LevFin preparation for virtual internship

Hi everyone,

I'll be joining JP LevFin group virtually this summer.

It looks like there won't be a lot of modelling, but I still want to be prepared for that, so I was wondering if you could suggest any good excel modelling course I could buy (or even a free one).

Currently, I'm reading about High yield bonds and leveraged loans (main products they deal with) and I'm planning on reading the LBO chapters of the Rosenbaum book.

Happy to hear any suggestions on how to best prepare.

Thank you.

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“And by PrEsTiGe is NuMbEr 1 on the street by a MiLe. “ lmaooo what??

First of all who decided that? JPM sits on their balance sheet and extends everyone and their mother a revolver to pump up their stats. It’s a capital markets groups with no modeling so analysts don’t place well into PE.

CS and BAML LevFin are known for being some of the hardest groups to place into because they’re regular feeders into top exits and execute some of the most complex transactions in the world

 

Lmao while that comment was extremely cringe, I do highly recommend the Pragmatist Guide, great book for just starting out. Then id recommend going over the LBO section of Pearl & Rosenbaum. Check out Leveraged Buyouts by Paul Pignataro (huge fan of his books btw). Also do your best to follow HY and leveraged Loan markets and what's going on.

 

yes, I'll be in the London office. Speaking with people from the team they told me that sector groups mainly handle the models.

 

agree w/ reading LCD loan primer as a step 1, to learn the basics. that’s passive reading tho.

if you’re interested in learning further after that, I can walk you through some exercises or send you some stuff to learn the rest of the job (excluding modeling) - aka the Capital markets / credit agreement, etc - as basic or as in depth as you want.

 

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