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| +1 | Need help explaining banking/equity raising fees to a company... basementflat02 So let's say I've got a company that needs an equity or even debt infusion for a project, and I'm proposing to charge them 4% of all the equity I raise. They are balking thinking about how much they will make off of that money vs how much I will. I am trying to put together a... | 4 |
| 0 | Info on Peak Rock Capital swaggerisaliability <abbr title="Wall Street Oasis">WSO</abbr> community, anyone have any info on these guys? <abbr title="middle market">MM</abbr> <abbr title="private equity">PE</abbr> based out of Austin that recently raised a 1.3B fund devoted to... | - |
| American International Group - Review - Generalist | - | |
| American International Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist | - | |
| 0 | Georgetown McDonough vs. NYU Stern (PT Programs) psyduck_consultant Hi everyone, I have been working for a F100 since 2011. I started as a management analyst and recently got promoted to a senior consultant role within strategy department. At 2014, I applied for top <abbr title="Masters in Business Administration">MBA</abbr> programs... | 5 |
| +1 | MBB Consulting >> AM dontbugme Hi - new to <abbr title="asset management">AM</abbr> thread and couldn't find a lot on this topic. I currently have ~4 years of <abbr title="McKinsey, Bain and BCG">MBB</abbr> consulting and was curious if ex-MBB consultants were able to land... | 4 |
| +41 | Physical Oil Trading Basics (Part 1 of 2) Dr. Shakalu I have seen a few posts on the Commodities Trading forum asking about how petroleum trading is priced, hedged, etc. I was reasonably high up in Risk Management for a “major” trading company in Houston for a few years and am now running a hedge book at a smaller company, so I thought I may... | 72 |
| +2 | What Colleges Should I Apply To? rome I feel like I wouldn't be able to get into the target schools only gettings a 1070 on the SAT... and College deadlines are approaching so far I've applied too Miami U,Drexel, Indiana U ,PSU, MSU, FSU, Temple, Baruch and I was wondering if there's any other schools I should try... | 18 |
| +1 | Timing of drug test for full time role venus281 Got a full time offer for a <abbr title="private equity">PE</abbr> firm (think <abbr title="Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.">KKR</abbr>/Blackstone/Carlyle). I heard from an analyst there that they didn't drug test for full time. However,... | 4 |
| +4 | Getting into a great MSRE program ZenRE Background: I am currently working as a residential re agent. I help manage my families residential and commercial porfolios for the past 10 years. I also help clients buy, sell residential re and help manage/lease a 10 unit multi-family for the last 5 years. I have gained all of this... | 13 |
| 0 | Market Desk with Corporate Finance component? AK125 Hey there! I will be doing a summer internship in markets this year and have to give desk preferences. I come from a corporate finance background (did internships in <abbr title="mergers and acquisitions">M&A</abbr> and ECM), however, I wanted to dive deeper into... | - |
| +1 | Hedge Fund Internship in Toronto with Low Salary Heheda Hi, I got an intern offer from a 2~8B AUM hedge fund in Toronto. They offer me like 5.5k CAD per month plus an unknown bonus at the end. I am wondering if it is too low and planning to argue with the HR. I am not sure if it is worth doing so as I have no bargaining power at this stage and no... | 3 |
| 0 | Summer 2020 internships nikhil.kokra170 Hi, Do any of you have a rough idea of timelines for summer 2020 internships at big banks / hedgefunds etc.. I know it's very very early, but firms have already started coffee chats at my school and Morgan Stanley said they're going to release summer 2020 application sometime this... | - |
| 0 | What is He training for ? Pitbull Class Somebody has become the world’s foremost analyst on the Spartacus movie series. Some people found their inspiration in Jesus, others in Buddha, yet others in Jackie Chan. Not me. I’m with Spartacus. I play the series every year, it may be one episode a week or five episodes a week, and I... | - |
| +1 | Moving from LMM analyst to MM associate Curious Cat Does anyone have any experience recruiting for <abbr title="middle market">MM</abbr> associate positions after joining an LMM as an analyst out of undergrad (so no banking background)? Is it difficult to get looks, or were you able to work your way into the recruiting pipeline? | 2 |
| 0 | Last minute test interview in banking? nat361 So, I got a follow up email for a second round interview for a commercial (loan) portfolio analyst and in the last line of the email all they said was "Make sure to bring a calculator, we have a test for you." I plan on brushing up on basic ratios and calculations, but I'm not... | - |
| Goldman Sachs - Review - Investment Banking | - | |
| Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking | - | |
| +1 | McKinsey Online Assessment yungstrategymaster Hey everyone, I was lucky enough to make it past McKinsey's resume screen for a summer business analyst position and now I have to take an online assessment. It doesn't seem like the typical PST because it is made up of a 45 minute verbal reasoning test and a 45 minute numerical... | 11 |
| +12 | AMA: I do OCR for a BB GoingToBeAnMD I am a VP at a <abbr title="bulge bracket">BB</abbr> in a <abbr title="back office">BO</abbr> role. In addition to my daily duties, I'm also assigned to HR to work with the summer analyst program. Last year I had 3 <abbr title="summer... | 13 |
| +6 | Wells Fargo bonuses down by 30%?! lapike Story from NYT Dealbreaker: <a href="https://dealbreaker.com/2019/03/bonus-watch-19-wells-fargo-carnage">Bonus Watch '19: Carnage At The Stagecoach</a> [quote]It appears that bonuses are being handed out at Wells Fargo, and judging from our email inbox,... | 44 |
| 0 | LBO vs Infrastructure vs Secondaries 128 Assuming you are an LP looking at the following investment opportunities: a <abbr title="leveraged buyout">LBO</abbr> fund, an Infrastructure fund, or a “Secondary” fund What are the pros and cons in your opinion of each opportunity? | - |
| +1 | Cold Emailing this Late into the Recruiting Cycle Treway I reached out to a lot of bankers in the summer with a short and fairly broad email temple. Something along the line of: "I'm a X year student at X school and was interested in learning about your experience in investment banking. Would you be open to answering some of my questions... | 2 |
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| 0 | Cover Letters - Do you read them? Are they worth it? TradeGreek TLDR: Do you read cover letters? Do you find them useful? I work at a boutique investment bank and I love that being part of a small team I get so much exposure to the entire deal for example I am completely responsible for all the modelling which I really enjoy as I feel i gain a much... | - |
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| +3 | Happy White Male CEO Virtue Signalling Day Scott Irish Many of us work at companies that refer to it as "International Women's Day," but I think this was a great success for old cracker CEOs whose objective was to spam the company website with #balanceforbetter hashtags and look good for the diversity website rankings this year. ... | 2 |
| 0 | Cut off to put GMAT score on resume for On-Cylce PE recruiting --- 720? 730? banker2018 Hello, I'm wondering what the cut off is for putting your GMAT score on your resume during on-cycle pre-mba associate <abbr title="private equity">PE</abbr> interviews. Do you think 720 is too low to put it on? 730? Most <abbr title="private... | - |
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| +2 | Better businessman: Bill Gates or Jeff Bezos? 2733278823 Saw a video where Warren Buffett said Jeff Bezos is “the best business person of our time.” Obvious Eff U to Bill Who would you say ran their business better? | 7 |
| +2 | Are non-consultant roles at MBB still seen as prestigious? wwwdotcomman Most people here referring to <abbr title="McKinsey, Bain and BCG">MBB</abbr> think of consulting roles (client facing). Those roles are obviously prestigious and sought after. Do other roles within <abbr title="McKinsey, Bain and BCG">MBB</abbr>... | 7 |
| Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Credit Risk | - | |
| +2 | Private Equity Associate, started after my undergraduate. AMA peassoc Bit of a slow Friday, but have to wait in the office for a bit. Happy to answer any questions about my job - currently an associate after a recent promotion from analyst. Created this throwaway account, happy to answer anything. | 12 |
| Goldman Sachs - Review - Investment Banking | - | |
| Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking | - | |
| SunTrust Robinson Humphrey STRH - Interview - Investment Banking | - | |
| +2 | PIMCO 2019 Account Summer Analyst Stalwart Has anyone heard back/applied for this position? The original deadline was Oct 20 and campus recruiting sent out an email saying I'd heard back no more than 4 weeks after the deadline. I just looked at the app again and it now says "early process deadline Oct 20" and... | 16 |
| +6 | HireVue JPM London FT 2019 CIB theGodfather Hi monkeys, just received an invitation for an Hirevue from <abbr title="JP Morgan">JPM</abbr>. I applied for the CIB <abbr title="full time">FT</abbr> 2019 in London. I think those invitations are automatic btw. For those who already did it, could... | 63 |
| +5 | hear back Hirevue SA London GS/JPM/MS Bananawarz Hey, is there anyone who heard back from <abbr title="JP Morgan">JPM</abbr>/<abbr title="Goldman Sachs">GS</abbr>/MS Summer Analyst Hirevue interviews? If yes: when, which division and how much time did it take do hear back after your Hirevue?... | 22 |
| +2 | Citi London IBD Teams zzzrzzz Joining Citi London as <abbr title="summer analyst intern">SA</abbr> this June. What are their best teams in terms of dealflow/prestige? Thanks | 22 |
| PNC Financial Services - Salary & Bonus - Corporate Banking | - | |
| +1 | Research role at MBB to equity research? wwwdotcomman Hi all, After 2 years of research at <abbr title="McKinsey, Bain and BCG">MBB</abbr>, is it possible to transition into an equity research position or will an <abbr title="Masters in Business Administration">MBA</abbr> be required? If you get an... | 5 |
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| +1 | DB Distressed Products Group abcd123abcd Anybody have any insights into this group? Thanks! | 6 |
| Fannie Mae - Review - Risk | - | |
| +4 | Mistakes in pitches / models - who is responsible b43b6b7b82b87 Hey guys Was reflecting on my experience in <abbr title="investment banking division">IBD</abbr> with a couple of other analysts from my team when we touched upon a topic that we all couldnt agree on. If an analyst makes a mistake in a model (doesn’t move valuation... | 23 |
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| +1 | What does the career path look like for investment banking business development? GibbonAwayNow I recently discovered my love for <abbr title="private equity">PE</abbr> and startup BD roles and while searching for some postings I came across a couple BD jobs at <abbr title="elite boutiques">EBs</abbr> and <abbr title="middle... | 1 |
| 0 | Initial thoughts on the 2020 Democratic candidates? CapTable It’s an interesting field this year for Dems. Bernie pt. 2, Warren, Harris, Booker, underdog Yang, likely Biden, maybe Beto. Whatever side you fall on - what are your initial thoughts on these candidates and the election in general? | - |
| +3 | How to choose what asset type to work with in investment sales? CodyParkey I could not find a specific thread on this topic, so curious to hear yalls input. I'm very interested in getting into investment sales but I do not know which asset type would be best. I am leaning towards retail since I kind of already have a few connections in that area, but don't... | 16 |
| +1 | S&T and Global Macro htmar Hi, I was curious about what do people in the Global Macro <abbr title="hedge fund">HF</abbr> think about sell side macro desks as preparations to becoming a PM/Junior PM in a macro <abbr title="hedge fund">HF</abbr>. The majority of people I know... | 5 |
| +2 | RE Development Project Management Nousernamehere Question for those in development..I realize there is no “true” route to development and people come from all different backgrounds but for someone looking to get more into the project side vs the heavy finance what is the best route? Struggling to find roles with actually developers so... | 16 |
| +2 | Veteran choosing between CMU and Georgetown. Where to GO? TheRock Good evening Guys!! Long time lurker, second time poster. I read through a few threads regarding recruiting from Carnegie Mellon vs. Georgetown and still can't make up my mind. I'm looking for any sort of guidance. Despite the difference in the <abbr title="Masters in... | 7 |
| +2 | Rate my profile and help me get into the right BB svk_monkey Hey monkeys, anyone down to rate my profile? I really want to get into a <abbr title="bulge bracket">BB</abbr> <abbr title="investment banking division">IBD</abbr>/MBD position in London. I am considering my options as to work <abbr title="full... | 11 |
| 0 | Break it up MorningBrewDaily <h3>MARKETS</h3> <ul> <li> U.S. markets: The major indexes all fell more than 2% this week. Which is a shame because we're actually in a celebratory mood today. </li> </ul> <div style="text-align:center"> <h4> Want... | - |
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| Stifel Nicolaus and Company, Inc - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking | - | |
| +1 | Pulling metrics for model tips?? YungValue Does anyone have any tips on pulling metrics from SEC fillings more efficiently? Right now I normally just pull them by hand or use BamSEC but I feel like there has to be an easier way. Looking specifically for metrics like same store sales or other KPIs. | 2 |
| +2 | Is Naples a Safe Place to Travel as a Tourist Number Crunching Warrior Hey everyone, so thinking of taking a trip to Naples. Have heard tons of negative stories with a few good ones. Is there anyone who has visited and could share their story? Right now thinking of skipping it and taking the ferry to the Amalfi Coast instead. Background on me: Can speak... | 11 |
| +1 | What do you consultants do? 2733278823 For you consultants what is your average day or week like? What do you do? Say what firm you're from because I imagine Mckinsey's work environment is different from a lower firms work environment. | 1 |
| +2 | Undergraduate GPA and class rank for Msc. Finance ricia_morer I'm preparing myself to apply to top European Msc. Finance programs. Some British schools say that you should have a **minimum** of 2:1 (or 3.5 GPA). I'm from Brazil, from a non-target school. My GPA is 3.2 but I'm **2nd** in a class of 50. The HIGHEST GPA (1st in class rank)... | 13 |
| +5 | How to break into S&T as a graduate? sibarz Hello guys, First of all, I wish you a Happy New Year. Hope all your wishes come true in 2019. This is my first post here so please correct me if I happen to break any rule. I graduated in June 2017 with a Bachelor in Business Administration from a top European business school in Spain.... | 28 |
| +2 | Is wearing a jacket everyday too much? ASC_842 I cant afford to dry clean my shirts and would like to minimize the time spent on ironing. Unfortunately, I also own non-non-iron shirts, | 15 |
| +2 | Fall (Off cycle) IB internship London i_love_tacos Folks, do you know which banks tend to hire fall investment banking interns for London office ? If yes, what is the recruitment timeline like and are there banks hiring for fall internships at the moment ? thanks! | 21 |
| +2 | How does networking influence the hiring process? tommyturbo Rising junior at a non-target, starting to network with alumni to hopefully land an internship. My question is, if I make a good enough impression on these guys how do they influence my hiring process? For example, if I talk to a director in fixed income sales and trading, could he only help me... | 17 |
| +15 | Los Angeles vs Dallas vs Chicago seville Currently based in <abbr title="New York">NY</abbr> and our team have a large presence in those 3 cities (LA, Chi Town, Dallas) -- if you had the opportunity to relocate to one of those cities, which would it be? Putting all other circumstances aside, let's put... | 54 |
| RBC Royal Bank of Canada - Review - FICC - Fixed Income Currency and Commodities | - | |
| 0 | Summer Associate gets overtime? XHexK12 Seems like summer analysts receive overtime but what about summer associates? and there is no signing bonus, right?! I believe there is a relocation fee though. | - |
| RBC Royal Bank of Canada - Salary & Bonus - FICC - Fixed Income Currency and Commodities | - | |
| +1 | Need Suggestion Switching Firm boredOfWork I am an analyst working at an small <abbr title="hedge fund">HF</abbr> for 2.5 yrs, unfortunately it's not going anywhere and looks like it will soon be shut down. I was going through job postings and I came across hidden. I couldn't find any info about it but... | - |
| Capital Group - Review - Asset Management | - | |
| Capital Group - Salary & Bonus - Asset Management | - | |
| +3 | Need suggestion, switching firm boredOfWork I am an analyst working at an small <abbr title="hedge fund">HF</abbr> for 2.5 yrs, unfortunately it's not going anywhere and looks like it will soon be shut down. I was going through job postings and I came across hidden, I couldn't find any info about it but... | - |
| Cowen Group - Interview - Investment Banking | - | |
| +5 | Guggenheim Partners Investment Banking prospectivefadfasdf Hey everyone, there is a lot of old info on <span class='keyword_link'><a href="/company/guggenheim-partners" target="_blank">Guggenheim</a></span> investment banking and a lot of disagreement about its prestige / ranking. I was wondering if... | 23 |
| +15 | Cool Boutique Developers SponsorPromote Let's get a list going of very cool, boutique (or larger) developers. Always think it's cool to hear about these shops of just a handful of guys doing really badass projects. I'll start with a few: Scott Gillen (Malibu, CA) Plus Development Group (West Hollywood, CA) Aby... | 57 |
| Qatalyst Partners - Interview - Generalist | - | |
| +1 | Is EB or BB better for MBA application robertk200w Says <abbr title="elite boutique">EB</abbr> are firms like Evercore/Centerview/Lazard vs <abbr title="Goldman Sachs">GS</abbr>/MS/<abbr title="JP Morgan">JP</abbr>. I have met many people that go to top <abbr... | 2 |
| +5 | Thoughts on Financial Technology Partners ucb_kid Saw these guys posting they were looking for an experienced analyst couple days back & was looking into the opportunity. Looks like a lot of the posts on them are pretty dated (2013-14). Any recent opinions/thoughts? Seems like they do well very well in their space but analysts get... | 34 |
| +37 | Reading List for Intellectual Killers Elite_Bulge Recently there was a thread on what books one should read to assist in the development of a successful career in finance. I strongly believe in balancing your library with pure "finance books", pleasure reads, and classics, with a strong bias towards the classics. You will learn about... | 127 |
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| 0 | Best Investment to Make right out of college Suburbansummerbanker So I am definitely one of the very, very lucky people who will be graduating college with no debt. Currently I have a summer internship that I have accepted at a top private credit shop (Antares), and obviously my main priority is getting a return offer after this summer. However, for the sake... | - |
| Evercore - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions | - | |
| Evercore - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions | - | |
| +6 | M7 IB Associate Full-Time Recruiting danpo Hi fellow monkeys, I'm headed for a non-H/S <abbr title="Top 7 MBA business schools">M7</abbr> <abbr title="Masters in Business Administration">MBA</abbr> this summer and am trying to get a feel for recruiting, so I'll have a viable battle... | 41 |
| +2 | Bain - Final Round Decisions? yeloboks27_1 Hi everyone! I had my final round interview at Bain this past Friday and was wondering if anyone else had heard back. I've seen other posts about McKinsey and BCG having fast turnaround times, but does anyone know if Bain is just as fast? I'm sitting on an offer from a T2, but Bain is... | 13 |
| +30 | There is no way Kylie Jenner is worth $900M iBankedUp <a... | 73 |
| 0 | How to choose an Edinburgh letting agents lettingumega Ongoing, it’s much more familiar for renters to choose the property, not the letting agent. But when Which? Went covert to inspect letting agents, we found a difference in the quality of service they offer. Where possible, do your research on letting agents, and find a good one before... | - |
| Point72 - Review - Investment Research | - | |
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| 0 | 2019 Develop with Deutsche Bank w17hmywoes Anyone get an invite? Was thinking of setting up a GroupMe to help prepare the logistics of travel/hotel. | - |
| +1 | PE Case Study with IC Memo rekmaster Hi guys, I'm taking a 3-4 hour long case study as part of an interviewing process. Just want to get some advice on it. I know the case study will involve reading a short <abbr title="confidential information memorandum">CIM</abbr>, putting together a full model (I was... | - |
| Standard Chartered Bank - Review - Leveraged Finance | - | |
| Standard Chartered Bank - Salary & Bonus - Leveraged Finance | - | |
| +8 | NYU Masters Real Estate vs. Non-Ivy MBA david927 I'm currently considering attending NYU's MS in Real Estate program part-time but have noticed certain job descriptions for positions within certain <abbr title="commercial real estate ">CRE</abbr> investmente firms prefer or sometimes require either an <abbr... | 70 |
| +1 | DUKE MMS PROGRAM VS USC BUSINESS ANALYTICS davesuccess8_1 How to choose between Duke MMS (10k scholarship) vs. USC Business Analytics (No scholarship) Masters? | 3 |
| +4 | I did a drone start-up and now I want to go back into finance. AMA FPV Drone Guy I am a long-time lurker but I wanted to do a reddit style AMA. I figured some people in banking/finance might wonder if the other side of the grass is really greener in a startup. Little background on myself: I am currently COO/CFO at my startup. My company does drone technology, notably in... | 9 |
| JP Morgan Securities - Salary & Bonus - Compliance | - | |
| +1 | MSRED/MRED 2019 (MIT vs. USC vs. Columbia) WHICH ONE? yoko1 I've been accepted to MIT/USC/Columbia MSRED/MRED programs and would like to get feedback from industry professionals, anyone who is going through the similar process, and recent graduates. Since yesterday, I have been contacting my acquaintances in the real estate industry to gain their... | 4 |