Thinking to Choose Investment Banking as A Career Option

One of the truly upcoming career options today is investment banking. Its popularity is only growing among the youth of India that is so ambitious. But who is an investment banker? What do the prestigious investment banking firms in India do? An investment baker is a person who in simple words helps their clients who are usually a bank or a financial firm, to invest their money and guide them to such an investment that they get maximum possible returns. However, fascinating this job may sound, it is very risky and full of responsibility too, since it comes with dealing with debt, holding stocks and bonds, mediating mergers and acquisitions and so on.

But even after so many inhibitions put forward, a huge chunk of youth population today is inclining towards joining asset management firms. Why so? Due to many reasons. The money that they get, not just the regular salary, but the incentives that they get are huge, which helps them in their personal and professional growth. This is a kind of job that keeps you on your toes all the time, regarding the current trends in the industries, its ups and downs etc. You must make sure that you are constantly updated by all the news regarding your field, hence providing you a wide scope for learning which is very valuable to anybody’s career. Doing this job can even open doors to entrepreneurship, wealth management and venture capital, eventually.

But does this require a specific qualification? Well most people do say that you need a degree in finance, but what you mostly need is the understanding for numbers and the zeal to learn. You could be from any field like arts, commerce or science and you can still opt for investment banking, as far as you have base of subjects like economics and mathematics, the soul of banking. When it comes to getting degree of the higher notch, you may need to have a degree (typically an MBA) with finance as your specialization. There are some institutes that also provide post graduate diplomas and certification courses and conduct workshops for investment banking. Some of the top colleges for courses of investment banking ate Chartered Financial Analysts of India University and Symbiosis School of Banking Management to working in top asset management companies in India.