Welcome to The Edge.
The Pretus newsletter is now delivered - direct to YOU, every week.
11.19.2025
Keep reading for your insider look at November’s weekly update.
In this week’s edition of The Edge, you will find…
Top Finance & Market News
Recruitment Strategy Breakdown
Community & Platform Updates
…to help you level up YOUR prep 🚀
Recruitment Breakdown ✏️
Summer Analysts 2027: You’ve Got Mail! Applications dropped for… Perella Weinberg (PWP), Stifel, LionTree Advisors, & Leerink Partners 🔥 Apply ASAP to boost your chances ⚡
SA27 Live Applications: RBC and BDO Capital Advisors!
SA27 Early Insights/Diversity Programs: New! Jefferies IB Insight Day and Rothschild Sophomore Leadership Program
Open to more than banking?
New! Berkshire Partners (SA26 sophomore summer PE internship - Boston) SA27 Live Applications: Charlesbank (PE), Stone Point Capital (PE) & Insight Partners (VC/GE)
This Thanksgiving I’m thankful for Pretus weekly application updates 🙏 🦃
Industry Headlines 📣
Name Drop These Updates in Your Next Coffee Chat…
Pharma builds (= healthcare groups hot 🔥) with global drugmakers preparing for potential 100% tariffs on imported branded drugs, prompting U.S. manufacturing commitments to secure tariff exemptions
Goldman stays golden advising on ~$1 trillion announced M&A in 2025, about $220 billion more than its closest competitors & highlighting BB dominance
Global M&A activity reaccelerates with October deal value up 146% YoY + billion $ transactions up 203%, now one of the strongest months since 2021
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
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 👇
Chances you’ll have to paper an LBO are low, but (certainly never zero…)
Understanding the DCF + knowing the steps cold takes precedence, but don’t forget about LBOs! While less likely you’ll be asked to thoroughly explain a leveraged buyout, it’s necessary to prepare your high-level run down
Even more key is learning WHY & WHEN you use different analyses and understand what values each analysis/model outputs and their differences.
Community Spotlight 🔎
Notable Quotables… Pretus has made it to Wall Street (& invaded the UK 🇬🇧)!
“I was recommended Pretus by a friend I interned with at Evercore, who shared it around the Evercore London summer analyst class…”
“I’ve been using the free version for a while now and love it, but needed more access to the premium features for these upcoming interviews”
Elite boutique technicals can’t stop Pretus users. Access Premium below…
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Platform PowerUps 💫
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