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Houlihan Lokey FAS Exit Opps/Reputation
First, thanks @WallStreetOasis.com" for this new anonymous feature, it's smooth. Now to the post. I have the opportunity to leave to Houlihan Lokey FAS on their portfolio valuations at the third year analyst level (promote to asssociate within a year). I am currently in ER , which is fine, but the...
Summer Valuations Intern CRE?
I just got an offer from a large CRE (think JLL, CBRE, Cushman). for its Valuations dep. What can I expect to be working and how and what should I prep for? I bought some real estate modeling courses online what else can I do?
FP&A to Valuations -- skills needed?
Recently started a corporate finance FP&A job. I'm not far in yet but even my senior analyst (1 year experience) spends most of his time updating already built models, refreshing excel reports, and building powerpoint decks for executive meetings. This is not really what I thought I was going to be...
Where does valuations sit in a PE Megafund? (MO/BO)
Recently offered a position to join the valuations desk at a MF . How are these positions viewed internally/externally? Are they respected jobs? I come from a non target school and wanted to use the brand name of a MF to transition to a top Grad program and go from there. Is this common, or are MO/...
How to break into valuations
Hey, I am a non target graduate with a B.S in Accounting and Finance. I was wondering what would be the best way to break into a valuations or consulting role?
Energy Asset Valuations
Hello Everybody, I received a job offer from a firm in NYC that invests in energy assets. They work on all stages, developing, financing and trading and distributing from the asset. They primarily purchase gas power plants and oil fields. My primary responsibility would be to work on asset...
Headhunted for CBRE Investment Analyst from BIG4 valuations team
Hey everyone, I have been given the possibility to take an interview for CBRE as an investment analyst. I am currently working in the BIG4 valuations team in a Nordic country and I am not sure whether this would be a suitable transition and therefore ask for some feedback. First of all, is CBRE...
PE Portfolio Valuations Associate Jobs
A little background, I am currently in a Big 4 Valuations/TAS gig, interested in some of the typical exits (banking, corp dev, corp strat). My specific group does not audit or perform PE / VC portco valuations, but I'm familiar with PEs hiring Big 4 to audit portco valuations for financial reporting...
Valuation Services to Private Equity
Does anyone have any perspective on whether moving from Valuation Services to Private Equity is a doable move? I am interested to hear general perspectives but also specifically relating to the UK if possible, I know US/ Europe can sometimes work a little differently. How transferable are Valuation...
PEG based valuation
I'm looking at a sell-side report where the analyst hasn't shown his work, and my boss won't explain because he thinks PEG ratios are meaningless. Can someone just walk me through the logic here? We arrive at our price target of $100 based on a 2018 target P/E multiple of 25x (based on global peers'...
Transferred Big 4 Audit -> Valuations within 8 months Q&A
Hey guys, I recently started in Big 4 Audit in Canada and was able to transfer to Financial advisory. I have always been more interested in finance but didn't go to a University that would give me a realistic chance at a good finance job. I went the big 4 route instead with a plan to transfer into...
Valuations Comp in DC and NYC area
Hey everyone, I was wondering a good compensation is for entry level valuations position at a boutique valuations firm in DC area? What about NYC area? Which valuations firm pays the most: Duff & Phelps, SRR, or Big 4? What are some exit opps for this career path? Is the Comp and Hours usually Base:...
Help for Newbie starting at a Big Shop
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Mid-Market PE Valuations: Where Up is Down
With U.S. stock markets near record highs, and M&A activity on-track for another big year, there has been much commentary about whether markets have once again detached from intrinsic value. By and large, the labour market has returned to normality, the housing market has recovered, and consumers...
Does Audit Get Better After Your First Year?
Hello everyone! I interned in tax at a big 4 last summer and am doing a rotation into audit as a full time hire (started last month). I wanted to check out both audit and tax before making a decision. I enjoyed my time in tax and thought there was a lot of value added. However, I don't want to stay...
Hedge Fund Acquisitions and Valuations - KKR Takes 24.9% Stake in Marshall Wace
Pre 9/9/15 market open, KKR announced that it will acquire a 24.9% stake in Marshall Wace , a UK-based hedge fund with more than $22B in AUM. Stock analysts were pleased by the deal, with one analyst lifting the price target by $1.50 to $29.00. This is the latest in a series of private equity funds...
High GPA economics major but internships aren't in finance?
I go to a large state school in the South ranked around 50th overall. I am a business economics major with roughly a 3.89 GPA. The past two summers, I interned with large-scale corporate retail buying and merchandising thinking I'd go into marketing or related. After actually taking finance and...
Boutique Valuation Firm or Big Four Financial Due Diligence?
Any thoughts in career, exit opportunities and etc.? 1 year of experience at assurance, ready to jump as soon as possible Boutique valuation firm pays pretty well at 65k + 20-30% bonus Big 4 FDD - what is the salary/bonus situation? Thanks for the input
Help for my thesis
I need to do my thesis on valuation of portfolio investments by private equity funds, can anyone suggest me how to go about it? How valuation is done by private equity?
Deloitte Business Valuation vs EY TAS
Hi All, I'm currently a senior here at UC Berkeley and happened to recieve 2 full-time offers from Deloitte and EY for their Business Valuation groups in LA. I was wondering if anyone has knowledge on the Associate role at these firms and perhaps can provide any insight to help solodify my decision.
Question wrt ROIC and Buybacks
If a company is trading at two times invested capital (2x EV /IC) and decides to buy back shares, then would it be correct to say that the capital it's using for the BB is going to be generating a return at half of the company's ROIC? For example, if the ROIC is 20%, then for a business trading at...
I have Equity Research and IR/Business Dev transfer opportunities: Both require modeling aptitude
Long story short: I am building from scratch an operational model/equity valuation model for both an integrated energy company and a power company (non-regulated, non-utility). I have no prior experience, and have hit a number of road blocks (standardizing historical financials | assumptions behind...
Best valuation & excel resources for financial analyst work?
Hey guys, I am looking to prepare for financial analyst work. Does anyone recommend a self study course on valuation with excel modelling training? (preferably something free or easy to find on torrent sites)
Income Statement and Minority Interest question?
I'll apologize in advance. Because this is sort of a Dumb question, however when we did basic financial modeling in College in my corporate finance the problems our professor gave us never had minority interest listed a such in the income statement. Now when I'm doing a sample valuation I'm...
Valuations Exit Opportunities?
Hey guys, I've been working at a valuations firm and was wondering what my exit opportunities down the road would be. Some of the work I've been doing are: Business Enterprise Valuations Purchase Price Allocations Goodwill Impairment Testing Derivatives (options - PWERM, Black Scholes) Fairness...
Valuations vs. Transaction Advisory Services
Hello all, I've tried to do some research on this but have not seen many posts comparing the two specialty groups within many Big 4 firms. I did find a lot of interesting information regarding transaction services type roles, however, not much on valuations. My question is, which group do you think...
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