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Types of Investment Banking Groups Explained
The pillar map of investment banking groups: coverage (industry) groups vs product groups like M&A, leveraged finance, ECM, DCM, and restructuring.
May 22, 2026 · 7 min readGroupsCoverage vs Product Group in Investment Banking
Coverage group vs product group in investment banking: day-to-day work, deal exposure, modeling reps, and the pros and cons for skills and exits.
May 21, 2026 · 8 min readGroupsLeveraged Finance: What LevFin Does and Why PE
Leveraged finance explained: what the LevFin group does, leveraged loans vs high-yield bonds, leverage ratios, and why it's a top private equity feeder.
May 20, 2026 · 8 min readGroupsRestructuring Investment Banking (RX) Explained
Restructuring investment banking explained: what RX does, debtor vs creditor mandates, why it's countercyclical, and the RX-specific interview topics.
May 19, 2026 · 8 min readGroupsEquity Capital Markets (ECM): What It Does
Equity capital markets (ECM) explained: IPOs, follow-ons, convertibles, block trades, the analyst role, ECM vs M&A, and what to know for ECM interviews.
May 18, 2026 · 8 min readGroupsDebt Capital Markets (DCM): What It Does
Debt capital markets (DCM) explained: investment-grade bond issuance, credit ratings, the analyst role, and how DCM differs from LevFin and ECM in banking.
May 17, 2026 · 8 min readGroupsTMT Investment Banking: The Group Guide
What TMT investment banking is: the technology, media, and telecom group, its subsectors, the deals it runs, valuation metrics, and why it's so competitive.
May 16, 2026 · 7 min readGroupsFIG Investment Banking: The Group Guide
What FIG investment banking is: the financial institutions group, why bank and insurance valuation is specialized, and the unique technicals to know.
May 15, 2026 · 7 min readGroupsHealthcare Investment Banking: Groups & Deals
Healthcare investment banking explained: the pharma, biotech, medtech, and services subsectors, the deals each does, and how to prep for the interview.
May 14, 2026 · 7 min readGroupsMergers and Acquisitions Investment Banking
What the M&A investment banking group does: sell-side and buy-side advisory, the deal process, how it differs from coverage groups, and the technicals.
May 5, 2026 · 7 min readGroupsReal Estate Investment Banking Explained
What the real estate investment banking group does: REITs, real estate M&A and capital raising, why valuation uses NAV, cap rates, and FFO, plus subsectors.
May 4, 2026 · 7 min read