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Most Intellectual

by k2 (Senior Chimp, 19 Banana Points Points) on 7/14/08 at 8:25pm

Which groups are the most intellectually challenging or academically intensive? M&A? Sponsors? Fixed income structuring groups? Derivatives?

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ideating's picture

I heard that last week at

by ideating Certified User(King Kong, 1036 Banana Points Points) on 7/14/08 at 8:34pm

I heard that last week at JPM M&A, they had a 4.5 hr long discussion on Thucydides.

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What a fuckin joke. This is

by smoke a blunt (Monkey, 55 Banana Points Points) on 7/14/08 at 8:42pm

What a fuckin joke. This is business, if u want to be a nerd then go become a professor or scientist, intellectual, my ass

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Intellectually challenging

by globaldealmaker (Chimp, 13 Banana Points Points) on 7/14/08 at 9:03pm

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

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haha so true

by oasising (Senior Orangutan, 391 Banana Points Points) on 7/14/08 at 9:23pm

haha so true

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Chemicals...if you get

by joefish (Gorilla, 573 Banana Points Points) on 7/14/08 at 9:24pm

Chemicals...if you get really into it

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by C.R.E.A.M. (Senior Monkey, 72 Banana Points Points) on 7/14/08 at 9:31pm

smokeablunts comment= classic

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can someone repost the smoke

by big unit (Senior Baboon, 209 Banana Points Points) on 7/15/08 at 9:04am

can someone repost the smoke blunts comment?

- I think in MC you have more free time to be intellectual than IB, where thought leadership and so on goes down. But I think the most challenging groups are def. structuring (unfortunately these jobs have gone away for a while...) while least is ECM (where I summered two years ago)