focus on careers and recruiting , while the accompanying YouTube video will discuss the technical/modeling aspects in more detail. Many of these assets last for decades , have stable/predictable cash flows , use substantial Debt (50 – 60%+ of the total price), and use sized and sculpted Debt.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MAY 10, 2023

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. Among the elite boutiques , Evercore has the strongest presence in Singapore, and Rothschild also works on many deals, mostly in the middle-market space. As in the U.S.,

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Mergers and Inquisitions

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

As another example, some argue that UBS should not be a bulge bracket bank because it has focused on wealth management and areas outside the capital markets. For example, Wells Fargo always does well in debt capital markets but much worse in M&A advisory and equity capital markets.

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