Brian DeChesare

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Internships at local venture capital or private equity firms. Corporate finance roles at nearby companies. Corporate banking. You probably won’t be able to get a “real” IB internship, but you can find some good alternatives: Search fund internships. Internships at regional boutique banks. Wealth management.

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Valutico

JUNE 13, 2023

Comparable Company Analysis – Pros and Cons Comparable company analysis (CCA) is a popular approach to valuing a company, especially in accounting, M&A, investment banking and corporate finance fields. It involves comparing a company’s financial metrics to those of its peer companies to determine its valuation.

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Brian DeChesare

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Then there are the Big 4 investment banking / corporate finance groups , which tend to focus on much smaller deals, such as ones in the middle-market range and below. based middle-market banks do not have offices in Canada, which leaves the market to other firms. As with smaller firms in the U.S., Interestingly, many U.S.-based

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Reynolds Holding

MAY 9, 2022

In an effort to meet retail demand, mutual funds and innovative private equity firms have sought ways to provide broader access to VC. The article is forthcoming in the Review of Corporate Finance and available here. The appeal of these returns to retail investors is obvious.

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Brian DeChesare

JUNE 15, 2022

First, note that these terms apply only to investment banks and related finance firms (private equity firms, hedge funds, etc.). Other good options include treasury (similar to treasury in corporate finance for normal companies but geared toward a bank’s liquidity requirements) and technology.

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Brian DeChesare

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Complete a part-time internship at a local private equity firm, venture capital firm, or search fund. You need to get work experience ASAP, and if you’re too late for IB roles, you should focus on areas like corporate banking , corporate finance , Big 4 firms , and business valuation firms.

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Brian DeChesare

MAY 11, 2022

If that’s not you, but you still want to do something finance-related for higher pay, you should think about alternate pathways that let you achieve some of the same goals: Alternate Pathways into Finance or “Deal” Roles. The age requirements are less strict, and more experience usually helps you in corporate development recruiting.

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Brian DeChesare

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Sell-Side Definition: In the finance industry, “buy-side firms” raise money from institutions and wealthy individuals and invest on their behalf, profiting from management fees, performance fees, or both; “sell-side firms” earn money from commissions charged to facilitate deals and to sell, market, and trade equity, debt, and other securities.

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Appraiser Newsroom

JULY 9, 2023

Mr. Johnson is a board member of the Corporate Finance Certificate Program at Texas A&M University and has been published on a wide range of valuation topics in several accounting, business, finance and valuation publications and bar journals.

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Brian DeChesare

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

If you can’t do that, do not even bother with an advanced degree in Australia if you have no corporate finance experience because your chances of getting hired are close to 0%. Move into corporate development or corporate finance at a normal company. Your best option, in this case, is to move abroad to the U.S.

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Brian DeChesare

AUGUST 10, 2022

Another issue is that few private equity firms focus on oil & gas, partially due to commodity price volatility. There’s a decent amount of hedge fund activity in the sector, especially since many smaller E&P names are poorly covered, but it’s not enough to compensate for the lack of PE firms.

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Brian DeChesare

JULY 27, 2022

Credit hedge funds share some traits with direct lenders , mezzanine funds , and distressed private equity firms , but they also differ in important ways: Primary vs. Secondary Issuances – Direct lenders and mezzanine firms fund companies directly , i.e., they purchase their debt when the company issues it at the issuance price.

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Brian DeChesare

JUNE 1, 2022

Yes, you have an advantage if you aim for something highly relevant, such as an infrastructure private equity firm or corporate development at a power company, but you’re not precluded from more generalist opportunities. Industry Research: Deloitte , KPMG , PricewaterhouseCoopers , and Ernst & Young.

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ThomsonReuters

JUNE 7, 2021

On February 24, 2021, then Acting Chair Allison Herren Lee released a public statement, directing Division of Corporation Finance Staff to enhance its focus on climate-related disclosure in public company filings, particularly asking the Staff to consider companies’ compliance with previously issued SEC guidance and current disclosure requirements.

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