We often hear about the sell-side transactions of I-Banks, but what about the buy-side?
Is the sell-side more prevalent than the buy-side?
That seems odd because for every sell-side transaction (sale to strategic buyer) there is a buy-side transaction on the other end. Therefore, it would seem that there should be an equal amount of sell-side transactions as buy-side transactions.
Is this true?
Thanks
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yes, true. you are just confused by the terminology "buy-side" and "sell-side" because sometimes investment banking as a whole is referred to as "sell-side" (since you are still hired as an adviser and need to sell your services) while "buy-side" is often used to refer to private equity, hedge funds or any other industry where you are the principal investor.
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Wow, I never knew WSO had a FAQ. Maybe it should be put in a more prominent position? Considering 10% of the questions on WSO are the same, might be useful.
Considering the prominence of the search button and how often it seems to get used, I can't help but think your theory would not hold true. Alas, we can still hope.
Regards
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