you call that marketing skill? I call it reverse valuation ROFL
you don't value the company of your client, or target co. if it's a M&A deal, client will tell you the perceived value of his firm and it's up to you to find reasons to support his valuation and get the deal done. DCF? Comparable ratios you learnt in Uni? go chuck it into the dustbin. LOL

the ugly fact is, people in IBK has better bonus relative to the efforts put in by their more hardworking brethren from the execution side. after all IB is still about sales/deal, if you get the deal, you're the MAN.

Think of execution team as the machine operator on the manufacturing floor while IBK as the thick face salesman peddling their wares.

=) somebody got offended pretty hard eh. IB freshie with the know it all attitude.

My fav quote:-

"Winning an argument on the Internet is like winning a contest at the Special Olympics you may have won but who did you beat?"

Regards,

A mere spectator in the paralympic game. ROFL