Which groups are the most intellectually challenging or academically intensive? M&A? Sponsors? Fixed income structuring groups? Derivatives?
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I heard that last week at JPM M&A, they had a 4.5 hr long discussion on Thucydides.
What a fuckin joke. This is business, if u want to be a nerd then go become a professor or scientist, intellectual, my ass
Intellectually challenging within IBD:
Financial Restructuring Leveraged Finance Structured finance (securitization) M&A Execution
Intellectually challenging within Capital Markets: Fixed Income Deriv Structuring Equity Deriv Structuring Asset Liability Management Structuring
Boring and endless company profiles and pitchbooks: Any M&A sector team Any M&A country team ECM DCM
haha so true
Chemicals...if you get really into it
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