<t>Anybody have any ideas on how to price a new issue for small-mid cap public companies?***Investment Banking was out drinking, ran into bond traders, they were pissed because we never have debt for them to sell/trade - we didn't know they could handle small company debt - Analyst (me) has been vol...

<t>What sort of assets does the fund manage?What are their fees?What role does your friend play?Firm track record relative to peers?Is there a fund lockup?Typically MM firms are valued according to AUM/fees they can produce(fixed mutual fund would sell for less relative to a equity based mutual fund...

<t>Hmmm... That would explain the salespeople at Bloomberg, CapitalIQ, Thomson, Merril, and about every other vendor we use. Might be a reason they crashed out of their banking roles (can't sell, don't understand their customer, waste time, don't listen or ask intelligent questions). But that's neit...

Was curious where all the Analyst and Associates go if they don't cut it in Investment Banking. I have come across one or two who went over to Corp Dev (usually with a big chip on their shoulder), and I know one guy who decided to join the peace corp, but there should be more out there.

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<t>So I was sitting at my desk today trying to bang out a pitch book before the world shuts down for December, when I heard swearing that would make a sailor wince coming from the head of our department’s office. Out stormed one of our MD who proceeded to his office for another round of door slammin...

Does anybody have any info on how the HSR anti-trust act is applied in real life?Already know the basics, looking for the formulas(?) that are used to detirmine if a business combination is anti-competitive.Thanks!DW

Why get a PhD and work at an I-Bank as a quant, when one can just get an BA( or and MBA) and make more in M&A in less time?

<t>It is a bit too early to be looking for a Spring internship..Companies, in my experience, start looking for full-time in fall qtr, and for interns winter qtr.First internship @ Hedge Fund - networkingSecond @ VC firm - networking and career centerThird - Microsoft - networkingFourth - Investment ...

<t>Imadummy is right on - M&A can be great, but its also a lot of work.I've been an Analyst for a little over a year, learned more in my first 2 months than a whole year spent at school. I have also given up the idea of planning anything on weekends (work 4 outta 5 weekends), have gotten fairly ...

Hypothetical question...What does one do when interviweing for a position and they ask for references/to talk with your current employer - who would be seriously pissed off if they knew you were interviewing somewhere else.

<t>Know your valuation techniques- Comps, Pre-Acqs, DCF, LBO, General M&AOne important thing to remember about M&A is that is more about personality and team fit (in my opinion), than almost any other role that you will find at an Investment Bank. You need to have a good combination of techn...

<t>Looking into transaction costs associated with PIPEs vs Secondary offering - go into an argument with a friend at a Hedge Fund who is trying to convince a company to do a PIPE with them vs a Secondary offering, his angle was that the transaction costs are less - but he didn't have any data to bac...