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“Private equity” comprises investors and funds that put in millions or billions of dollars for the acquisition of stake in companies that are in need of capital and restructuring, that are already bringing in revenue, and that can be made more profitable. These investments are not noted in a public exchange. Private Equity (PE) firms … Read more
In the early 1990s, Kevin Taweel, a Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) student, was considering his job options just before graduation. Offers from many large corporations had come his way, but the prospect of being chained to a desk at an office, however posh, did not appeal to him very much. He wanted to … Read more
Simply put, an asset manager’s job is to make sure that the savings/assets/investments of clients grow, whether the clients are super-rich or are working-class people hoping to lead a dignified life after retirement. Asset managers choose the investments that their clients could make—stocks, bonds, pension funds, retirement funds, hedge funds, institutional investments, retail investments, insurance, … Read more
If you are studying at a top b-school or just graduated from one, you’re probably thinking of working for one of the “Big Three” in consulting: McKinsey & Co, Bain & Co., or the Boston Consulting Group or MBB in short. But how do you get the HR people at these firms to give you … Read more
Can international students still get jobs in England? Will life after an MBA be exciting and satisfying? These are a few of the queries that we get from MBA applicants looking at the top British business schools. Ritika Rao (name changed) writes about how she got a job in England (UK) after her MBA from … Read more
Many MBA graduates would part with their last dime to become successful hedge fund managers. The “Benjamins” are, of course, the obvious main attraction. And we aren’t talking about any “handsome salaries” or “decent commissions” but really big bucks. The annual earnings of the top hedge fund managers easily cross $1 billion each: think of … Read more
Fundamentally, asset management involves managing money that other people have, and investment banking is about raising money that companies want but don’t have. It becomes more complicated as you try to explain the terms in detail. So, let’s touch upon just the basics here. Investment banking (IB) involves raising financial capital for companies, government, and … Read more
Call up recruiters for advice on getting a Wall Street job straight out of college, and you might expect them to say: “Well, do you have connections, say a family friend with power and pull? You have a boastworthy degree from an Ivy League university, right?” And last but not least: “It helps if you … Read more
IT professional, Prateek Shukla, got into a top masters program in finance from Germany with a scholarship. He shares views on why it has become important for software engineers, programs and IT professionals in general to drop the IT engineer tag and explore second careers.
Fresh graduates often wonder whether investment banking (Careers in Investment Banking) or management consulting is a better career choice. Most of them already know the first thing about these two career paths: excellent salaries. Some of them also know that work-life balance is a difficult act in both. Here we go a little beyond popular … Read more
Deepak Ramamurthy has joined one of the most respected companies in the technology world, known for its obsession with quality and innovation. He got the job in Singapore after his INSEAD MBA. He talks about his application journey, life after INSEAD and how the INSEAD placements process helps students get jobs in Singapore after the … Read more
Krishna N Venkitaraman, moved from TCS to McKinsey after his MBA from HEC Paris. In the earlier article, he wrote about how he got into McKinsey India. In this concluding post, he shares what he did as a McKinsey consultant working on technology strategy projects.