The field of investment banking remains among the most demanding and highly regarded areas within the Financial Sector. It encompasses all aspects of corporate finance from Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) to capital raising and business valuations. A successful investment banker needs to have excellent analytical skills and an…
2026 marks a turning point for the finance industry, evolving from being primarily a spreadsheet-driven, intuition-based and historical trend-focused environment to an AI-driven, worldwide unknowable, responsible for rapid regulatory evolution finance industry. Today, due to an increasingly connected and volatile global economy, it requires individual adaptability and high levels of…
As we enter into 2026, with the change in calendar years globally and within India, the Financial systems across both geographies demonstrated strength in the face of much uncertainty regarding currency pressures in India, equity outflow globally and in India, and blockbuster merger activity across…
Traditionally, for many decades, the business model of investment banking has been the same: large numbers of new graduates joining as analysts, working long hours building pitch-books, modifying Excel spreadsheets and formatting PowerPoint presentations. This job description was often more about physical endurance than analytical ability, and therefore required repetitive work….
At the start of 2025, India created a headline internationally with regard to mergers and acquisitions. Analysts viewed the first quarter of 2025 as being within a “mini M&A boom,” because the market was optimistic, private equity firms were actively investing their dry powder, and corporate India…
Markets have weeks where little happens and then there are periods of activity that give us guidance for how inflation will evolve for years to come. The week of December 14-20 was such an eventful week and provided such a clear understanding and indication of…
During this week’s financial markets, there have been some major shifts in major indicators across multiple macroeconomic factors, currency values and policy leadership. For anyone interested in developing a career in finance or particularly in investment banking, understanding the impact of these changes is important….
Traditionally, in India if an individual mentioned investing in precious metals, it referred to only one thing, gold. No matter if it was for wedding jewelry, savings or an investment in a “safe haven”, gold has enjoyed an unrestricted position in nearly all thoughts about…
Currently, during November 16-22, 2025, the present and emerging dynamics of financial markets, regulatory recalibration, and the emerging and ‘exploding’ sustainable capital markets in India and internationally provided an interesting snapshot of what is evolving. Historically, global financial indicators were at record highs for banks,…
Most students, when asked how people break into investment banking, will usually respond with: “Go to a top school, get a summer analyst role, get converted, and bam, your in.” For years, I believed that story. It felt like if you did not go to…
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