In finance recruitment processes, candidates often focus their efforts on technical aspects: valuation, accounting, LBO, financial markets. Yet, an essential part of the evaluation relies on a sometimes underestimated element: FIT.

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For a student in business school or at university, the distinction between corporate finance and market finance may seem theoretical. In reality, these two worlds are profoundly different, both in their objectives and in their working methods.

In an LBO transaction, attention often focuses on the structuring of the debt, the negotiation of the acquisition price, or the performance expected by the investment fund. Yet one actor plays an absolutely decisive role in the success of the transaction: CFO.

Each year, the markets welcome new companies through initial public offerings (IPOs). Some quickly become benchmarks, displaying strong demand and solid stock market performance. Others, despite being supported by prestigious banks and well-known investors, disappoint a few months after listing.

Leverage, senior debt, PE funds, IRR: the LBO is a core mechanism in corporate finance. How it works, who’s involved, and why it matters.

M&A or Private Equity? Missions, salaries and career paths: what really sets the two apart to help you make the right career choice.

Private equity is often summarized as a simple financial mechanism: buying a company with debt, improving its performance, then reselling it at a gain. This vision. While debt plays a role in amplifying returns, it has long ceased to be the primary driver of fund performance.

The trading floor fascinates as much as it intrigues. Multiple screens, continuous information flows, rapid decisions and significant financial stakes: the environment is demanding and highly technical. Yet behind the sometimes caricatured image of the solitary trader lies a structured organization.

In the collective imagination, excellence in investment banking constitutes an ideal preparation for the profession of investor. Bankers advise on the largest transactions, master complex financial models and operate at the heart of strategic decisions.