Interview With A Mergers & Acquisitions Investment Banker – Part II

by Karl - December 9, 2018December 9, 20180

What sector is interesting right now? Oil and gas. Despite the current oil price environment (which is very bad), you are actually seeing a fair bit of consolidation in the space because of the efficiencies of scale in the space. The oil prices are low and there is a lot of uncertainty right

Interview with a Mergers & Acquisitions Investment Banker – Part I

by Karl - December 9, 2018December 9, 20180

Why does everyone want to do M&A? M&A is probably the most flexible group in terms of exit opportunities and gives you the broadest and most technical experience. You will get the most modelling experience in M&A, but I would caveat that it is not as interesting as people seem to think

Interview with Sales & Trading Associate in Hong Kong

by Karl - November 11, 2018November 14, 20180

What sales and trading capabilities do the Big 5 Canadian banks have in Asia? Generally, Canadian banks have very lean operations in Asia. The biggest player in Asia would be Scotiabank, with an onshore presence in many countries - Scotia is Canada's most international bank. Scotiabank has the widest range of capabilities;

Interview with an Oil & Gas Investment Banker: Part III

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by Karl - October 8, 2018October 13, 20180

Interview conducted with an oil and gas investment banking associate in the Global Energy and Power/Natural Resources Group of a major investment bank This interview ended up being excessive so we have cut it into 3 components to avoid reader exhaustion Read Part I Read Part II Do you need an oil and gas

Interview with an Oil & Gas Investment Banker: Part II

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by Karl - October 7, 2018October 8, 20180

Interview with an Oil & Gas Investment Banker: Part I

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by Karl - October 7, 2018October 8, 20180

Interview with: Loan Syndications Associate in Hong Kong

by Karl - September 10, 2018November 11, 20180

Written by an associate in loan syndications at a major Chinese bank who previously worked as a corporate banking associate at one of the largest banks in the world by AUM How did you get into loan syndications at a major Chinese bank? I got top grades at a top 3 business

Interview with: Investment Banking Summer Analyst

by Karl - September 7, 2018September 10, 20180

This is an interview conducted with a summer analyst at a major bank that received a return offer but will be joining another investment bank How did you get hired as a summer investment banking analyst? I attended a target school and went through the regular on-cycle recruiting campaign. There is an

Interview with: Corporate Banking Associate

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by Karl - September 3, 2018September 10, 20180

What are some good resources to read up on if you are interested in corporate banking? This site has some good stuff - the corporate banking posts are representative and accurate. Leveraged loan by S&P is also good, although that is more levfin it dives into a lot of similar concepts.

Interview with: Big 4 Corporate Finance VP

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by Karl - August 28, 2018September 5, 20180

What do you do on the corporate finance team in a big 4? The corporate finance team in a big 4 firm functions like a boutique investment bank that focuses on mid-market businesses. Most of the clients are private. The CF team serve as transaction advisors for acquisitions, divestitures, and capital