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BASIC: Real M&A Decks
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65 real M&A presentations in an Excel sheet from SEC filings
Note: PDF or PPT are not provided. You view the decks in URLs.
- 65 M&A presentations
- 20 top-tier investment banks
- 827 slides
- 32 sections
- Only public collection of bank decks
- Automated delivery
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Video Introduction
Here is a quick 3-minute video on what is in the Basic investment banking presentation collection so you are sure of what you are getting.
You will see:
- What the Excel file looks like
- The fields in it as well as the sheets
- Examples of the banking presentations you’ll see
- How you see the presentation (As I keep being asked!)
Images
Slide examples
Have a look at some images of what you can expect to see in the decks.
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What the differences are by package?
Details are listed on the link:
- Decks by year
- Decks by firm
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What you’ll recieve
You recieve and Exel file (with filters) with links to view the M&A decks.
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# of decks
- 65 banking decks
- Selected for quality
# of banks
- 20 different banks
- Selected from top tier banks
Real decks
- Used on live deals by paying clients
- Filed with the SEC
Excel sheet
- Structured Excel file
- Filter each header
Unlocked
- Simple sheet, nothing weird
- You can add comments etc
Links to decks
- Each deck is linked to their SEC filing
- These are images not PowerPoint
need
Do you want to see real M&A presentations?
Wonder what M&A presentations look like?
Regardless of whether you are a student in Uni hoping to get into banking, or even an MD in M&A already, knowing what presentations look like is massively useful. You can get ideas for how to structure slides. how smart...
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Maybe a friend might share something with you privately, but it will be 1-3 decks, and not more than that and not from more than their bank. Bankers take confidentiality seriously and the decks they make for clients are never...
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I want you to be able to get smarter, so here is a collection of presentations to learn from that isn’t available anywhere on the internet!
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Why no one can see real M&A presentations
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Banker work is confidential
- Banks are always under strict NDA
- They legally can’t share information publicly
- The legal department would never let them if asked!
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Clients have only downside in info being public
- Most M&A deals destroy shareholder value
- If you were the CEO would you want that documented publicly?
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There is zero upside to share
- No one is getting a bonus or a promotion for sharing the information
- Banks are not more likely to get new clients
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Proprietary information
- How banks make presentations is proprietary
- How they model, format etc is a trade secret
- Why teach the competition?
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No one wants to look bad
- Look, everyone makes mistakes so better to have less scrutiny
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Get the basic version
Or check out the other versions that suit your learning goals.
Basic (Analyst)
- 65 presentations
- 20 banks
- All the free decks
Premium (VP)
- 374 decks
- 73 banks
- Great selection
Pro (MD)
- 2,473 decks
- 204 bank/advisors
- Full database
Why
Why I made this resource for you
You get very little support as a junior banker, but you’re still expected to do amazing things.
I worked in M&A (Lazard) and I found it overly painful to learn how to present analysis, let alone what I even needed to cover! I would trawl through old presentations on the drive to draw upon, but it was a nightmare.
I’m older now and I still need to make technical presentations. Seeing how it was done before saves sooo much time!
I want to make life easier for you regardless of your job you can learn too.
HOW
How I made this collection
I figured out a loophole. Under certain transactions, banks have to file information with the SEC to protect minority shareholders.
- I blew weeks figuring out how to extract decks from the SEC
- I then trained and paid someone to manually collate the info over weeks
- I manually cleaned the data set as best I could
- I paid a Twitter engineer to add metadata such as industry filters
You can click through and see 65 example presentations by bank.
purchase
Get the basic version
Or the Premium and Pro version if you want more?
Basic (Analyst)
- 65 presentations
- 20 banks
- All the free decks
Premium (VP)
- 374 decks
- 73 banks
- Great selection
Pro (MD)
- 2,473 decks
- 204 bank/advisors
- Full database
purchase option details
3 File Options Overview & Stats
I made three versions of this file to suit individual goals and budgets. This page is the Basic version
Basic
I made 40 free blogs, 20 for the top investment banks with 65 presentations in total, and 20 with 837 slides of specific examples by topic from 1,500 decks I went through.
I always give away massive free value. I charge more for convenience and generally more of it.
This is a collection of 67 of free presentations in one file you can link to and read from the comfort of your Excel file.
It’s a nice intro to all the fun reading you could continue with.
Premium
The Premium file has 374 presentations from 73 investment banks. I did focus on the top banks, as I know that’s what you care about.
It is the free file plus 307 more goodness. I spent multiple nights trawling through around 1500 presentations to pick these. I picked top firms, but also diversity of learnings. Some transactions have the best presentations, so I spent time trying to pick the best ones.
It all comes in a file similar to the Basic file. The Pro one has more fields and generally everything but is not curated.
Pro
If you’re not really interested in learning about banking, or this stuff is not your job, skip this file. Get the Premium file as it is enough for you to get solid learnings. The Pro version is for bankers.
This version is effectively a cleaned-up version of my master research file. Ignoring the time I spent figuring out the data, training the analyst, cleaning up and filling in her data, she cost me 125.5 hours (which seems a clean number, but I limited her to 40 hours per week, so 3 plus a bit of clean up makes sense).
There are 3,814 rows of data. I stopped around 2001 as the data became less interesting. It’s only around 2005(ish) that all presentations are uploaded as images. From 2001 to 2003 they are between text and image as text. I don’t know how the requirements changed from the SEC.
There are 200ish text-based presentations which I manually labelled as Text Presentations.
I’ve done mass manipulation of the text fields and made other assumptions. Where there are multiple advisors, I picked the first name or the format that was used. I did a lot of name reduction (Merrill Lynch was subsumed into Bank of America etc). Bla bla. Basically, I blew a lot of time trying to clean it all up for you within reason.
This file is not just a presentation like the other two. It’s every single attachment that a firm was legally required to submit. So you get the links to opinions, fairness opinions, financial analysis bla bla.
I sort of made this for bankers who have to do take-private transactions and want a monster index to make their job easier.
who
Who the heck is sharing cool stuff with me!?
Hey! It’s me Alexander Jarvis. I love to teach you nerdy stuff.
- Worked in M&A (Lazard financial institutions group)
- I blog a lot to teach you interesting stuff
- TEDx, Top Quora Writer, accelerator mentor, VC, fund director, built startups, etc
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Purchase guide and note
Let’s just get clear so you know how purchasing works so we agree there is no non-sense
Buying the sheets
- Payment and delivery of the model is 100% automated!
- It’s hosted on SamCart and payment is via Stripe (Secure)
- There are no refunds. These are digital goods you can’t return
- If you have questions ask me first in the chat or via email
- If you aren’t sure if this is the right sheet for you, ask me!
Getting the sheets
- Upon purchase you can download (If there is an upsell page or 300, just click pass till the end page, lol)
- You will get a confirmation email from SamCart
- Delivery of the model is automated so chill if there is a delay!
- The file comes in a zip file. You need to unzip it (e.g. WinZip)
- If you’re really stuck, ping me an email or via chat box!
Legal Note
Some corporate customers are concerned about the “legalities” this file. No stress as I purposefully limit how useful I am to you to be as legal as I can.
Information is publicly sourced and protected by Securities Exchange Act, 17 U.S.C. § 78ll (1) (D).
I do not sell copyright information. All of the banks’ information is served on the SEC site and not mine. You have no concerns.
FAQs
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Random stuff
Why I made this
I love learning. I worked in a lot of amazing places, but when I think back, I hated how hard it was to learn anything. People don’t like sharing information.
In 2009 I found it impossible to learn about startup, so I bought a domain called OpenSourceStartup.com with the goal of making it easier to learn to build a startup. It didn’t go far because I was uneducated.
I know more now.
I left banking a decade ago and yeah, I hated how hard it was to learn there given the daily pressure.
One night I was making collections of learning content and thought I wonder if I could do something for M&A?
I remember what it was like as an Undergrad to get into M&A. I had to hustle my way in. I saved up money to buy guides which were ok. I did whatever it took to get internships. Getting information is hard.
I have the resources to make cool stuff now, so I do.
How this was made
This was a lot of work:
- Two days figuring out how to get investment banking presentations without anyone breaking an NDA.
- 8 hours trying to figure out a scaleable process to aggregate them so I could hire someone to build a database.
- A lot of money on a research analyst who spent 125.5 hours building the index for the past 10 years.
- 2 weeks cleaning the data, then manually clicking through over 1500 presentations to make selections for you.
- Hired a former Twitter engineer to add industry columns so you can filter
- And more time…
The sheets have just been updated to 2022.
Who this is for
Anyone who wants to learn to make better presentations!
Sure, if you want to do banking it could help, but if you are in banking already, it will be awesome!
If you ever have to write a PowerPoint presentation then here is a resource for you to be better than all your colleagues.
What the F am I getting?
Ok, I get it. Anyone can be a dog on the internet.
- Excel file with filters
- Formatted pretty
- A list of links to the SEC website where the deck is shown in a series of images on a clean webpage
- These images and NOT PowerPoint files! You can not get PPT files!
- I don’t sell PDF files etc as that might be illegal (maybe)
- Basic: I picked the top 20 banks and the best presentations I could show to you for free which you can read on the site. You can pay a nominal amount for a file with links to them all
- Premium: It’s the free + a bunch more. I clicked through around 1500 fecking links, scrolled to identify unique presentations, and picked the interesting ones (that took about 4 very dull nights)
- Pro: I made this huge index of filings. We stopped when the filings weren’t useful. I had this girl do 4 weeks of work (126 hours) and then I spent a week cleaning it up. I made small versions to give away for free and a mid-upsell. The Pro is my entire index of every filing since around 2001. Every fairness opinion, financial analysis etc that is required to be uploaded is here. Well, I figured out a legal requirement that I’m not explaining, so there are all the docs under those rules
FAQ
Do the sheets work with Google docs?
It’s a simple Excel file. You can upload it to Google Sheets if you wanted, but I don’t know why you would. If you don’t have Excel (?) then don’t buy it.
Do the sheets work on Mac?
I build crazy models so this question is reasonable otherwise. These is just some text boxes and links. There is zero compatibility issues.
Support
There is no support. It’s basically a list of links. If you don’t have rudimentary computer skills, please don’t buy anything!
What do I need to use this model?
- You need Excel
- This works on both Mac and PC
- If you are on Linux, then you aren’t asking this because you’re likely smarter than I am
Refunds?
No refunds.
These are digital goods. You can’t return them.
If you aren’t sure if this is for you ask me your questions first. I may be slow, but I will respond.
You can email me or hit me up on live chat (If I’m around).
What if there is an error?
It’s a list of data points.
It is not a model.
For the basic and premium sheet, I’m pretty sure every data field is correct.
For the pro aka master index, there is like 3k rows. I mass-manipulated data and did some manual spot checks. I guarantee there are some categorisation errors. If you want to pay me a standard banking fee of $250k I can guarantee accuracy while in the Maldives.
Do you send updates?
No. If 1000 people buy a year, sure.
Frankly, this will all be useful for 10 years.
purchase
Get the basic version
Or check out the other versions that suit your learning goals.
Basic (Analyst)
- 65 presentations
- 20 banks
- All the free decks
Premium (VP)
- 374 decks
- 73 banks
- Great selection
Pro (MD)
- 2,473 decks
- 204 bank/advisors
- Full database
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Jill – welcome. Thanks for saying so.
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