Comments on: How to Defy the Odds and Create Your Own Investment Banking Job

By: asn

asn — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 19:20:15 +0000

In reply to Michele. Hope you're doing ok now.

By: M&I - Brian

M&I - Brian — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 13:30:11 +0000

I can’t speak to the first question, but yes, if you’re too old for banking jobs this type of career could be a good option for you. Feel free to contact the interviewee directly: http://investmentbank.com/contact/

By: Bryce Jorgensen

Bryce Jorgensen — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 21:41:12 +0000

When you have an interested seller and a bank with a buyer. Who pays your fee?
Also, I have a background in investment management, business brokerage and personal business ownership.
I’m too old to be interviewing for banking jobs. Is this a legitimate path to in effect, create my own investment banking position?
Is there a contact number to speak in more detail?

By: Joseph

Joseph — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 07:03:09 +0000

(SOS) Hi Brian,

I am a 3rd year Credit Risk Analyst in Middle Office. My role neither involves in revenue generating, client facing nore directly impacts the decision making of business units. I basically leverage data/stats skills producing reports, analytics deliverables and I report to the board. I really want to explore a career in IB, ECM or DCM. Before I am doing my MBA at a target school i want to get some related experience. Recently I got an offer as financial analyst from a small business brokerage firm. It has corporate umbrella headquartered in U.S. but the local office here (I am in Canada) is a small team of 8 people. The transactions are mainly for ‘Mainstreet’ Businesses. Which way i should pick to increase my possibility of moving into big IB, ECM,DCM? Thanks for your adivce,

Joseph

By: Michele

Michele — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 17:33:07 +0000

After running my investment bank for 3 years out of my home. I have come to realize that the financial stress I am taking on is taking its toll and the deals are all falling through. At what point do I shut it down and go back to working someone else. I am over $800,000 in the hole after refinancing my home for this business. Please advise my family and I are all struggling to stay above water. I have put 3 years of dedicated blood sweat and tears into this business. It is so difficult to make the choice to end it when there are constantly potential clients and deals falling in my lap…but they just don’t seem to pan out for one reason or another. I am scared if I work for another investment bank firm, it could easily shut its doors based on the economy and the risk that they seem to take on these days.

Thanks,
M

By: M&I - Nicole

M&I - Nicole — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 01:51:06 +0000

In reply to Austin. Cold calling and emailing would help.

By: Austin

Austin — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 23:21:34 +0000

In regards to your story, what exactly does brute-force networking entail? Just emailing folks about your service or cold calling?

By: M&I - Nicole

M&I - Nicole — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 01:23:00 +0000

In reply to Student.

Thank you for your insight. Good idea.

In terms of the schools, I’d choose Georgetown SFS given Georgetown’s presence on Wall Street, Duke and Northwestern over the others. Tufts, UVA, JHU and Emory are good choices too though I would say they’re semi-targets.

By: Student

Student — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:11:21 +0000

Hey,

I was wondering if you could publish a list of schools that are most heavily recruited from? As a high school student trying to figure out where I want to go to college, that could do wonders.

In that same vein, I am currently trying to decide between the following schools:

Rutgers New Brunswick School of Business (full ride)

Villanova University School of Business (full ride)

University of Michigan (Hopefully Ross) with a 10k scholarship

Duke University

Northwestern University

Tufts University

UVA (Hopefully McIntire)

Johns Hopkins

Emory University

Georgetown’s School of Foriegn Service (If I attended I would major in International Economics)

Which school of these do you think would give me the most edge in getting into investment banking?

By: M&I - Nicole

M&I - Nicole — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 07:16:38 +0000

In reply to LTCM. Thanks!