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Management Consulting versus Investment Banking

Management Consulted

The cons of investment banking – the long hours, the repetitive and unengaging nature of the work, the lack of non-finance exit opportunities – mattered far more to me than a 6-figure salary. Cashflow or not, the extra money is substantial and a defining driver of why many people do investment banking. 2 LIFESTYLE.

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Business Buy-Sell Facts

Martinka Consulting

You will sign a personal guarantee if you’re using a bank and probably if it’s seller financing if the seller has good lawyers. It will not be 100% financed by the bank and the seller; you will have skin in the game. If you want to control the deal look for a turnaround business and roll the dice.

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The consulting case study: What you need to know

freshminds

Different industries need to test different skills and therefore depending on whether you’re applying to management consultancies, strategy consultancies or investment banking, your case study will be slightly different. Investment Banking : tend to use a very different case study compared to consultancies.

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

As consulting firms go, FTI Consulting is a newcomer – but at just over 30 years old, the firm has made impressive strides to become one of the most respected name in legal analysis and data-driven research to support major initiatives for law firms, banks and the majority of the Fortune 500. Corporate Finance/Restructuring.

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MC Coach Interview: My First Year at McKinsey

Management Consulted

I majored in accounting, finance and supply chain management at a college in the state (Miami of Ohio). I was going down the route of finance, asset management, investment banking, or something like that. One of the guys does mostly investment banking, and he gave me a tough insurance case. That was rough.

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List of strategy consulting firms in Hong Kong

Tom Spencer

Applied Value offers strategy, finance, and operations management services. 30/F, One International Finance Centre. Seabury Group is a global advisory and investment management group providing investment banking, restructuring, management consulting, IT development, and human capital advisory services. Tel: +852 2868 0014.

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Iceland Ponders Radical Money Plan Including Elimination of Fractional Reserve Lending and Deposit Insurance

MishTalk

banks issuing 2-year CDs and lending money for 15-year mortgages), bank''s ability to lend money into existence, and deposit insurance. Fractional reserve lending allows banks to lend out a near infinite amount of credit with essentially no backing. And banks are not required to hold any reserves on savings accounts at all.