Investment banking buzz words

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guyfromct

11y

At a MM: Bandwidth, synergies, win-win, buy-in, skin in the game

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CalTex Analyst

11y

A few that stood out to me during recruiting...

Barclays: Relationship managers Citi: Emerging markets access, truly global bank Evercore: Highly-focused

"Utter commitment to the task at hand."

A Fellow Linguist

11y

CalTex Analyst:
A few that stood out to me during recruiting...
Barclays: Relationship managers Citi: Emerging markets access, truly global bank Evercore: Highly-focused

Nice. These company-specific buzz words are what I'm referring to, guys. What I'm not referring to are the typical industry buzz words that seem to drive some people up the wall (I think there are already other threads on the subject).

gdxx

11y

I need someone to help me make a "Shit Investment Bankers Say" video.

IBD in general:

"Can you just drop this in?" "The numbers are not tying." "Let's add some more color to this analysis." "The firm believes..." "To the extent that... " (ugh, HATE this, people confuse this with "if") "Let's get the low hanging fruit." "Let's not reinvent the wheel." "Can we run these 2394820 scenarios?"

And the classic...

"FOOD LOBBY!!"

ricottacheese

11y

Best Response

gdxx:
I need someone to help me make a "Shit Investment Bankers Say" video.
IBD in general:

"Can you just drop this in?" "The numbers are not tying." "Let's add some more color to this analysis." "The firm believes..." "To the extent that... " (ugh, HATE this, people confuse this with "if") "Let's get the low hanging fruit." "Let's not reinvent the wheel." "Can we run these 2394820 scenarios?"

And the classic...

"FOOD LOBBY!!"

I love this - literally just laughed out loud. Hits close to home and reminds me of my analyst days

Authored by: Certified Private Equity Professional - 2nd Year AssociateCertified Private Equity Pro

CHItizen

11y

"high level" "call it [insert random guestimate]"

frgna

11y

Moelis: Strong and unified. Truly unique.

if you like it then you shoulda put a banana on it

newfirstyear

11y

Citi: globality

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mrb87

11y

CS: One bank; chocolate

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ItIsWhatItIs

11y

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