Aditya Agarwal (CFA Level 3), a second year student at IIM Trichy, took time out to address doubts about careers in the finance sector. Here is a gist of his chat session, wherein he talks about the benefits of a CFA qualification and its relevance for an MBA student looking at roles in finance.
In the financial markets, information is the most valuable asset. Investors rely on information to know what to put their money into, traders need information to know whether they should enter or exit a position, and corporate financiers (including bankers, private equity firms etc.) need information to value companies and participate in transactions. This information has to come from somewhere and as a result, there are entire divisions within financial institutions dedicated to researching the key issues for their firm and this division is called Equity Research.
Many of us, including both B-school students and aspirants often have their eye balls bulge out when we hear the word investment banking. The instant words which come to our mind on hearing the name are glamour and high pay packages. But very few of us actually know what investment banking actually is, what it deals with day-in day-out and the reason for the high pay and high glamour. Media Cell, IIM Kozhikode, recently held a short interview with Mr. Hitesh Raghavan, an investment banker from Wall Street, who was in campus for an interactive session arranged by the Industry Interaction Cell. Hitesh, having done his B.Tech from IIT Bombay, did his MBA from Kellogg’s School of Management in the U.S before finally becoming an investment banker in the Wall Street. We had the opportunity to get his views and insights on the recent trends in the M & A scenario and its future along with some general ideas about careers in investment banking.
As a part of her latest endeavour to unearth everything about Finance, Kala met Rohit. From the perspective of Chartered Accountant Finance professionals who visit our website, this is one interview that will definitely help.
Kala Krishnan recently caught up with Ami Mehta,alumna of JBIMS, Mumbai. She works as Manager - Financial Planning & Analysis - New Categories at Cadbury India Ltd. She was kind enough to talk about a few aspects around a career in Corporate Finance. She also gives us some perspective around how life in the corporate world is a couple of years after graduation.
For the 1st Part under this series which covers Corporate Banking, please click here
“Tito Nano Chinappa” the most promising newcomer in town or should I say the most eligible bachelor……before you jump to conclusions let me help - Bachelor of Finance is what I meant (not that you can’t consider him for the alternative meaning, like I said he needs a bit of polishing but has all the potential). That was about his name.. Let us now get a closer look- a peek into his personality….
Aditya Agarwal (CFA Level 3), a second year student at IIM Trichy, took time out to address doubts about careers in the finance sector. Here is a gist of his chat session, wherein he talks about the benefits of a CFA qualification and its relevance for an MBA student looking at roles in finance.
In the financial markets, information is the most valuable asset. Investors rely on information to know what to put their money into, traders need information to know whether they should enter or exit a position, and corporate financiers (including bankers, private equity firms etc.) need information to value companies and participate in transactions. This information has to come from somewhere and as a result, there are entire divisions within financial institutions dedicated to researching the key issues for their firm and this division is called Equity Research.
Many of us, including both B-school students and aspirants often have their eye balls bulge out when we hear the word investment banking. The instant words which come to our mind on hearing the name are glamour and high pay packages. But very few of us actually know what investment banking actually is, what it deals with day-in day-out and the reason for the high pay and high glamour. Media Cell, IIM Kozhikode, recently held a short interview with Mr. Hitesh Raghavan, an investment banker from Wall Street, who was in campus for an interactive session arranged by the Industry Interaction Cell. Hitesh, having done his B.Tech from IIT Bombay, did his MBA from Kellogg’s School of Management in the U.S before finally becoming an investment banker in the Wall Street. We had the opportunity to get his views and insights on the recent trends in the M & A scenario and its future along with some general ideas about careers in investment banking.
As a part of her latest endeavour to unearth everything about Finance, Kala met Rohit. From the perspective of Chartered Accountant Finance professionals who visit our website, this is one interview that will definitely help.
Kala Krishnan recently caught up with Ami Mehta,alumna of JBIMS, Mumbai. She works as Manager - Financial Planning & Analysis - New Categories at Cadbury India Ltd. She was kind enough to talk about a few aspects around a career in Corporate Finance. She also gives us some perspective around how life in the corporate world is a couple of years after graduation.
For the 1st Part under this series which covers Corporate Banking, please click here
“Tito Nano Chinappa” the most promising newcomer in town or should I say the most eligible bachelor……before you jump to conclusions let me help - Bachelor of Finance is what I meant (not that you can’t consider him for the alternative meaning, like I said he needs a bit of polishing but has all the potential). That was about his name.. Let us now get a closer look- a peek into his personality….
