We train students for a career in Investment Banking
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Full-Time Analyst Programme (8 weeks)
Description (In-class and Online)
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Run over eight weeks: Four to five days a week (10:00 am to 4:00 pm UK time with an hour lunch break).
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First Four Weeks: Investment Banking Training - Accounting, Financial modelling, Valuations and Pitch books. Lectures of 2 to 5 hours a day. Students are expected to complete project work handed out daily.
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Second Four Weeks: Designed to replicate real-life Investment Banking internships. Students work on projects drafting equity research reports. Second four weeks also involve advanced Investment Banking training, with students solving real-life Private Equity, M&A, Venture Capital, and Valuation case studies from leading universities, including Harvard Business School, London Business School, Kellogs and IESE, among others.
Programme Content
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Financial Modelling: Build financial models from scratch on real-life companies traded on the Dow Jones, FTSE or Euronext exchange.
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Valuations: Value companies using Discounted Cash flow, Trading, and Acquisition comparables.
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M&A: Build M&A Accretion/Dilution and LBO models from scratch.
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Equity Research: Writing equity research reports on companies listed on public exchanges.
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Presentation: Prepare detailed presentation packs.
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Internship Training (Second Four weeks)
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Built-in internship training programme: Replicates real-life internships
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Through a number of projects, students learn how experienced analysts write equity research reports on public listed companies.
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Advanced training takes place via 1 to 3 hours of lectures taking over 2 to 3 days a week. Post-lectures, students are given in-depth case studies written by leading business schools such as Harvard, Stanford, and IESE.
M&A Week
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Put together a detailed M&A pitchbook for a real life deal.
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Replicate the role of an M&A analyst advising Mars Chocolate on the acquisition of Wrigley.
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Calculate M&A Goodwill using the PPA method on the acquisition of Time Warner by AOL.
Equity Research Week
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Write a detailed equity research report on your company.
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Build an advanced BMW financial model with a detailed Revenue breakdown sheet.
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Value BMW using sum of the parts method.
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Use advanced techniques to compute valuations of fast growing internet stocks such as Amazon using the Siegel calculator and an extended DCF model.
Private Equity Week
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Spend a week replicating the role of a Private Equity Analyst at Bain Capital/KKR's acquisition of Toys R US.
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Build a detailed ten spreadsheet LBO model and make a presentation to the investment committee on the attractiveness of Toys R US as an LBO target.
Venture Capital Week
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Put together term sheets and cap tables for follow on investments in Webtracker.
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Calculate start-up valuations for Nordic Technologies
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Negotiate with fellow students on raising funds for Nordic Technologies and Webtracker
William Dunstan - Summer 2021 Cohort
From City Investment Training to AGC Partners M&A analyst
Careers
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Past students have gone on to receive offers for well-paid internships and full-time analyst roles at marquee names such as Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Rothschild, and UBS, among others.
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We work with a number of boutique Investment Banks, Private Equity and Venture Capital companies to place our students on short-term internships as well as full-time analyst roles.
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In the recent past, depending on the batch, we have seen between 50-100% of our students being placed in Investment Banking or related finance roles within 1-4 months of passing the 8-week Full-Time Analyst Programme.
Programme Location
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Our programmes are available both in-class and online.
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Class location: Varies but previous training has been conducted at 1 and 2 Kingdom Street, Paddington, London, W2 6BD, United Kingdom.
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Online: Students join us online for our live classes from across North America and Europe.
Programme Calendar
Course starting dates: *
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Monday 1st March 2022
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Monday 6th June 2022
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Monday 11th July 2022
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Monday 8th August 2022
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Monday 10th October 2022
COVID - 19* - We will be offering all our classes in 2020 and 2021 as planned. Students who are unable to make it in class for the program can take the class online first and join us again in-class for the entire program at a later date when they deem safe at no extra fees.
Fees and Financing
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Please contact us to get a quote on our fees.
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Email your CV to info@cityinvestmenttraining.com or fill in the form at the bottom of this page.
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We are offering a 15% discount on fees for all our 2022 summer 8-weeks program for students who apply before the 31st of January 2022.
Our placements remain strong despite the onset of Covid-19
We have the best-in-class placement rate of 90%.
90% Placement Rate
Placement by Industry
*Placement rate excludes students who went on to study for their undergraduate or master's programs
*Please note that we do not guarantee a job to our students
*Placement by industry includes only those students who were successfully placed