MergersCorp M&A International

JUNE 7, 2025

However, navigating the intricate legal, regulatory, financial, and cultural nuances inherent in international deals, particularly those involving the Chinese market, has historically presented formidable challenges.

M&A

Focus Investment Banking

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Washington, DC, (November 20, 2024) – Cole Strandberg, Managing Director at FOCUS Investment Banking and host of the Autobody News Collision Vision podcast , was one of several auto aftermarket experts to present during the IDEAS Collide Showcase at SEMA earlier this month.

Investment Banking

Mergers and Inquisitions

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Corporate finance jobs at normal companies are bad … …if you’re using them to break into a deal-based field, such as investment banking , private equity , or venture capital , or as a “Plan B” if you interview around but do not get into one of these. But I want to be fair, so I will present their positives and negatives here.

Corporate Finance

Mergers and Inquisitions

DECEMBER 4, 2024

This partially explains why sports investment banking has become a hot field, with JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs launching their own sports coverage groups. For a long time, sports teams and franchises were not worth that much, so banks rarely put their “A-Teams” on these deals. What is Sports Investment Banking?

Investment Banking

Mergers and Inquisitions

JANUARY 22, 2025

People are convinced that financial modeling in equity research is vastly different from investment banking and that research requires different or more specialized skills. Investment banking requires more process and project management skills , while equity research requires stronger creativity and communication skills.

Investment Banking

Mergers and Inquisitions

DECEMBER 18, 2024

If you use your first year in investment banking to gain solid deal experience, your odds of winning a PE offer will improve if you use off-cycle recruiting; if you sit around and do nothing, your odds will fall. This round is more about your critical thinking and presentation skills and less about raw technical abilities.

Private Equity

Mergers and Inquisitions

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

With investment banking internship recruiting starting earlier and earlier, you also need to win pre-banking internships earlier. Writing investment memos and presentations. Helping with due diligence on potential investments, such as reviewing a companys products or financial forecasts.

Capital

Mergers and Inquisitions

JULY 9, 2025

Your goal is to present the financial statements in a favorable light while also complying with standard legal, tax, and accounting practices. Initially, it’s more of an Excel, research, and number-crunching role, but it shifts to presentations and communications as you move up.

Corporate Finance

Focus Investment Banking

JANUARY 10, 2025

The era of the single store generalist Body Shop is coming to an end is the subject of this month’s series, and it’s based on a presentation I’ve been giving at SEEMA Association events and beyond. I think it should excite you. To kick off the series, our guest today is Me and Only Me. So it’s an industry I love.

Private Equity

Focus Investment Banking

AUGUST 4, 2025

You know about probably 20% of our client base across focus investment banking is, is doing buy side acquisitions, helping people acquire. But I don’t want to say it’s cheating, but it’s a lot easier to acquire the right company and just start going with it. Chandler Kohn: Yeah, I, I hear you.

Acquisitions

Mergers and Inquisitions

MAY 14, 2025

The most difficult part of infrastructure investment banking is defining the exact verticals and deal types it covers. It even includes elements of healthcare , industrials , and oil & gas investment banking. It even includes elements of healthcare , industrials , and oil & gas investment banking.

Investment Banking

Focus Investment Banking

JULY 10, 2025

The key is presenting each in the right light. If you’re operating in a growing metro area, a major corridor or a tax-friendly state and you have strong store-level performance, investors and strategic buyers are likely to show interest in both the business and the real estate.

Book-building

Focus Investment Banking

JUNE 24, 2025

So that is a a bit of a moving target and having the pleasure to a couple weeks ago at Southeastern Collision conference attend Mike Anderson’s presentation, which is always phenomenal. Speaking of may of amazing operators, I’m not asking anyone better than Mike Anderson, but he produced a lot of fan, a lot of information.

M&A

Focus Investment Banking

JULY 28, 2025

This presents major obstacles for business owners wanting to growth their businesses. Workforce shortages – often referred to as the national “Skills Gap” – hamper growth because companies can’t effectively staff new contracts while continuing to service their existing clients.

Business

Focus Investment Banking

JUNE 30, 2025

Our investment banking team covers the full healthcare services landscape, and that acceleration reflects private equity’s overall surge in healthcare services investing from 2015 to present, especially in provider services.

Private Equity

Focus Investment Banking

JULY 3, 2025

You know, if somebody wanted to join a 20 group, specifically Coyote, they would have to come to a meeting and they have to present to the rest of the members. It’s part of the vetting process that we do before people come into the group or, or come to present to the group to ask to be part of the group.

S&P

Focus Investment Banking

JUNE 18, 2025

A Chamber of Commerce, go every month, go to the luncheon every month, do a presentation, be a sponsor once a quarter. But be really present and that community will give back to you. As an independent, you have the opportunity to go in and be around, be present, make the relationship. That’s what I used to do.

M&A

Focus Investment Banking

JULY 31, 2025

And that’s why you can see the two sides of that coin, though, and the opportunity that presents to start the year. It’s expensive to fix cars now, and it’s even more expensive to fix them, right? We did a whole series about the end of the era of the single store generalist Body Shop.

M&A

OfficeHours

JUNE 21, 2023

We’ve had dozens of laid off investment banking analysts and associates reach out to us for how to navigate a tough job market. From Goldman Sachs to Morgan Stanley to Citi and beyond, it seems like even the biggest banks are being impacted by reduced deal flow, and there’s still room for the dominos to fall.

Investment Banking

Mergers and Inquisitions

OCTOBER 16, 2024

“Why investment banking?” and there’s now an overwhelming amount of information online about investment banking. I’ll explain these points here and suggest specific answers to “Why investment banking?” in Interviews for Steppingstone Internships “Why Investment Banking?”

Investment Banking

Mergers and Inquisitions

DECEMBER 20, 2023

If you want to know how to get an investment banking internship, it’s simple: Start very, very early and have a great “Plan B” if something goes wrong. And yes, you read the news correctly: Banks like RBC, DB, Houlihan Lokey, Rothschild, and Guggenheim opened 2025 summer internship applications in calendar year 2023.

Investment Banking

Mergers and Inquisitions

MARCH 27, 2024

If you go by most online discussions, investment banking spring weeks in the U.K. are as essential as oxygen or high grades if you want to work at a large bank. Banks are also to blame because they now market spring weeks to students as young as 16. What Do You Do in a Spring Week?

Investment Banking

Mergers and Inquisitions

JUNE 21, 2023

Investment banking in Dubai stands out for attracting remarkable hype on social media. Specifically, should you aim for entry-level investment banking roles in Dubai rather than London, New York, or other financial centers? Investment Banking in Dubai: The Top Banks The usual U.S.

Investment Banking

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. 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.

Investment Banking

Mergers and Inquisitions

JUNE 14, 2023

Investment Banking PowerPoint Shortcuts: The Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) The Quick Access Toolbar in Office programs lets you build shorter versions of existing shortcuts. Investment Banking PowerPoint Shortcuts: Windows/Office and Slide Commands All the standard Windows/Office shortcuts work in PowerPoint as well.

Investment Banking

Wizenius

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Investment banking analysts are responsible for working on pitches and deal execution in healthcare investment banking groups. Marketing materials: Analysts create deal-specific marketing materials like management presentations, Confidential Information Memorandums, and other documents tailored to the deal type.

Investment Banking Analyst

OfficeHours

JUNE 6, 2023

If you are already out of college, unfortunately, there is nothing that you can do regarding whether or not you attended a target school, but for those who are not currently in investment banking or MBB (i.e., Communication and Presentation Effective communication and presentation skills are crucial in the private equity industry.

Private Equity

Wizenius

JULY 18, 2023

If you want to enhance your skills further, consider enrolling in the best investment banking course in Mumbai, which offers placement assistance and a certification upon completion. It's an excellent way to showcase your knowledge during interviews after completing an investment banking certification course.

Investment Banking Analyst

The TRADE

JANUARY 5, 2024

UK-based investment bank Peel Hunt has gone live with its European platform as part of its commitment to growing its presence in the Bloc. The firm said the move “reinstated” its desire to facilitate the distribution of research, the trading of shares, and the promotion of investment banking deals into Europe.

Investment Banking

Wizenius

JULY 26, 2023

In the past, before foreign banks entered India and the rise of MBA programs, Chartered Accountants (CAs) dominated the financial services sector and finance jobs. With the expansion of investment banking in India, CAs have been presented with new opportunities and challenges.

Investment Banking

Mergers and Inquisitions

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

If there is one sector that has attracted even more hype than technology and TMT , it might just be renewable energy investment banking. But before jumping into the overall advantages and disadvantages, let’s start with the verticals and how banks are set up: Table Of Contents What is Renewable Energy Investment Banking?

Investment Banking

Mergers and Inquisitions

AUGUST 6, 2025

I’ve covered the topic of artificial intelligence several times on this site, including why I stayed away from enterprise AI startups last year and a quick review of ChatGPT for investment banking a month after it launched. But to be fair, what they’re doing is more in the realm of “business brokerage” and not investment banking.

Financial Modeling

Wizenius

OCTOBER 1, 2024

You are being tested on your abilities to explain a story, concept, or a narrative in detail 2) You may be given a pre-created information memorandum/management presentation and then asked to explain it to the interviewer. The next cohort of my live investment banking program at Wizenius starts from Oct 20th.

Investment Banking

American Banker - Investment Banking

JANUARY 30, 2024

Generative artificial intelligence could streamline numerous operations across the financial services landscape, from building investor presentations to processing regulatory and legal documents.

Investment Banking

Mergers and Inquisitions

APRIL 12, 2023

Over time, investment banking recruiting has become more impersonal with developments like HireVue interviews , online tests, and recruiters conducting the initial screens. In regions like London and Hong Kong , ACs are used for investment banking , sales & trading , and other areas at banks and consulting firms.

Investment Banking

Chesapeake Corporate Advisors

MAY 12, 2023

Baltimore, MD, MAY 12, 2023 —To support its continued growth as a top boutique investment banking and corporate advisory firm in the Mid-Atlantic region, Chesapeake Corporate Advisors (CCA) recently welcomed Miles Gally to the investment banking team.

Investment Banking

Wizenius

JULY 17, 2023

Here are key skills to target an investment banking career: 1. This is the perfect time to learn Excel formulas and create visually appealing presentations as they are fundamental to an investment banker's work. This skillset is crucial and often assessed during investment banking job interviews.

Investment Banking