Vault Career Guide to Investment Banking, 2013 Asia Pacific Edition by VAULT

Author:VAULT
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: CAREERS
ISBN: 9781581318852
Publisher: Vault
Published: 2012-03-02T16:00:00+00:00

A Day in the Life: Analyst, Investment Banking, Hong Kong

8:45 a.m.: While in the cab, check through all new mail in the Blackberry ("How did business run before Blackberry?") Upon entering cubicle/office, check to see if voice mail light is on. If it's Monday, pray it's not on, because that means you didn't check it over the weekend and someone might have had work for you to do and wants it in an hour from now (or worse, wanted it yesterday).

9:00 a.m.: Get hot coffee downstairs at Pacific Coffee or wait for Chinese tea lady; you'll need it to wake up. Look around the office to spot a fellow analyst or two who did not go home last night. Usually you can pick them out very quickly.

9:10 a.m.: Blackberry rings with e-mail alerts. Receive a bunch of transaction announcements from all over the world, as well as some newsletter relevant to your industry/group sent out by another analyst to everyone.

9:15 a.m.: The office/floor is officially running, phones begin ringing and the workday starts. Greet the office assistants or office ladies ("known as OLs") in Asia.

9:20 a.m.: After waiting for five minutes for slow network to load, find your files and continue on research/model - whatever you didn't finish the night before because you knew you still had this morning.

9:30 a.m.: Phone rings. You know what director/associate is going to say so right off the bat you say, "I'm almost done." Then in between a lot of "OKs" you curse your computer for being so slow. There is a scheduled conference call with New York on another deal at the same time so you mute the call and continue with the model. You hope they don't ask you any questions.

10:00 a.m.: Conference call with deal team, which may include people from other product and industry groups who work in conjunction on a project with you. Managing director is likely to read over material that you were 90 percent responsible for - but only your associate and director know this. Pray nothing's wrong with numbers and grammar.

11:10 a.m.: Take a walk to the desktop publishing department to look through finished slides for three pitchbooks that are in production. After leaving final remarks put together a few public information books ("PIBs"), work on a pitch book or still try to balance your model..

12:30 p.m.: You're really hungry but you must print out some files for your associate/director before you leave, so nobody will come around looking for you when they need the printouts. E-mail only if they ask for it. They'll forget it's there anyway.

12:45 p.m.: Lunch at the local noodle shop or pick up a sandwich and coffee downstairs at Starbucks. Always take your cell phone with you.

1:45 p.m.: Return to work and hope nobody cared that you were gone for an hour. Hope the firm is truly "European" and understands your need for long lunches.

2:00 p.m.: Sit down with associate to talk about some preliminary research he needs you to pull from all kinds of sources.

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