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Moving into Corporate Banking/Acquisition financing role from M&A TAS background. Any useful tools for learning
So my background largely entails audit and M&A transaction advisory, focusing on buy-side/sell-side M&A advisory and also financial due diligence. Therefore alot of the work/analysis have been on analyzing transactions from financial perspective of equity investors and really just assisting in...
Structured Finance Banking VS FX Trading
What would you take into consideration when deciding between a FT Structured finance or FX trading role?
Structured Commodity Finance Investment Banking
Mainly metals and softs, some O&G; typically in emerging markets. How is this space regarded? What exit opportunities are there (adjacent IB product/coverage groups, structured credit/commodity HFs , Physical Commodity Traders) in the U.S.?
What do you know about TPG Real Estate Finance Trust?
TPG REal Estate announced on Jan 9, 2015 the acquisition of a 75% stake in a $2.5B portfolio of high-yield RE loans from Deutsche Special Sits Group (Deutsche retained 25%). Looks like 11 professionals from DB's Special Sits Group joined a newly-created mortgage REIT (TPG Real Estate Finance Trust)....
Structured Finance Analyst in BB vs Trading Analyst in a prop shop
Hi guys, I have an offer and an assessment centre lined up for a Structured Finance position at a top3 BB and a Trading Analyst position in a top5 prop shop. Unfortunately, the offer deadline is before the superday . My questions are: 1, How common is the transition from SF to trading ? If I accept...
Structured Finance vs. Public, Project, & Infrastructure Finance Associate Analyst - Moody's
What do both of these sectors do? Which one has better exit ops to IB , ER , HF , anything on the buyside? What interview questions can I expect?
Prepping for a Structured Products Analyst Interview @ Insurance Co.
Hello Fellow Monkeys, I have an interview coming up in the IM arm of a major insurance company for an analyst position covering Global Structured Products. I have a general familiarity with ABS , but am by no means an expert and could use some advice on what to expect from the interview. Does anyone...
GS IBD Financing Group - Structured Finance
Hey guys, Hoping someone can provide some color on a job posting I came across. Not sure what exactly it is and what the job would entail. It would be much appreciated. http://www.goldmansachs.com/what-we-do/investment-banking/services/fina… What exactly does the Financing Group do at GS. To be...
Structured Finance - Advice for moving to US
Hello everyone, I’m trying to figure out what would be the ideal way of transitioning from a European country to US by next summer, once I hopefully become a CFA charter holder. I have 6 yrs of internal audit and 2 yrs of structured finance experience (providing wholesale funding for the bank...
EY Structured Finance
I have an in office interview for a structured finance staff position and they said there is going to be a case study interview, anyone have any insight into what to expect or how to prepare for this?
Difference between Structured Finance and Leveraged Finance?
I am an undergrad and pursuing a career in SF/LF. I want to know basic differences between SF and LF in terms of work, quant/modelling centricness and due dilligence. Would also love to hear from someone any specific examples in terms of deals and structuring which follows.
Life after corporate securitisation
Hi all, I'm a 2nd yr structured finance analyst at a mid tier IB in London. I mainly work on funding / reg cap trades on corporate and auto books across europe and while I quite enjoy it, I'm thinking of moving on. I don't really want to stay in the vanilla bank funding area and I have been thinking...
Big 4 Structured Finance to BB
I recently just transferred to the Structured Finance Transactions Group at one of the Big 4 after working in audit for a year. I am 23, coming from a non-target school, already obtained my CPA , and will be sitting for the CFA Level 1 this December. I just wanted to see if anyone had any insight on...
Structuring modelling
Hi, I am looking to gain more knowledge about the structuring department and specifically the quant part. So I was wondering if anyone has any tips/start up models on where to start? Kind regards
BNP Loan Syndication (within Structured Finance)
Any thoughts on this group? I have found much info on WSO (older threads mostly on WF) and internet in general, but I understand that this group varies from bank to bank. Anyone with more specific information? What about exit opps? Modelling? Transferable skills? (this is for a summer analyst role...
CMBS Bonus Numbers
Hey guys, Its about that time of year when everyone is getting their numbers. Since spreads came in pretty substantially and these groups on the sell side did well, what kind of numbers are you expecting or already received? More interested in the more junior roles across the street.
Cash flow modelling/structured finance
Anyone have any resources/examples on cash flow modelling/structured finance models that you are willing to share? Or if you could point me to some sites that might be helpful, a quick google search didn't turn up much. Thanks
Moody's Structured Finance Analyst vs Citi Private Bank Analyst
The Moody's role is an entry-level analyst position, which involving working in a team that rates a particular structured finance product (I won't know until months after I accept which group I would be in). The Citi Private Banking role is a 2-year rotational program that has six-month rotations in...
Structured Finance Interview, ABS/CMBS
Can anyone give me an idea of what I can expect or how to prepare for an interview with a boutique structured finance firm? They deal heavily with asset backed and commercial mortgage backed securities. I thought it would be a lot of fit, since it is a small shop but was told the interview would...
Buyside Trading CMBS/MBS(Agency and Non-Agency)
Hi All, An opportunity may come shortly for me at my firm and would like some information on exit opps specifically. Feel free to contribute any another tidbits. I work at a buyside AM firm and have the opportunity to get into CMBS/RMBS trading . Was wondering what the exit opps are for a position...
Restructuring, Valuations or FSR?
Hi all. I have been working as a consultant at a Big 4 for over a year. I am currently mapped to a group that mostly focuses on technology consulting, therefore I am planning on transferring to a group that is more finance focused and eventually (after 3-4 years) move into finance. So far, I have...
Interview For Standard and Poor's Structured Finance - CMBS Group
I've got an interview coming up at Standard and Poor's structured finance CMBS group. I'm a freshman at a target, but I don't have much finance experience. The person who contacted me told me to set aside a two hour block for a phone interview. Does anyone have experience with S&P's interview...
A straight up buy-side trade execution job?
I have an interview for the below position in ABS /CMBS trading in the investments group of a major insurance company. I am trying to figure out if this is a more substantial position than a strictly buy-side trading execution job. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated: Large Insurance Co is...
SolarCity - Structured Finance Analyst?
Got a call from a recruiter about this job. What do you guys think of doing this post 2 years in banking, in terms of opportunities to PE or top B-School afterwards? Is this a decent gig or doesn't compare to PE / HF / Corp Dev? Long-term goal is PE or HF but opportunities currently seem bleak for...
Millions for Billions
Everyone has a part of their job that sucks , no matter how satisfied they are overall. When it comes to my work here at WSO , this is the part of the job that sucks. After two and half years, the most tiresome thing I have to write about is the stupid shit Wall Street firms have done to contribute...
KPMG interviewer thought I was doing this but when I was actually doing that?
Hi, I have solid experience in Project Finance, but my firm calls the dept as Structured Finance. About two weeks ago, I applied to a job at KPMG in the valuation group, and I got the interview. The interviewer started to look at my resume on the spot, and we started to chat. During the interivew...
People say Structured/Project Finance may lead to Hedge Fund?
Why do people always say that Structured/Project Finance can lead to Hedge Fund? What sort of skills and experience that are relevant to HF ? Thanks
Transaction Experience? Do I have it?
I'm a career switcher who just finished my 1st year MBA at a target school. I still don't know much about finance but definately know a lot more than before. People always talk about how important transaction experience is. Can someone tell me whether what I'm doing right now as an Intern in...
Structured Finance Energy to PE
I got an energy structured finance analyst position starting next September and I would like to know if there were exit opportunities in PE funds or corporate finance in oil majors after 2 or 3 years. I am also considering S&T (I prefer sales) and I got a summer summer internship coming with a 2nd...
Work hours in Investment Banking
I recently received a position as analyst at one of the large investment banks in Canada. I would be working in their structured finance groups, some places call it securitization, derivatives or option groups. I was wondering if anyone know the work hours for this? They told me they generally get...
Structured Finance vs. M&A
How would you compare Structured Finance banker to M&A banker in terms of pay, prestige, and exit opt?
PWC Structured Finance Group
A family friend is a partner at PwC in their Structured Fin group, I might get an internship next year is it worth A) making a friend jump through hoops B) Doing it as I come from a nontarget? The money looks good, I suspect this guy brings home 1.5-2MM and he loves his job. Can I go from there to...
Structured Finance, Mezzanine, Exit Ops, and Capital Market
From my research, it seems Structured Finance and Mezzanine have pretty good exit ops in hedge funds. But they also are sometimes considered part of Capital Markets, and Capital Markets are considered bad for exit opts. Can someone clear up this confusion? Also LevFin has good exit ops, but LevFin...
Structured CD to bet against an asset class?
Is this possible? Do they sell it? I know you can buy them where they are based off 10 stocks the question is can I chose the 10 stocks and buy swaps on it hoping it declines? Think Big Short ,but this will be little short.
Books for Structured Finance
Hi, I may very well be in the wrong sub-forum, but it seems to be the most frequently read sectio, so here it goes.. Does anyone know of any good books for structured finance? I'm trying to learn more about the structuring process of different structured products and the underlying risks behind...
Which to choose
Hi guys! I am new on this forum and I was wondering if I could get some advice as I don't really know much about the finance as an industry. I got two graduate offers in London in Structured Finance, one with RBS , the other one with BNP Paribas. Which one should I choose? Why? Thanks for the help.
Drop a class for a structured finance internship?
I got a call on friday from the head of HR at a small firm, she goes on to tell me that they would like to hire 1 intern for fall/winter in their structured finance group. They basically creat ABS' from big assets such as mining equipment, oil rigs, freight ships, etc. (I didnt know securitization...
Goldman Sachs Structured Finance
I have a FT interview coming up with GS Structured Finance group. Can someone who is familiar with this group please give me insight into what the group does (aside from what is available on their website) and what the market outlook is for their products? Also, how technical can I expect the...
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