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There are many investment banking texts out there that claim that financial modeling and valuation is the core work of the investment banker. This is simply not the truth. The core work of the investment banker is origination, mandate/target matching, and deal structuring. It should follow that a text/course on investment banking should be based […]

Front office investment banking refers to the client-facing roles within an investment bank. These higher level roles are primarily concerned with winning new business and running buy & sell side processes. Back office investment banking is usually related to deal-support activities such as financial modeling & valuation as well as powerpoint editing.

Investment Banks & Capital Markets: Investment banks act as an intermediary between the build-side (uses of capital) and the buy-side (sources of capital). The investment bank will analyze, structure and market the financial product (perpetuity or annuity) to the appropriate sources of capital that match with the investment mandate. For financing product of IB, the […]