Bilal Basrai - Surviving Your First Year on Wall Street

Despite the fact that he studied dual majors in Finance and Economics during his time in college, nothing could quite prepare Bilal Basrai for that first year on Wall Street. He knows that a lot of young analysts will be intimidated when they first start working on the street, no matter how much prior learning and networking they have done. The following tips should help them to survive and create a solid foundation on which to build a successful career.

Don’t Be A Big Burden

During your first months on Wall Street you will be spending most of your time learning the ropes, which automatically makes you a burden on your associates. That is to be expected, but you need to make an effort to minimize this burden in any way that you can. Whenever you have a question, make sure to try to figure out a solution for yourself before asking about it. If you solve the problem, you will also demonstrate that you have initiative, which is an added bonus.

Don’t Only Talk About The Markets

New analysts will often make the mistake of focusing entirely on the markets when they are networking, but it is important to build personal relationships with the people in your network too. They want to work with people they can trust and relate to, so make an effort to be that person.

Approach Menial Tasks With The Right Attitude

Bilal Basrai notes that a lot of first year analysts and investors will be asked to do tasks that they may not find particularly interesting. However, you need to show that you are willing to work hard no matter what the job, so be sure to approach the task with enthusiasm and get tit completed efficiently. Eventually, you’ll start to be trusted with more interesting work.

Bilal Basrai - Surviving Your First Year on Wall Street

Despite the fact that he studied dual majors in Finance and Economics during his time in college, nothing could quite prepare Bilal Basrai for that first year on Wall Street. He knows that a lot of young analysts will be intimidated when they first start working on the street, no matter how much prior learning and networking they have done. The following tips should help them to survive and create a solid foundation on which to build a successful career.

Don’t Be A Big Burden

During your first months on Wall Street you will be spending most of your time learning the ropes, which automatically makes you a burden on your associates. That is to be expected, but you need to make an effort to minimize this burden in any way that you can. Whenever you have a question, make sure to try to figure out a solution for yourself before asking about it. If you solve the problem, you will also demonstrate that you have initiative, which is an added bonus.

Don’t Only Talk About The Markets

New analysts will often make the mistake of focusing entirely on the markets when they are networking, but it is important to build personal relationships with the people in your network too. They want to work with people they can trust and relate to, so make an effort to be that person.

Approach Menial Tasks With The Right Attitude

Bilal Basrai notes that a lot of first year analysts and investors will be asked to do tasks that they may not find particularly interesting. However, you need to show that you are willing to work hard no matter what the job, so be sure to approach the task with enthusiasm and get tit completed efficiently. Eventually, you’ll start to be trusted with more interesting work.

Bilal Basrai - Private Equity Specialist

Bilal Basrai is an investment banker based in Chicago. Basrai worked for several investment banks during his 10-year career in NYC on Wall Street. During that time, he found great success transacting private equity deals in the healthcare industry. He became an expert in the P/E industry and soon became well-recognized for his skill navigating investments in healthcare companies.

Bilal Basrai transacts private equity deals for some of his clients to help them grow their business or monetize their hard work by selling their company to private equity funds. 

Private equity firms are primarily concerned with starting and closing transactions for their clients and providing oversight for their investment portfolio. Bilal Basrai has developed clients and transactions originating from mergers and acquisitions, intermediaries, and investment banks over his long career.

Bilal Basrai understands that private equity is a process that must be managed carefully. This is why he works closely with his corporate clients every step of the way during a transaction.

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Bilal Basrai - Private Equity Specialist

Bilal Basrai is an investment banker based in Chicago. Basrai worked for several investment banks during his 10-year career in NYC on Wall Street. During that time, he found great success transacting private equity deals in the healthcare industry. He became an expert in the P/E industry and soon became well-recognized for his skill navigating investments in healthcare companies.

Bilal Basrai transacts private equity deals for some of his clients to help them grow their business or monetize their hard work by selling their company to private equity funds. 

Private equity firms are primarily concerned with starting and closing transactions for their clients and providing oversight for their investment portfolio. Bilal Basrai has developed clients and transactions originating from mergers and acquisitions, intermediaries, and investment banks over his long career.

Bilal Basrai understands that private equity is a process that must be managed carefully. This is why he works closely with his corporate clients every step of the way during a transaction.

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Bilal Basrai - Investing in Capital Markets

Bilal Basrai works with both small and large companies on corporate restructuring ventures, capital formation, and other operations that help businesses grow and remain successful. Basrai spent over ten years in NYC on Wall Street working for some of the largest investment banks in the world. He helped his clients form strategies in the healthcare industry and other options during his career before he moved back to Chicago.

“Capital markets” is a general term and a broad category of markets that involves the issuance and buying and selling of financial instruments. There are two main financial instruments involved in capital markets: equity securities, also known as stocks, and debt securities, also known as bonds. 

Capital markets issue stocks and bonds for medium- or long-term durations for investors. Bilal Basrai helps corporate issuers find the best mix of securities to issue to institutional investors. Capital markets are divided into primary and secondary markets, in addition to the distinction between equity and debt. 

Primary markets allow organizations to raise capital for investment and growth before holding an Initial Public Offering (IPO). In this way, a company can sell stock directly to investors.

Bilal Basrai is an expert dealing in capital formation for his corporate healthcare clients. 

Bilal Basrai - Investing in Capital Markets

Bilal Basrai works with both small and large companies on corporate restructuring ventures, capital formation, and other operations that help businesses grow and remain successful. Basrai spent over ten years in NYC on Wall Street working for some of the largest investment banks in the world. He helped his clients form strategies in the healthcare industry and other options during his career before he moved back to Chicago.

“Capital markets” is a general term and a broad category of markets that involves the issuance and buying and selling of financial instruments. There are two main financial instruments involved in capital markets: equity securities, also known as stocks, and debt securities, also known as bonds. 

Capital markets issue stocks and bonds for medium- or long-term durations for investors. Bilal Basrai helps corporate issuers find the best mix of securities to issue to institutional investors. Capital markets are divided into primary and secondary markets, in addition to the distinction between equity and debt. 

Primary markets allow organizations to raise capital for investment and growth before holding an Initial Public Offering (IPO). In this way, a company can sell stock directly to investors.

Bilal Basrai is an expert dealing in capital formation for his corporate healthcare clients. 

Bilal Basrai - Mergers and Acquisitions Expert

Bilal Basrai has made a career out of working with companies on corporate finance actions like mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, and capital formation. Basrai spent ten years working in NYC on Wall Street for various large investment banks including Lehman Brothers and Salomon Smith Barney. He focused primarily on the healthcare industry. Basrai continues to work in corporate finance and is a mergers and acquisitions expert.

Mergers and acquisitions is a specific area of corporate finance that deals with the purchase or the joining of two companies. In a merger, two companies combine to form a new business. In an acquisition, one company purchases another and absorbs it into fully into the parent company or runs it as a subsidiary. 

There are many legal and financial nuances to mergers and acquisitions that come into play. Typically, mergers are between companies of similar size and influence in the market, while larger companies usually purchase smaller ones. 

Companies decide to buy or by bought by other companies for a variety of reasons, which are usually much different from the reasons why a company would merge with another. Bilal Basrai helps his corporate clients navigate the possibilities and the legal maze of mergers and acquisitions.

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