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Event-Driven Hedge Funds

Event-Driven Hedge Funds: The Best Home for Bankers Turned Investors?

“Event-driven hedge funds” is one of the more confusing labels in finance. Part of the issue is that many different strategies fall within the “event-driven”…
Investment Banking in Singapore

Investment Banking in Singapore: The Best Gateway to Asia for the Non-Chinese?

I’ve found that two main groups care about investment banking in Singapore: Students who are from Southeast Asia and are considering whether they want to…
Metals & Mining Investment Banking

Metals & Mining Investment Banking: The Full Guide to Ground Zero for the Energy Transition

Metals & mining investment banking used to be a “sleepy” group. Many people viewed the sector as a short, poorly dressed cousin of oil &…
Sovereign Wealth Funds

Sovereign Wealth Funds: The Full Guide to the Industry, Recruiting, Careers, and Exits

When you ask most people about their "career goals," they sound something like this: Make a lot of money or gain power/prestige. Take little-to-no risk.…
Buy-Side vs. Sell-Side

The Buy-Side vs Sell-Side: Useful Categories in the Finance Industry, or Marketing Hype?

The buy-side vs. sell-side distinction/debate is interesting because it happens on the internet and in real life. With other topics – such as “target schools”…
Investment Banking in Australia

Investment Banking in Australia: Impossible Barriers to Entry, or the Best Place for a Long-Term Finance Career?

When it comes to investment banking in Australia, it’s easy to find complaints online. These complaints center on a few aspects of the banking industry…
Is Finance a Good Career Path?

Is Finance a Good Career Path?

If you want to stimulate the urge to poke out your eyes and jump into a pool of lava, try searching for “Is Finance a…
Chat GPT & Investment Banking

Will ChatGPT and AI Kill the Investment Banking Industry and Other “Knowledge Worker” Jobs?

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you probably noticed the excitement, hype, and borderline panic when ChatGPT from OpenAI was released in November 2022.…
2022 End-of-Year Reader Q&A

2022 End-of-Year Reader Q&A: Bank and School Rankings, the “New Normal” Environment, Twitter and Other Bad Deals, and Plans for Next Year

We’re at the end of another year, and, in many ways, 2022 was quite disastrous. Just look at the financial markets, the crypto meltdown, deal…
Investment Banking Target Schools

Investment Banking Target Schools: Lists by Region and What to Do If You’re Not at One

One topic that I’ve never fully explained on this site is the investment banking target school. There are countless references to “target schools” in the…
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