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| +12 | Incoming Freshman - Best Clubs for Investment Banking/PE at UPenn monkeyinmaking I'm an incoming freshman at Wharton so I guess I'm a bit early, but I really want to go into investment banking in the future. I was wondering if anyone knew about what clubs I should join during my time at Penn, or what clubs have produced students that have gone onto firms like... | 23 |
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| +2 | Acquisitions Analyst - MOB/Senior Housing crellama Hi Everyone - What are your thoughts on a REPE acquisitions analyst role specializing in medical office buildings OR senior housing? In your opinion, are these property types too niche? Do they have the potential to limit future exit ops to a firm specializing in traditional office or... | 4 |
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| +1 | Changing Offer Location - MBB mtafaK91 Is it possible to ask for office change upon getting an offer, will the company (i.e. MBB) be willing to negotiate it ? | 1 |
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| +1 | How to transition into IB with no prior work experience in finance - a prospective MBA student sushiboy Hi guys I am interested TO TRANSITION TO a career in <abbr title="investment banking">IB</abbr>. ( I am applying to top 5 <abbr title="Masters in Business Administration">MBA</abbr> schools in US and Europe. (INSEAD, <abbr title="London... | 1 |
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| +1 | Do we strip out investments in associates from EV if they are part of core operations? apotaxi The rationale for taking out investments in associates from <abbr title="enterprise value">EV</abbr> is that <abbr title="enterprise value">EV</abbr> captures "core operations", and associates do not capture that. What if a business has a... | 3 |
| +11 | Things to do in Hong Kong BubbaBanker Figured there are a lot of monkeys in Hong Kong so reaching out for ideas: this fall I'm visiting a friend in <abbr title="Hong Kong">HK</abbr>. For those who've been, what are some recommendations for things to do/see/places to eat/etc.? I'm a big fan of... | 39 |
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| +2 | Rent expense for retailers - cogs or SG&A? Rando_avatar Hi guys: For a retailer with physical stores, would you include “rent expensed ” of stores in cogs or Sg&a? Thank you! | 4 |
| +3 | Fresh ER Rankings for Kids Recruiting Jackkk123 Can anyone in the business give their opinion of sellside shops-if not ranks, maybe tiers? It seems to differ greatly from regular <abbr title="investment banking">IB</abbr> rankings (e.g. Goldman doesn't place well in institutional investor rankings). | 4 |
| +1 | Unproductive Big 4 internship: Good for business school apps? FutureSlaveToWageLabour Background: Middle eastern, doing undergrad in the Netherlands. I intend to do a masters in a (hopefully) top business school in continental Europe or elsewhere. In realizing that I don’t do much in terms of ECs, I thought that a summer internship every year would suffice. So after... | 1 |
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| +1 | DTL created in M&A + taxable income questions choubix Hi guys, When Bidder acquires Target company above book value, Target assets are adjusted to their Fair Value thanks to write-ups/downs. I understand that under Stock Purchase, DTLs are created as Tax accounting doesnt allow for these assets write-ups to be used to lower the taxable income.... | 1 |
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| +7 | Considering moving back to IB after 2yrs in MM PE JPMortgage So I did the traditional 2yrs in <abbr title="investment banking">IB</abbr> to 2yrs in <abbr title="private equity">PE</abbr> including 6 months working at a portco and now find myself looking for my next gig. A buddy of mine suggested hoping back into... | 13 |
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| +97 | What's a Monkey's typical weekend plans? hightheta01 How's it going you filthy Monkeys? As we talk about our professional life and career aspirations on a daily basis, I became a little curious. *What do you animals actually end up doing on the weekends?* Unfortunately I have to do the whole dinner and a movie routine with the old... | 166 |
| +11 | What kind of Youtube channels or videos do you watch? BillBelichick37 Personally, I'm a big fan of sports channels so I always try to look for streams of Joe Rogan, Undisputed, First Take, etc. I also like watching channels who decide to make edits of the compilations of athletes careers or who condense the 4+ hour golf tournaments I want in less than 10-20... | 43 |
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| +3 | Winter Internship - 2020 Investment Banking Winter Analyst for Hong Kong / Singapore HearMeRoar The MS and <abbr title="Credit Suisse">CS</abbr> applications just closed. Has anyone heard back from them? Personally had MS Hirevue on 14th and <abbr title="Credit Suisse">CS</abbr> testing on 12th. | 35 |
| +2 | Credit Risk analyst @MS IBMaialino Hi fellow Monkeys, I’m having an interview for credit risk @MS. Any tips on how to prep? 2h long. Ta | 1 |
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| +66 | leaving IB, next steps... anonymousman I'm confused. I used to post on here a couple of years ago, most of what I posted was bullsh*t. The truth is I was in my final year at university, I'd just done an internship, wasn't sure how I felt about it as a prospective life, and I wanted to play banker on the internet to... | 62 |
| +1 | Capital One Leveraged Lending Monkey1020 Does anyone have any insight into Capital One's middle market leveraged lending platform? They seem to be fairly active in <abbr title="private equity">PE</abbr> backed deals and am wondering what their reputation is in the industry. Would the experience at Capital One... | 1 |
| +1 | Credit Suisse Groups NYC IBD ibdquestion1222 I looked at past discussions and it seems like sponsors, <abbr title="mergers and acquisitions">M&A</abbr>, <abbr title="technology, media, telecom">TMT</abbr>, and lev fin are all solid but I was wondering about some of the others--like healthcare... | 1 |
| +1 | Any incoming sophomores interested in IB want to join a groupchat? AdderallMonkey Basically I just plan on discussing things like upcoming recruiting timelines & events, discussion on interviews, etc. Basically a groupchat to help with recruiting and breaking in for undergrad class of 2022. Pm me to join! Thanks | 5 |
| +2 | Leveraging FT Offer undergrad20 Hey guys, I received an <abbr title="Sales and Trading">S&T</abbr> <abbr title="full time">FT</abbr> offer from a pretty respected bank in the industry. The offer expires in 3 weeks so I was wondering how to go about leveraging it to other firms. I... | 6 |
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| +1 | Growth Equity Positions out of Undergrad? Unhypeman Hi <abbr title="Wall Street Oasis">WSO</abbr>, What are some growth equity firms that recruit for analysts out of undergrad? Is the recruiting process for these roles mostly through cold-email rather than structured processes? I have had a past internship at a very small... | 1 |
| +4 | Ducera Partners Info fitzmagic Does anyone have any info on Ducera partners? culture, hours, comp? Also, anyone have any insight into their interview process? | 9 |
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| +5 | RE Thesis 2019 - Any suggestions? REStudent27 Hi everyone, I hope that you are fine. I'm writing to you because i need to do a master thesis during my end-of-studies internship. I'm actually doing it in a small shop in real estate private equity. I was considering to write on the following subject : "what are the... | 14 |
| +1 | Moving from small caps fund to other hedge funds Oligarch92 Being a junior I'm basically forced to take whatever investment management position I can take. Would doing something like small caps at the beginning prevent me from doing emerging markets equities / credit later? | 2 |
| +3 | Get reps/real deal intricacies? Rando_avatar Hi guys: A common phrase I’ve heard in <abbr title="private equity">PE</abbr> is that one needs to “get reps”; even if one learns all the knowledge from modeling training /case study prep, one will still lack “real deal intricacies “. They are sound very... | 4 |
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| +1 | Starwood property trust vs Starwood Capital Group John-Smith1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829 Literally what is the difference? And if I were to work full-time in the debt group out of UG at starwood property trust, will I trapped in a career in real estate for the rest of my career? | 1 |
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| +1 | Online Certifications ppenfield I am starting the process of applying for a million different asset management jobs and obviously want my resume to stick out. What are thoughts on online certifications (python, bloomberg, financial modeling, etc...) does it make a bigger difference? | 1 |
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| +1 | CapIQ number different from annual report? Rando_avatar Hi guys: I just pulled the CapIQ numbers for a company (it reports in IFRS), but the numbers from CapIQ are different from what’s in annual report. I already check the currency (they are in the same currency), what can be the reason for this please? Thank you | 3 |
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| +5 | Non-Target Undergrad to Non-Target Grad to Asset Management GoldenEagle2009 Fellow Monkeys, I recently accepted an offer as a quantitative equity analyst for a large <span class='keyword_link'><a href="/finance-dictionary/what-is-asset-management-AM">Asset Management</a></span> firm. My story of getting there is probably a... | 6 |
| +1 | BAML M&A Palo Alto Group James-Patrick Does anyone know anything about BAML's <abbr title="mergers and acquisitions">M&A</abbr> Palo Alto Group? Asking as a potential analyst (currently in Middle Market M&A-SOPH) Interview questions, culture, deal-flow, exit ops... etc. | 1 |
| +1 | Offers apples38 With the end of summer, offers have already or going to be handed out soon. So, how was the summer? Did you get the offer and if not what is your plan? If offers aren't out for your firm, what do you think the outcome will be? | 1 |
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| +11 | Anyone here terrified of a recession? Jdogg89 The market seemed to be a little sketchy last week and even though this will probably blow over, I think we can all agree that at some point in the next few years we are going to see a big recession just considering the fact that we've had a 10 year bull market. I was pretty young in 2008... | 17 |
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| +6 | BEST Job You've Ever Had? What Made It Great isa2130953 What was the BEST job you've ever had and WHAT made it great? Vacation days? Work life balance? Coworkers? The actual work? Your boss? The pay? The list can go on. We all value different things so at times it can be hard for employers to know which to honor to get the happiest... | 10 |
| +16 | Ask Me Anything: Recruiter from a Consulting Firm Mark_BR <em>A stranger is being shown around a village that he has just become a part of. He is shown a well and his guide says: "On any day except Monday, you can shout any question down that well and you'll be told an answer". The man seems pretty impressed, and so he shouts down:... | 214 |
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| +1 | Consulting Internship Recruiting Season? imalcaza Hello all! I'm relatively new to the forum but have been reading and learning a lot from the other users. I'm a currently an incoming Junior at a non-target and looking to find more information on when I should start looking to apply for internships for the 2020 summer. As far as I... | 1 |
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| +6 | Disappointed, but Not Surprised isa2130953 Have you ever gotten through multiple interviews, great coffee chats, impeccable compliments on your demeanor, but STILL did not get the job? Have you ever worked at a job full of empty promise promotions, piling loads of work, and still did the job WELL, but still no offer? Share a time... | 12 |
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