Global Investment Banking Analyst Programme

Our Global Investment Banking intensive four-week program is for both aspiring and experienced individuals to gain further insights and ideas to develop their investment strategies and excel in their careers. It is an ideal program for the curious, passionate, and inquisitive individuals to hone their skillsets to perform through market research and make greater value addition to the clients.

The Investment Banking division provides advice to CEOs, CFOs and Boards of Directors on strategic topics including mergers, acquisitions and capital structure. They also work closely with product specialists in Equity Capital Markets, Debt Capital Markets and Corporate Banking to originate and execute debt and equity financing and treasury solutions for its clients.

Our programme covers all aspects of the finance and wealth management industry, such as corporate finance, entrepreneurial finance, financial and managerial accounting, portfolio theory, and investment analysis and management. Our programme also incorporates quantitative and computational methods applied to portfolio analysis and management, the theory and use of securities and derivatives, and to the accounting and financial management of wealth funds.

Learning Path

Week 1 – Weekly Tasks & Applied Learning

• Global investment banking overview, preparation and analysis of financial statements
• Analysing the financial statements
• Application on London stock exchange (LSE), NYSE and NASDAQ listed companies
• Global investment banking process and style module (pitch, preparation, presentation and writing confidential investment memo and teasers)
• Application on one London stock exchange (LSE) listed company and one private (non-public) company
• Discussion on frequently asked questions (FAQs) on this topic by investment banks and private equity firms

Week 2 – Weekly Tasks & Applied Learning

• Fundamentals of valuation, trading comparables valuation and financial modelling of trading comps
• Application on at least four public stock exchange listed companies and one private company
• Discussion on frequently asked questions (FAQs) on this topic by investment banks and private equity firms

Week 3 – Weekly Tasks & Applied Learning

• Discounted cash flow valuation and financial modelling
• Financial modelling on LSE, NYSE and NASDAQ listed company and best global investment banking financial practices
• Application on one London stock exchange (LSE) listed company, two New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) listed companies and one private company
• Discussion on frequently asked questions (FAQs) on this topic by Investment Banks and Private Equity firms

Week 4 – Weekly Tasks & Applied Learning

• Determining Transaction Premium (Transaction Comps), Leveraged/Management Buyout (LBO) and Financial Modelling
• M&A transactions pro-forma and leveraged buyout modelling
• Board presentation of the investment banking transaction
• Discussion on frequently asked questions (FAQs) on this topic by Investment Banks and Private Equity firms