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What subjects do you need to he good at for an investment banker?
Investment banks are interested in hiring graduates from all subject areas, not just finance. But certain degrees can help give you key transferable skills and knowledge. Mathematics, economics or business degrees can be a good choice, as can specialist finance degrees such as banking and finance.
How do I think like an investment banker?
What Skills and Traits Make a Good Fit?
- Willingness to work extremely long hours (80+ per week)
- High attention to detail.
- Ability to take direction well.
- Team player.
- Great at Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
- Strong accounting and finance knowledge.
- Excellent financial modeling.
What type of person is an investment banker?
Investment bankers are enterprising and conventional They also tend to be conventional, meaning that they are usually detail-oriented and organized, and like working in a structured environment. If you are one or both of these archetypes, you may be well suited to be an investment banker.
WHAT A levels do you need to be an investment banker?
Ideally, you’ll hold relevant A-Levels such as maths, further maths, business, accounting or economics. While strong A-Level grades are often more important than the specific subjects, tailoring your choices will give you a better chance of being accepted onto relevant university degree courses.
What are the qualifications required to get admission in IIM Hyderabad?
Usually candidate has stellar academics (9/9/9 in 10/12/undergrad from top institutes like Top 10 Engg colleges or LSR/SRCC or is a CA- maybe even rank holder) and/or relevant work experience and/or relevant certifications and/or is in ~Top 5–10\% of batch at the IIM.
What are the best investment banking jobs in India for students?
Indian firms also offer the Front End Investment Banking roles such as Avendus, Kotak, Ambit etc. In the case of Indian firms, students are offered the role of Associate.
What are the best books to study corporate finance at IIM-C?
There are up to 6–8 of them/year at maximum at any 1 campus, and they are lucrative, irrespective of India or abroad. 1)Study concepts from Corporate Finance (4 author book by same title; 1 of the authors is Prof. Ram Kakani, IIM C alum and XLRI prof) and OFD by Hull/Basu (for Markets) or Damodaran (Valuation text) for IB/PE/VC.
How do I get a job in IIM-C with a CFA?
CFA- holding 6+ top bracket scores in L1, or qualified L2 and beyond, will greatly help your chances. Roles can be at analyst level and/or associate level, mostly the former. Per firm, only 1–3 are hired, current class of 2020 at IIM C had a case of a bulge-bracket bank willing to go above 3 but is rare.