What is Investment Banking and How can you build a career in it?

What is Investment Banking and How can you build a career in it?

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Publish Date:
March 12, 2026
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Banking
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Investment Banking is one of the most aspired job roles in financial services. In this video, we try to decode how one goes about building a successful career here.

We answer the following questions -

What is Investment Banking?
What are the various segments of IB?
What do we mean by M&A, ECM and DCM?
What skills are needed in investment banking?
Why are skills needed non-negotiable?
How is the segment evolving?

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Do check out some of our courses that help you build these skills.

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1) Investment Banking Certification - This is a practical guide on how Investment Banking works as a segment. The certification course covers a range of topics, including types of investment banks, funding cycle, IPO, M&A, Valuation, etc. This helps students to develop a comprehensive understanding of the investment banking industry and the regulations that govern it.
Details here: https://finshiksha.com/courses/investment-banking-certification/

2) FinShiksha Analyst Program - This is our flagship Cohort based program, run in batches and spread over 10-12 weeks. Here we have 6 live online sessions over weekends (2 hours) and additionally continuous assignments and engagements on a WhatsApp group where the entire cohort interacts. In this program, a participant ends up creating valuation models on 4 different companies.
Details here: https://finshiksha.com/courses/finshiksha-analyst-program/

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What is Equity Research and How can you build a career in that?
https://youtu.be/PF-eq_Vg94U

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