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Which industry group is the most interesting?
I'm currently working in Tech M&A (with a focus on software companies) and thus far it has proven incredibly boring. As if the typical drudgery of banking wasnt enough, I havent managed to get my head round all the technical jargon that gets thrown around in my group (I still have no fucking clue...
Reps and Warranties
I need advice from M&A specialists. Could someone explain easily what are "reps and warranties" along with how the survival period works / what it means in a purchase agreement? Thanks in advance for help!
M&A at companies.
I've often read on these forums that if you can't get into IB straight out of school then it may be a good idea to get some experience in M&A at another company, go to B school and then join a BB as an associate. What companies have M&A training programs? I've been trying to find information on this...
very nooob question.
Yes I have a very noob question , please help. Where can I find the financial statements for m&a transactions? on the Annual 10k reports? ( i.e how much was paid for goodwill, assets , etc ) . I tried looking at some companies 10K's and couldn't find the detailed financial statement for their m&a...
Loan/High Yield vs M&A
At most banks does Loan & High Yield Markets fall under their LevFin Group or Capital Markets? Would there be any reason to join the High Yield group instead of M&A (at RBS or Wells Fargo )? I heard RBS is fairly established within debt origination but their M&A is well behind the curve. Thoughts?
how to analyze M&A deal?
Hey guys, doing a project for a summer M&A class at my school and have a noob question about it. If I was simply told "analyze the m&a deal" ( so it can be used for advisory services later on), what kind of analysis am I supposed to be doing? Post-M&A performance of the acquirer? especially in that...
CIM for Selling Public vs. Private?
What does the CIM consist of when selling a public company? I've sold two private companies (and authored two CIMs -- lots of fun) and understand how that works, but what's the process with a public company? I understand the point of a teaser in which the company's name remains undisclosed, but with...
M&A product group overrated now???
Hi everyone, This post might seems abit silly, espically given the strong bias toward M&A product team in this forum. However, from what I have seen and heard and even experienced myself recently, in my opinion M&A bankers are not as well regarded as before. Historically, the reason why people...
IB Resume Review - Applying to IB positions
Hello everyone, Can you please take a look at my resume. I have been applying to Investment Banking positions and I am open to any suggestions, which could improve my resume. http://www.razume.com/documents/14854 Thank you very much! Have a great day! Manitu
HP to acquire Palm
What do you all think about the deal ? Its already being referred to as 2010's third-largest U.S. tech acquisition. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704… Bank of America Merrill Lynch advised HP, and Goldman Sachs advised Palm.
Choosing Between IB Offers in Europe
Fellow Monkeys, I'd like your view on the choice I'm trying to make regarding my position next year (1st year analyst) Im about to graduate from a top French school, interned at BNPP in M&A in Paris, GS in M&A in Paris and GS in ECM in London. The offers I have are: GS , Leveraged Finance, London CS...
German M&A Professional
Hello everyone, I am a German native with a MBA and a MS in Finance from an U.S. university. Furthermore, I have a couple of years experience in M&A and I am sitting for the CFA exams. I am also in the process of getting a permanent working permission. I am looking for a job in the M&A industry and...
Advice Needed (M&A)
I would like to hear inputs ONLY from currently working i-bankers since you guys must be in a better position to give me an advice. I'm currently working at a NY-based boutique (healthcare focused) and just realizing 80% of the time, we only do "sell-side" m&a deals. This is getting me really...
RE: M&A Execution
what exactly do you do as an M&A execution banker? Have been reading hundreds of articles on WSO for the past few days and I get the big picture-In M&A you don't pitching, just executing transactions and you have better financial modelling skills than Industry bankers. But what exactly do you do in...
Moelis M&A
It seems Moelis is lacking M&A deals yet killing restructuring...what do you guys think? Will Moelis be able to fix that soon? I feel like if they don't bankers will just move around.
Internships - Advice on good internship opportunities
Hi all, I would like to get some advice on good internship opportunities that will land me a job in M&A within an IB . What´s your advice with regards the following options (as in what would be the best choice): 1. Internship in boutique firm 2. Internship in PwC , Deloitte etc 3. Internship in M&A...
Aiming HBS/Wharton/INSEAD 2011 - Indian - Finance - M&A
I am working at E&Y India TAS team in India having 2 years of work ex currently. I graduated in finance from the top business undergrad school in India with an average score (65%, GPA 3-3.2). Although EY TAS in India (top of Bloomberg league table for dealmakers, Yes, GS & BOA are behind EY in...
Q1 2010 M&A League Tables: Thomson Reuters
Worldwide Announced 1. Goldman Sachs 2. JP Morgan 3. Credit Suisse 4. Morgan Stanley 5. Deutsche Bank 6. Lazard 7. Citi 8. UBS 9. Barclays Capital 10. Blackstone Group 11. Bank of America Merrill Lynch 12. Rothschild 13. Houlihan Lokey 14. Santander 15. Miller Buckfire 16. HSBC 17. Greenhill 18....
keeping up with m&a transactions?
Are there any good websites or tools that basically compiles a list of all m&a transactions, sorts them by date/sector/size, etc.?
Pros / Cons - IB M&A vs. Industry M&A
Global M&A group at a BB i-bank (NOT GS /MS though...) 2. Internal M&A / venture capital at a pharmaceutical company (US$25bn market cap, so not a mega-pharma company, but not a tiny one either) What do you think are the pros and cons of each one? especially with regard to a PE gig? Thanks.
2010 YTD Announced Global M&A
Announced Global M&A by deal value in $bn as of 3/1/10 1) GS ..............$142.8 2) CS ................136.0 3) Citi ...............103.0 4) JPM ...............92.7 5) MS.................92.4 6) Lazard ..........84.2 7) UBS ..............61.6 8) Blackstone ..35.5 9) BarCap........33.2 10) BAML...
Top B-School or Bulge Bracket
I'm currently an investment banking analyst in a large company that's not a traditional investment bank in the Asset-Backed Securities group, and I'm seeking advice on options moving forward. I'm hoping to make it into PE / VC eventually, so I feel an intermediate move is necessary. Here are my...
ECM Vs. M&A
I'm an associate with two offers: (1) ECM outside NY and (2) IBD in NY . When I say IBD , I mean the team focuses on an industry vertical and handles all of the clients' financial needs (M&A, DCM , ECM , etc.). Both companies are focused on the same industry vertical. Obviously, the NY opportunity...
IBD concepts [for free]
A mentee of mine asked me about free [useful] training sites for investment banking prep. I thought I'd share these and maybe you might have some ideas as well? Cogent Analytics M&A Guide http://tinyurl.com/cogentma FT modules on finance mbagym.com mastersgym.ft.com Modules on finance...
2009 US Tech M&A League Table
Since there's been a few questions about good tech groups recently, figured this table would be a nice data point for the prospective monkeys out there. Now, a few words. - I have no idea about the methodology used (announced vs. completed, etc.) - League tables are stupid anyway, but people use...
Strategic & Acquisition Finance?
Is an internship in Strategic & Acquisition Finance a good thing to do before an m&a one? Knowing that at the moment, i probably won't find any in m&a (non target school). What about the lifestyle in acquisition finance? The comp for analyts compared to ECM / DCM & M&A? and the exit ops? thx
Citi IBD London - Groups
I've got an offer for a summer internship in IBD at Citi's London office and would like to know more about the groups over there. I'm interested by TMT or Energy groups and I have been told by Citi bankers that the TMT group is doing well (esp. Telecom Media) and has a good reputation. There's also...
Goldman Recent M&A Deals
Can somebody please point me in the right direction for somewhere I can read up on the lastest interesting Goldman M&A deals. I've tried the DealBook at nytimes.com, but haven't been able to really come up with anything substantial. Thanks.
CS (M&A) vs. Apollo PE
As an undergrad, if you were offered SA positions with Credit Suisse M&A and Apollo PE , which would you choose and why?
In my case, Bank or Boutique?
Hey everyone, I am a 2nd Yr Bsc Business student, and i received several summer internship offers. Unfortunately, no Bulge Bracket Bank invited me. Anyway, i evaluated all offers and now I have to choose between two. I would be really happy if you could help me. The first offer comes from the M&A...
Trading Interview Guide
I was wondering if WSO would ever produce an interview guide specifically for trading interviews. Although the technical interview guide covers stocks and bonds- is there any more information that would prove beneficial to a potential candidate for FICC?
Will BUY your Corp Fin Master's Thesis
Please PM with the subject of your thesis, number of page and price asked for it It has to deal with corporate finance ( LBO , Valuation, Ratios, etc)
Livingston Securities
I have a phone interview with this company coming. Has anyone interviewed with them in the past or know anything about them? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Macquarie M&A?
Applying for Macquarie Capital 's SA program for 2010 and noticed that besides some product specialist groups ( ECM , DCM ) there were several industry groups but no independent M&A , restructuring, or leveraged finance groups. I was wondering if Mac Capital is similar to Goldman in that its people...
Ranking of M&A groups
How would you guys rank the top BB pure -play M&A groups on the street? Here's my subjective ranking: 1) MS 2) JPM 3) CS 4) BoA- ML 5) Citi 6) DB 7) UBS 8) Barclays
Morgan Stanley vs. Rothschild - M&A
Which one would you choose if you had the opportunity to join both of them? How do you rank them in terms of prestige (etc.) compared with other peers?
Interaction between Industry Groups and M&A
Done a lot of reading on this board and I haven't been able to get a clear description of the interaction between coverage groups (excluding FIG and Real Estate) and product groups specifically M&A . In general, I know that M&A / LBO work tends to be "outsourced" to the M&A group and FSG but does...
Transaction Type
How concerned should I be if I join a small boutique (as an analyst) that does a lot of underwriting and not much M&A? How would this affect my learning experience?
num deals / year for an M&A analyst
What's the average number of deals per year completed for an M&A analyst? What's considered "high deal flow"?
how hard will i get grilled on my resume
Just wondering how hard I will get grilled on my resume. A little background. During my internship I was able to network and get some time working for my company's interior M&A group. Through that I had training and was able to take part in some analysis but what they did was different from the...
need some advice for my career plan
hey, i am applying for the master science of finance in United States. In my essay about short-term career goal, i clealy state that i will begin my career in the product group in IBD . My undergraduate major is not finance, so for you guys is that rude now to clarify the career path in the post-MS?...
M&A to...Investment Management or HF?
I'm a first year in M&A - well known shop, but nothing crazy prestigious. I know I'm only a few months in, and might be premature in my thinking, but I find myself less and less interested in M&A /banking more and more. A large part of it is probably due to a mediocre experience so far - not such...
finance in India
Whats the WODS for finance in India - specifically GS and BX in India, if I want to spend a year or two there but come back to NY for my long term finance career. Firms now seem to be hiring more in Europe and Asia compared to US, but what is deal flow going to be like in India in the near term, how...
Strong Tech M&A Groups among US BBs
Hi Could someone help me with the names of US BBs that are strong in the Tech M&A industry. Thanks
Anti raid and shareholder activism
Can anyone clearly explain to me what these are..? And if a certain group were responsible for giving advice in anti raid and shareholder activism, would an analyst learn a lot and have good exit opps if s/he were to work in the group?
BofA ML FSG vs M&A
Hi, I received offer from BofA ML FSG and M&A . I like both groups (culture people etc.) and unfortunately because of that factor my decision has to come down to exit opps and deal flow. Can someone provide me with some insight on which one of these groups at BofA ML would better position me I were...
BARCAP vs Rest
What are your views on Barcap, Now having some second thoughts about starting at Barcap as opposed to other places such as boutiques for instance I consider Barcap above other European BB but below the GS /MS/ JPM - how about top boutiques (Rotschild, Evercore, Greenhill, Moelis...) ? Im just trying...
Need advice: moving into Healthcare M&A team
I have worked for just over 2 years in a start-up « no-name » m&a boutique. Then I recently moved into a business development & strategy position with a fortune 500 healthcare company (but based in a European country that is not the group’s headquarters). My new job is not as exiting as my...
Biotech/Health care groups in HK
I'm a US undergrad from a non-target currently studying for the semester in Hong Kong; I love this place already know I will want to come back. I would like to leverage my situation to find a SA position here. I have made some good contacts, and have a meeting with a headhunter (friend of friend)...
Morgan Stanley Generalist vs Blackstone M&A
Hey guys, I'm considering full-time positions with Morgan Stanley IBD and Blackstone M&A . I think the consensus is that MS M&A would lead to a better experience and possibly better exit opportunities, but the MS offer is generalist only (group selection will happen later, and realistically it's not...
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