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BBA Career Management Center Online Workshops. Investment Banking. Function of Investment Banks. Capital raising/ underwriting Financial advice and execution Sales and trading Principal activities. Investment Banking Division. Overview of Morgan Stanley. What Does an Analyst Do?.
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BBA Career Management Center Online Workshops Investment Banking
Function of Investment Banks • Capital raising/ underwriting • Financial advice and execution • Sales and trading • Principal activities
What Does an Analyst Do? Corporate Finance Most corporate finance analysts work with an industry or regional coverage group: Focus on specific industry(ies) or region(s) Market and sell a company’s products Analyze potential advisory and transactional assignments for clients
Hiring Process for Analysts • Review resumes • Screening interviews on campus • Call-backs on campus • Full-day session in New York • Offers extended • Optional selling day
Skills Intelligence Ability to learn quickly Analytical ability Precision and accuracy in work Strong interpersonal skills Creativity Personality Energetic, hardworking Outgoing, personable Self-motivated, tenacious Reliable Mature, committed What Makes a Good AnalystCandidate?
Sales & Trading • Disseminate the Firm’s strategy and research products to institutional clients (investment managers, mutual funds, banks, insurance companies, state and local pension funds, corporate funds, endowment funds/foundation funds, hedge funds) • Provide actionable investment ideas to analysts and portfolio managers at client firms • Market IPOs and secondary offerings to providers of capital • Provide feedback to capital markets and corporate finance divisions on market dynamics, investor concerns and deal pricing • Develop and nurture relationships at all levels of client organizations • Assist in penetration of major accounts to enhance relationships at all levels of the organization
Merchant Banking Division • Identify investment opportunities • Work on the analysis and evaluation of equity investments • Execute investment and financing transactions • Monitor the performance of existing investments • Evaluate alternatives for lower financing costs and sale of existing investments
Equity Capital Markets • Analyze equity market conditions for corporate issuers • Determine feasibility of equity offerings through: • Liquidity analysis • Balance sheet impact • Cost of capital analysis • Relative public market valuations • Assist equity capital markets and corporate finance bankers to present corporate clients with strategic equity alternatives • Assess the quality of institutional and retail demand of equity offerings in order to effectively price transactions
Client Services Group • Execute equity and debt transactions originated in all industry-specific corporate finance coverage groups • Initial Public Offerings (IPO) • Follow-on Stock Offerings • Secondary Stock Offerings • Convertible Debt and Trust Convertible Preferred Stock Offerings • High-Yield Debt Offerings • Block Trade and Overnight transactions • -Financial Products (e.g., PEPS, PERCS) • Work in close contact with Equity and Fixed Income Divisions • Protect company through on-site operational and financial due diligence • For IPOs and high yield offerings, create valuation and cash flow models and earnings projections • Draft and file registration documents with SEC • Draft marketing prospectus (“Red Herring”) and final prospectus • Identify company-and industry-specific investment merits to develop marketing strategy to facilitate the sale of an issue • Prepare road show presentation for institutional asset managers and travel with clients to market the issue
Real Estate • Provide a variety of investment banking services with real estate as the underlying asset • Perform various financial analyses and valuations on real estate advisory, sellside, buyside, and financing for developers, institutions, and corporate clients • Identify and evaluate potential investment opportunities for the company
Mergers & Acquisitions • Perform quantitative and qualitative analyses in order to evaluate and recommend various financial alternatives • Execute the following transactions • Divestitures • Acquisitions • LBOs • Recapitalizations • Joint ventures • Work in smaller M&A groups: • Generalist Pool • Corporate Restructuring Group • Project Finance Group • Media/Telecom • Insurance/Non-bank Financials • Banks