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10.20.2025
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In this week’s edition of The Edge, you will find…
An internship opportunity!
Top Finance & Market News
Recruitment Strategy Breakdown
Community & Platform Updates
…to help you level up YOUR prep 🚀
Pretus is Hiring!
The Pretus team is growing. We’re bringing on Product & Growth Interns (Investment Banking Focus) to help us reach more students preparing for investment banking recruiting. If you’re passionate about finance, startups, or AI, and want to help shape the next stage of Pretus, we’d love to have you on board. It’s an awesome resume boost for anyone recruiting for investment banking.
Industry Headlines 📣
Name Drop These Updates in Your Next Coffee Chat…
New US tariffs raised the average US import-tariff rate to ~18%, highest since the 1930s—prompting banks’ redeployment of financing capital
JPM launched $1.5 trillion, 10-yr plan focused on US strategic industries
IPO count surges as U.S. listings reached 282 IPOs by October 2025, a ~64% increase versus the same period in 2024
Union Pacific Corp. announced a bid to acquire Norfolk Southern Corp. for $88.3 billion, marking largest M&A deal of 2025 (industrials/transportation industry)
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: No new updates. Reminder PMCF opened applications for Boutique M&A SA27 position.
Pro tip: Be on high alert for on-campus early insights/diversity event registrations with Handshake or firms visiting your university for recruitment presentations & networking sessions. Face-to-face introductions are the best way to make a memorable impact.
Networking is key to ensuring your application stays at the top of the pile.
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 👇
While knowing the technical steps & details to building out a DCF or papering a LBO is important—it’s even more crucial you can explain at a high level the HOW & WHY behind these modeling techniques. That’s the difference between a candidate that can memorize vs. a candidate who’s a step ahead 🔥
Platform PowerUps 💫
🚨 New Feature Alert 🚨 We want to offer you the most customized feedback catered exactly to your personal narrative when you mock interview on Pretus. Now you can upload your resume & important background to further personalize and inform our recommendations and insights.
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.
