Join us for session 2 of a finance-focused festival, bringing together experts and specialists to discuss careers in this sector.
The UK Market Update: Simon Jacobs 09:00-10:00 with Q&A
Introduction to M&A: Marc Van Den Berg 10:30-11:30 with Q&A
Financial Market Briefing: An extensive up-to-date presentation on financial markets, by Simon Jacobs, a Trader who manages investment portfolios for High-Net-Worth individuals. Such financial market knowledge is essential for anyone wishing to work in finance as it gets tested in interviews – the presentation will give insights into the main historic and topical trends in finance which are important today – highly recommended to all finance students.
Simon Jacobs: Simon has spent over 20 years in a range of front end roles in trading, dealing and investing positions across multi asset classes. Clients have included Investment banks, Hedge funds, Wealth managers and family offices in the UK, US and South America. He has experience at the retail end designing portfolios with an emphasis on ETF’s, Investment Trusts, commodities and individual equities.
M&A Boot Camp
In this presentation you will:
- Get a realistic understanding of the job without any sugar coating or "selling" you the industry
- Get an understanding of the day-to-day of an Investment Banking job, with a focus on M&A
- Get an idea of what your career progression can be and what can you do with a finance career
- Do a real-life exercise
- Have a roadmap of what you need to succeed in corporate finance
Your trainer: Marc van den Berg has been in the finance industry doing M&A since 2007. He has work experience in M&A and investment advisory at Lehman Brothers as well as boutique investment bank Charcot Capital. His role is to give you the honest, inside view of what it takes in this industry.