A Brief on Investment Banks and Investment Bankers

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A Brief on Investment Banks and Investment Bankers
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What are Investment Banks?
Investment banking companies in India or anywhere
in the world work in a certain way majorly, the
clients that they take up are ones with big
money, or high performing entrepreneurs who have
a solid capital in their bank with them.
Investment banking is a finance vertical where in
the investment banking company plays multiples
roles and performs multiple duties and invest in
a company or become stake holders in a firm they
see great potential. They also become middlemen
in the mergers and acquisitions process.
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The Role they Play
When a client is acquired by the investment
banker, they take up responsibilities of
improving the financial hold of the company in
the market, take care of underwritings, deal with
long short funds in India, raise capital for the
company, and at the same time, provide financial
advisory to their client on smarter investment.
They help their client walk through this journey
and work towards making the clients most
financially stable they ever were. We agree that
every human being is different. But for someone
to become a good investment banker, they need to
have 3 of the following qualities.
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Diligence
No matter how glamorous investment banking seem
as a career option, there is no denying of the
fact that investment banking comes with a lot of
pressure. Sometimes it may feel like your head is
a pressure cooker that would burst any moment.
The great pay and salary that we know investment
bankers get is usually directly proportional to
the number of hours they put into their work. The
job gets more and more demanding each day, and to
handle this, you need to work hard and be
diligent as well.
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Be Good in Analyzing
Investment banking needs an analytical mind. The
banker should be able to read the data and also
read through the data. The data is going to come
in all sorts of form. The goal of the investment
banker is to spot opportunities for growth for
their clients and also detect threats to their
finance, if any, of any kind. This analysis also
helps them in understanding and studying the
market. Having a good sense of analyses means
dealing with a lot of numbers. One should also
have the ability to crunch numbers.
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Communication Skills
A good investment banker isnt just the one who
can analyse and get great figures. Understanding
client needs, likes and dislikes is important as
well. An investment banker should be able to
establish good relations with their client. For
this, having a great command on the communicating
skills will really pay in the long run. Here,
communication is not restricted to just dealing
with clients, but also in talking to stake
holders, investors, presenting within the
investment bank itself and so on.
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Thank You
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