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A Sharper Focus: Exploring VC Side Letters

JD Supra: Mergers

By: Troutman Pepper Locke

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Tell Me About a Recent Deal: Full Guide and Example

Mergers and Inquisitions

The “tell me about a recent deal” question in finance interviews is designed to test your genuine interest in the industry. I’d summarize the importance of the “tell me about a recent deal” question as follows: Most Important: MBA-level candidates moving into IB from non-finance backgrounds and lateral hires recruiting from non-deal roles.

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Scaling up your business without hiring full-time staff

Growth Business

This is especially crucial for finance teams, who can spend up to 84 per cent of their time on manual, low-value activities such as reporting and invoice processing, says Darren Upson, VP of Europe at Tipalti. As they scale, and payment volumes rise, demand for more finance team resource naturally increases.

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The Truth About Unsolicited Private Equity Offers (and What Founders Should Do Next)

Software Equity Group

Prepare for Diligence Early Commission a Quality of Earnings report and prepare detailed data rooms across finance, legal, product, and HR. Third-party reports and clean documentation reduce uncertainty, increase buyer confidence, and streamline the path to close by having answers and materials ready before they are requested.

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Equity Research vs. Investment Banking: Careers, Compensation, Exits, and AI/Automation Risk

Mergers and Inquisitions

At the junior levels , entry-level professionals in both fields spend a lot of time in Excel working on models, valuations, and documents such as equity research reports and investment banking pitch books. and areas like corporate finance or strategy at normal companies. public markets roles ( hedge funds , asset management , etc.),

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Sports Investment Banking: How to Win the Super Bowl and the World Cup in the Same Year

Mergers and Inquisitions

It mixes public finance , project finance , real estate , and infrastructure. It does help to have industry experience in one of the related sectors (tech/TMT, real estate, infrastructure, public finance, etc.), For more on these points, please see the public finance investment banking article and the analytical examples there.

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SIX launches new data offering for global fixed income markets

The TRADE

million US instruments across municipal, corporate and government debt, and structured finance, and will reduce reliance on inconsistent and error-prone sources to price securities, manage risk, and comply with regulations. The provider has said that the offering will give clients access to data for 3.6