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    “Doing investment banking is like doing drugs: on your good trips you dance in clouds of marshmallows, surrounded by beautiful women (or men) serving you fruit under canopies. On your bad trips you scratch your eyes out and jump off buildings.” These are the words of Brian DeChesare, The founder of Mergers & Inquisitions and Breaking Into Wall Street. As an investment banker you will work with companies, CEOs, CFOs to help grow their business. This can be helping them with buying another company

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    Austin Thoreson Marcy Toews English One 06 May 2015 “Doing investment banking is like doing drugs: on your good trips you dance in clouds of marshmallows, surrounded by beautiful women (or men) serving you fruit under canopies. On your bad trips you scratch your eyes out and jump off buildings.” These are the words of Brian DeChesare, The founder of Mergers & Inquisitions and Breaking Into Wall Street. As an investment banker you will work with companies, CEOs, CFOs to help grow their business

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    September |2014 Investment Banking and Securities: An insight into the industry’s market structure and the impact these structural characteristics have on the behaviour and performance of the industry and firm. David Harris-Burland Word Count : FIMML3 Year Abroad Project Oddo et Cie, 12 boulevard de la Madeleine, Paris CONTENTS SUMMARY INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 I – Market Structure

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    Approaches to the Opportunity The approach taken to both sell side and buy side engagement at FOCUS Investment Banking is a well-defined one. Whilst Project Falcon was concerned with the sale of a CRO, this report will highlight the process behind both buy and sell side engagements. Sell Side Process There are several motives for owners to sell profitable companies. These can include emerging alternative interests, elderly age and health issues. Alternatively, the sale may be a strategic one in which

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    Investment banking was my preferred career goal ever since I entered the university. I enjoy reading the financial news on foreign websites. This summer, when I studied Finance as an exchange student at the Imperial College Business School, I was totally obsessed by the dancing figures and logical charts that we used in the International Finance and Derivative Markets classes. During that time, the crash of Chinese Stock Market provoked heated discussions in my class among students and professors

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    Investment banks provide a wealth of critical services to our economy. One important role of the investment bank is to assist public and private corporations in raising funds in the capital markets. A second service is in providing strategic advisory services for mergers, acquisitions and other types of financial transactions. They also act as intermediaries in trading for clients. Investment banks differ from commercial banks, which take deposits and make commercial and retail loans. The focus of

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    Capital Markets and Investment Banking � PAGE �6� Capital Markets and Investment Banking Process Paper Jamila Lewis University of Phoenix INVESTMENT FUNDAMENTALS AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, FIN 419 Instructor: STEVEN PETRIZZI March 22, 2010 Capital Markets and Investment Banking Process Paper Introduction Although a crucial element in the development of commerce over the last several years, the investment banking process can be, for those who are not continually involved in it, a rather mystifying

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    Capital Markets and Investment Banking Process Paper Investments banking process and capital markets are elements in understanding how to invest and be successful in the investments. In the investment backing process, investor might enlist the help of an investment banker which can help the investor with buying, selling, and trading of securities, managing assets and give financial advice. Portfolio construction is another area that should be examined to make sure that diversification, asset allocation

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    I’m writing to suggest Ms. Khaliunaa Otgonkhuyag for an Investment banking summer analyst position. She not only has an outstanding academic record but also a number of other core attributes transferrable to this position such as strong quantitative and technical skills, exceptional extracurricular commitment, and a keen interest in investment banking. Academics and Skillset Ms. Khaliunaa Otgonkhuyag is a junior, concentrating on both Finance and Environmental, Energy, and Resource Economics at

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    Capital Markets and Investment Banking Process Capital Markets and Investment Banking Process The investment environment is vast and can be overwhelming if not entered into correctly. Firm’s issuing new securities to enhance revenues understand the complexities and risks involved when entering the primary market, and will employ investment bankers to mitigate those risks. Described throughout this paper is the investment banking process and portfolio construction, factors for selecting

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