Welcome to The Edge.
10.15.2025
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In The Edge, you will find…
Top Finance & Market News
Recruitment Strategy Breakdown
Community & Platform Updates
…to help you level up YOUR prep 🚀
Industry Headlines 📣
Name Drop These Updates in Your Next Coffee Chat…
Major U.S. banks posted robust Q3 earnings: JPM’s revenue jumped +12% YoY; Goldman beat expectations with +20% YoY; Wells Fargo reported +9% YoY (drop a congrats on those coffee chat calls)
Pharma pivots to D2C models, with major players cutting prices amid policy pressures, spurring M&A interest in digital health platforms
US & China tensions rise as Trump threatens 100% tariffs on Chinese imports starting Nov. 1st, sparking volatility across tech / defense supply chains
Follow our weekly updated podcast playlist for a deeper dive into market news and industry trends 🎧
Macroevents & world news
Keep tabs on the Fed 👀
Soundbites on deal flow & trends
Recruitment Breakdown ✏️
Summer Analysts 2027: New application dropped! PMCF has opened applications for Boutique M&A SA27 position. 2 days left to submit The Raine Group application ahead of October 17th deadline.
Pro tip: It’s important to create connections and speak with analysts at IB firms. However—don’t underestimate the value of learning from current seniors who completed SA25 internships! Reach out to any at your school or in your network to get pro recruiting tips or alumni recommendations for coffee chats.
For highest success rate — it’s crucial to drop your application within the first few days.
Community Spotlight 🔎
Our founders Cosmo & Lucas want to hear from YOU.
Pretus is made by students, for students. We want to hear what you love about Pretus and how we can take steps to improve and level up your experience.
For the chance to win $50…
Sign up for a quick one-on-one sit-down with our founders to hear your thoughts. We will Venmo one random user who signs up $50!
Too busy scheduling coffee chats? Drop your comments and feedback here, and we’ll be sure to elevate the platform to help you succeed.
We look forward to highlighting student wins, internship anecdotes, and quotable tips from across the Pretus network. Stay tuned — or reach out if you’d like to be featured.
Send in your shoutout 👇
Question of the Week❓
Each week we’ll tackle one big recruiting or finance question from the Pretus community. Have a question you’d like answered? Send it our way and we’ll feature it.
Question Drop Box 👇
Begin familiarizing yourself with the high level technical questions and methods of valuation
It’s key when answering technical questions to break down and communicate your answers as simply and clearly as possible. From a high level perspective what are the main points to emphasize? Understand your interviewer will likely ask follow-ups, so don’t offer up every extra detail on the first pass.
Tie it all together concisely!
Platform PowerUps 💫
IB recruitment is not a linear process. The path to success will take a lot of trial and error, but practice makes perfect. Understand progress is the measurement of success and track yours through your Pretus profile to identify strengths and areas to improve as you prep.
Run into a roadblock? Have a question about the platform? Make sure to Ask Simar, your personal chatbot at your service to clarify any queries.
