Comments on: The Elite Boutique Investment Banks: The Rising Upstarts That Disrupted the Old Guard?

By: M&I - Brian

M&I - Brian — Wed, 10 May 2023 18:35:15 +0000

In reply to Muzi Guo.

https://mergersandinquisitions.com/international-student-investment-banking/

By: Muzi Guo

Muzi Guo — Thu, 04 May 2023 02:51:05 +0000

Hi Brian,
Can you publish an article about how international students can break into ib?

By: M&I - Brian

M&I - Brian — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 19:47:46 +0000

In reply to François. I don't really know about that, sorry, but even at an elite boutique, you will be dealing with interest rates and debt because most companies have some amount of debt. If you want to avoid it altogether, you'll probably need to think about Islamic banking/finance, which I know nothing about.

By: François

François — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 01:35:32 +0000

Would you consider going exclusively for the EB a great route if you want to avoid interest and lending operations? I know it might be a crazy question to ask in the finance industry but I am genuinely interested. Are you aware of any other routes in finance within Buy-Side and Sell-Side roles, which do not work with interest, lending, and debts?

By: M&I - Brian

M&I - Brian — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 15:25:12 +0000

In reply to AnonymusIB.

You’re generally better off working in actual investment banking, even if it’s at a regional boutique, or in the advisory group of a Big 4 firm, than you are in portfolio valuation / FOs / tax / other groups that are less relevant to deals.

Yes, the HL name is well-known within banking, which will help, but I think it will be hard to spin your experience into sounding like you worked on deals when you did not actually work on deals.

By: AnonymusIB

AnonymusIB — Sun, 01 Jan 2023 19:18:52 +0000

Hey Brian, at Houlihan Lokey they have a Financial Analysis department that focuses more on Portfolio Valuation, Fairness Opinions, tax analysis etc. but doesn’t work on deals. Do you think this can be relevant to move to IB in another bank or it would better an experience in a regional M&A boutique/ Big4 M&A advisory? Thanks!

By: M&I - Brian

M&I - Brian — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 18:13:25 +0000

In reply to Justin. Sorry, not really. There are no magical tips or tricks, just the usual networking/prep grind. Coming from a Big 4 background, you will probably get a lot of cultural/fit/"airport test" type questions because they will assume you already know accounting quite well... so be prepared to show your non-work interests as well.

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 17:11:53 +0000

Hey Brian – Outside the normal tips to break into IB, anything else in particular when coming from Big 4? Especially if I am trying to go the EB route?

Thanks!

By: M&I - Brian

M&I - Brian — Sat, 14 Nov 2020 00:22:53 +0000

In reply to Will. I don't know, but probably because Evercore and Lazard have been around longer.

By: Will

Will — Fri, 13 Nov 2020 08:20:36 +0000

In reply to M&I - Brian. Regarding Centerview's reputation in comparison to other elite boutiques, why is it slightly below Lazard and Evercore when it comes to MF recruiting?