Corporate Finance vs. Investment Banking: Confusion, Crossovers, Compensation, and Careers
M&I - Brian
The biggest problem with the corporate finance vs. investment banking comparison is that it’s not a 1v1 match. It’s more of a 3-way comparison between corporate finance jobs , investment banking jobs , and deal-related jobs that often get the “corporate finance” label. For example, some Big 4 firms label their internal M&A teams “corporate finance,” and they may use the term for related groups, such as Transaction Advisory Services (TAS) . And then there are plenty of non-Big 4 accounting firms