Commercial Awareness for Investment Banking Summer Internships, Spring Week Interviews

Are you confused about what being commercially aware means?

It's more than memorising the answers to technical questions and understanding how the financial system works. To become an investment banking analyst, you must demonstrate that you are curious about the markets and the economy.

Here's the truth: Most students, especially those without finance or economics backgrounds, struggle through the banking recruitment process because they aren't adequately aware of the financial world.

By reading this book, you will develop a macroeconomic framework that allows you to quickly analyse any current event and impress your interviewers. There's so much real-time news that is not relevant to your applications and interviews. Once you understand what matters most, you can focus on building your knowledge and understanding of what analysts actually pay attention to.

This book guides you through how to read financial news effectively. You will learn:

• How to sift through the constant stream of financial and business articles to identify the only news needed to impress
• The key information to memorise to analyse the state of the financial markets
• How to make insightful connections between domestic and international news topics that you can reference when networking or interviewing
• Key elements to remember within trending topics such as M&A, technology (including AI, cryptocurrencies), private markets (including private equity), and market cycles

Commercial Awareness for Investment Banking Summer Internships, Spring Week Interviews also includes real-world important news for every topic, giving you practical examples of what your notes should look like. It is the perfect guide to supplement your preparation for M&A, equity research, private equity, asset management, and trading internships/roles at the top bulge-bracket banks and investment firms in the City.