Brian DeChesare

MARCH 27, 2024

If you go by most online discussions, investment banking spring weeks in the U.K. are as essential as oxygen or high grades if you want to work at a large bank. Banks are also to blame because they now market spring weeks to students as young as 16. What Do You Do in a Spring Week?

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 11, 2024

Continuing an annual ritual of long standing, ahead of starting my spring teaching at NYU starting in a couple of weeks, I would like to invite you, if you are interested, to come along for the ride. In 1984, I moved on to the University of California at Berkeley, as a visiting lecturer, teaching anything that needed to be taught.

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Brian DeChesare

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

If you want an investment banking internship , you need a previous investment banking internship, usually at a smaller firm. And as the recruiting process has moved up , this problem has gotten worse because you need these “pre-internships” even earlier to have a good shot at the large banks later.

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Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Each year, ahead of teaching my classes at NYU's Stern School of Business in the spring, I invite readers to accompany me on my journey, and this year is no different. If your query is why I would continue to teach rather than seek out more lucrative careers in investing or banking, my answer is a simple one.

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Brian DeChesare

APRIL 6, 2022

Ask anyone joining a large bank which group they’re most interested in, and consumer retail investment banking is a likely answer. The benefits of the group are almost like the benefits of getting into investment banking : brand/prestige, technical skills, and exit opportunities.

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Reynolds Holding

APRIL 18, 2024

2] With respect to the latter, just over a week ago, the SEC prevailed on its fraud claims against Terraform and its founder Do Kwon. [3] Every day, we see investors looking to incorporate AI into their investment strategies, or using it to analyze and recommend investments. It even advertised that ESG was in its “DNA.”

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Brian DeChesare

APRIL 24, 2024

But then recruiting moved up, the MBA process became more structured, and now we have 4-year-olds aiming for “Target Kindergartens” so they can eventually get into investment banking ~15 years in the future. Programs” – These are more like spring weeks in the U.K. So, Should You Do a Pre-MBA Internship?

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