Starting my own investment bank? Good or bad idea?
Not sure what it would even take to start one, but figure if an investment bank is a good thing then one more investment bank in existence would be a good thing. Anyone want to comment?
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To put it simply, unless you're an insane MD with massive clients that you could pull-- most likely can't due to contract. It will be excruciating to try and start an investment bank and actually get clients.
Thanks for letting me know
False. I know someone who started one. There are hundreds of IBs in the U.S. You can run a lean team with small LMM-MM deals and make a decent living working the hell out of your network, or paying a BD guy to pursue LMM capital raises (debt and equity), mergers, owner divestitures, and acquisitions. You can absolutely start your own IB, get in touch with a good 3rd party broker-dealer and don't expect to be profitable right away. Typically the IB you started will only get it's first few deals bc of your personal track record, so if you've done $x billion worth of transactions in the past you should be fine.
Can an investment bank still exist even without clients?
Yes -- it's called DB
How would they generate revenue without clients?
Did you not work at Moelis?
I did
For the love of all that is sane, please stop spamming the forum with 12 year old reading level questions.
Just when I thought your comments couldn't get any worse.
Shut the fuck up
JFC who is this poster?
Yes. That’s me
He was on a WSO podcast that you can find if you go to his first few comments. He sounds relatively normal, maybe lacking in EQ. But the comments read like they were written by someone with Aspergers (I don't mean this in a derogatory way at all)
A normal person doesn't write this, https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/investment-banking-is-banking-fo…
I agree. I meant in the podcast, he doesn't sound nearly as bizarre as in his recent comments
Fair, sounds like he went off his rocker recently
I think theres no way thats him. I was thinking this dude is foreign and really doesn't understand what this forum is about.
It's definitely the same guy. His username is his real name and matches the profile of the guy in the podcast
Ok well this dude is clearly not in the right state of mind. He went from Moelis to spamming this forum with comments that make absolutely no sense. Also his responses to comments on his posts are comical and so out of touch with reality. Whole thing is just strange
My parents are immigrants
Ok
My guess is there are less than a dozen MDs that could actually start an investment bank. Also guessing you aren't one of them.
I wouldn't say less than a dozen. Go on LinkedIn and there are hundreds of IBs in the US alone. Pretty much any halfway decent MD with a few years from even a medium sized bank with a few $B in transaction volume over the years as a track record, solid industry connects, and relentless hustle to chase after middle-market deals with a lean team can make it happen. I've seen it firsthand. There are more no-names chasing down $billions in transaction volume among the private LMM and MM markets than you would believe. 3 guys splitting the commission on $300million aggregate of transaction volume for the year from straightforward deals isn't a bad gig.
Trust me, back in the days when I was really down bad I would go through LinkedIn and create my own personal database of small-time regional boutiques and the people involved with them. Life isn't all BBs and EBs.
Unless you mean by start an EB or the next BB, then yes, that's a very elite group. But starting your own no-name regional that pulls in a few $million in revenue each year is actually within the realm of possibility.
Yeah I meant a global independent advisory firm like MOE/CV/EVR. Yes I agree, number is probably a dozen squared of people who could successfully start a LMM or MM shop.
If you are feeling manic, like a god, I would encourage you to actually seek out mental health help, this kind of thing can spiral into deep depression fast, and bad depression
I appreciate your concern. I def don’t feel like I am Gd. I feel fine. Maybe just not understanding etiquette here. Cultural differences maybe too. Misunderstanding. Miscommunication. Who knows. But all is well thankfully
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