by Girl Banker®
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Good question. There are lots of investment banks out there. Some that you have heard of and some that you haven't. In To Become an Investment Banker, I take you through some criteria that you should look at in deciding where to apply:
Getting paid
Working in an investment bank is hard work. If you manage to get into one of the top banks you will be working with some of the brightest people in the world. You need to justify your existence. The profitability of the transactions that you work on will form the basis of how much you get paid. The more deal flow your firm gets, the more likely you are to land on a good transaction.
Building a fantastic résumé / CV
The market value of an investment banker is based on the transactions they have worked on. The deals you work on determine a) your value inside your bank and b) your reputation and value outside the bank. The more deals you get to experience, the more valuable you become.
Meeting people
The more people you work with, the more you open yourself up to opportunities. Many deals involve several banks working together alongside lawyers and possibly accountants. All the people that you get exposed to help to build up your brand. The higher your firm's deal flow, the more opportunities you will have for 'branding' yourself.
Listen to the iTunes podcast instead.
Good question. There are lots of investment banks out there. Some that you have heard of and some that you haven't. In To Become an Investment Banker, I take you through some criteria that you should look at in deciding where to apply:
- Deal flow
- Size of the firm by employees or market cap
- The product focus of the firm
- The geographical locations of the firm
- Diversity of the firm
- The team
Getting paid
Working in an investment bank is hard work. If you manage to get into one of the top banks you will be working with some of the brightest people in the world. You need to justify your existence. The profitability of the transactions that you work on will form the basis of how much you get paid. The more deal flow your firm gets, the more likely you are to land on a good transaction.
Building a fantastic résumé / CV
The market value of an investment banker is based on the transactions they have worked on. The deals you work on determine a) your value inside your bank and b) your reputation and value outside the bank. The more deals you get to experience, the more valuable you become.
Meeting people
The more people you work with, the more you open yourself up to opportunities. Many deals involve several banks working together alongside lawyers and possibly accountants. All the people that you get exposed to help to build up your brand. The higher your firm's deal flow, the more opportunities you will have for 'branding' yourself.
Okay, so where is all the deal flow? In To Become an Investment Banker you will find a league table for the top 50 banks in All Corporate Bonds Issues in 2011. I chose this over the equity table (also in the book) because it included a much larger volume of deals.
You can find the same information below. For ease of navigation, I divided the list into 'Top 20' and 'Next 30' then ordered each list alphabetically. This list will be refreshed annually. You will find links that take you directly to the careers section of every investment bank here.
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You can find the same information below. For ease of navigation, I divided the list into 'Top 20' and 'Next 30' then ordered each list alphabetically. This list will be refreshed annually. You will find links that take you directly to the careers section of every investment bank here.
Please subscribe to receive info that will help you get into investment banking directly to your inbox AND you will get Chapter 1 of To Become an Investment Banker for FREE!
Top 20Bank of America Merrill Lynch Barclays Capital BNP Paribas Group Citi Credit Agricole Credit Suisse Deutsche Bank Goldman Sachs HSBC Intesa Sanpaolo JP Morgan Mizuho Financial Group Morgan Stanley RBC Capital Markets RBS Societe Generale UBS UniCredit Wells Fargo WestLB | Next 30Agricultural Bank of China ANZ Banking Group Banco Popolare Bank of China BayernLB BBVA BMO Capital Markets China Construction Bank China International Capital CIBC CITIC Securities Commerzbank Commonwealth Bank Australia Daiwa Securities Group DZ Bank Industrial & Comm Bank of China ING Groep LBBW Helaba Mitsubishi UFJ National Australia Bank Natixis Nomura NORD/LB Santander Scotia Capital Standard Chartered Sumitomo Mitsui FG TD Securities Westpac Banking |
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