investment-banking recruitment resumes 
Brian DeChesare
DECEMBER 20, 2023
If you want to know how to get an investment banking internship, it’s simple: Start very, very early and have a great “Plan B” if something goes wrong. The IB internship recruiting timeline is now so insane that even mainstream news sources like the Wall Street Journal are writing about it (“ The Race Is On to Hire Interns for 2025.
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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Brian DeChesare
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
I’ve now been writing about finance careers for almost 20 years, and the topic of the CFA for investment banking never seems to die. The timing – The CFA is not very helpful in your last year of university due to the IB recruiting timeline. So, should you make the CFA part of your recruiting strategy?
Brian DeChesare
AUGUST 23, 2023
Almost nothing is worse than recruiting for investment banking internships , winning an offer, preparing , completing the internship, and then not getting a return offer. All the large investment banks – bulge brackets , elite boutiques , and middle-market firms – use internships as a recruiting tool for Analysts and Associates.
Brian DeChesare
JANUARY 10, 2024
If you want to read angry comments and long threads with plenty of insults, you can’t go wrong with the wealth management vs. investment banking debate. And wealth managers at large banks may advise people with as little as a few hundred thousand to invest. The truth is that both claims are correct but incomplete.
Brian DeChesare
AUGUST 3, 2022
As investment banking internships wind down each year, interns everywhere wake up and mysteriously come up with a similar idea: “I want to switch banks for my full-time role! Unfortunately, switching banks, groups, or locations after your internship is much easier said than done. Why Switch Banks?
Brian DeChesare
MARCH 13, 2024
Over the past few decades, growth equity (GE) has gone from an afterthought to a major asset class for huge investment firms. Some argue that GE offers the best of both worlds: the opportunity to fund innovation and growth – as in venture capital – plus the ability to limit downside risk and invest in proven companies – as in private equity.
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