what an m&a analyst actually does - example

Does London IB use the EDGAR database for gathering information? Or is there some equivalent in this area?

any specific excel commands/shortcuts/formulas you use a lot or i should pick up?

you mentioned you knew vba. how did you learn it? i go cass btw, did you attend classes at cass or just youtube it? any recommended resources?

also just a quick random query; whats your thoughts on industrial placements? i know you can't get into ibd with them (ibd is something that doesn't interest me) but are they a worthy back-up to summers assuming fast tracks from springs doesn't happen? (if it helps I want to get into equity research)

I will chip in...

I did a Summer Internship (June - August) then a Placement (September - August) then got a grad job somewhere else haha in IBD.

My advice would be to try and get as much experience as possible and therefore, maybe try and do both if the dates work. Most people do it the other way round, they do a Placement (June - May) and then a Summer (June - August).

GS does ER Placements, you should absolutely go for it. I would apply mainly for Summers and then throw in a few Placement applications and see what happens. I never intended to do a Placement, it just worked out that way. In fact, I applied all for Summers and just one Placement - and got both.

I also know a guy who did a Placement at CS in some Consulting type division (CFO Services or something) and he got transferred to ER for full-time there. So anything is possible, the key is to be flexible and take any opportunities given to you.

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Cheers Bro. Seems like you've been all over the block

Btw if you were to do a placement then a corresponding summer, how would you be able to do your interviews/ACs for summer - you'd be working?

And do you know if GS does fast track to a FT job or just to summer?

you mentioned you knew vba. how did you learn it? i go cass btw, did you attend classes at cass or just youtube it? any recommended resources?

also just a quick random query; whats your thoughts on industrial placements? i know you can't get into ibd with them (ibd is something that doesn't interest me) but are they a worthy back-up to summers assuming fast tracks from springs doesn't happen? (if it helps I want to get into equity research)

A bit of topic, but since you have good finance knowledge, I wanted to ask you something. Im currently building DCF and adjusting for non-cash expenses. Is an actuarial loss (gain) a non-cash expense?

A bit of topic, but since you have good finance knowledge, I wanted to ask you something. Im currently building DCF and adjusting for non-cash expenses. Is an actuarial loss (gain) a non-cash expense?

Non-cash

Be careful about cash though as it can include other securities that are IAS 7 compliant (stable value and less than 3 month maturity) as 'cash equivalents' and there can be some non-cash items in the cash flow as a result (namely revaluation).

yeah, you can strip it out.

if its a material component of your valuation however, you can account for payouts by adding a seperate line item to adjust, or valuing PV of pension liabilities as a whole and deducting it from your EV.. makes no computational difference how you do it, if you use the same assumptions.

again, this depends on your judgment on how material the effect is.

Thank you for the informative replies!