Investment banking has a reputation for long hours, professionals burning out and constant deadlines. Investment banking analysts get the brunt of the unsavory elements and it is no surprise that the attrition rate is extremely high. Although there are a lot of people who stay with the same bank their entire
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Paying it Forward – the Investment Banking Coffee Chat
Woodstock for Capitalists: The Berkshire Hathaway AGM
To my understanding, Woodstock was an iconic rock concert that represented the Zeitgeist of America's hippie era. There was a re-do in the 90's where there ended up being riots - nonetheless, this is what Warren Buffett has coined the Berkshire Hathaway annual general meeting. As we approach the AGM for
Why Investment Bankers Are Bad Investors
Friendly Neighbourhood Investment Banker Not A Stock Picker Seems counterintuitive right? People who literally look at stocks all day and tell corporates how to take on corporate actions (such as mergers & acquisitions, dividend hikes and share repurchases, and play Nostradamus on how the market will respond to things in glossy
Are Investment Bankers Good Investors?
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A Very Investment Banking Christmas
Don't take this too seriously Working in Investment Banking During the Holidays Most investment bankers look forward to December for one or two reasons. Senior investment banker schedules (Managing Directors and Executive Directors) are aligned with their clients, so if the client is going on vacation in December then senior bankers will
Other Phenomena in the Investment Banking Jungle
This is a follow up to a previous intellectually lazy post Some Investment Banking Things. Lucites, Deal Toys and Tombstones When investment bankers close deals, they will set aside a budget to commission trophies commemorating the transaction. Usually, they will get glass toys with a theme that is loosely related to the
Hangover Banker
Sam, a junior engineer at some local startup with seed funding from Amazon, was enjoying a drink with three nerd buddies at Hapa Izakaya. They felt very dapper with their checkered dress shirts, black framed glasses and wispy facial hair. As relatively cheap, indirect Canadian labor for the tech behemoth,