{"id":14736,"date":"2025-01-16T09:18:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T08:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blue-cap.de\/newsletter-q3-2024-blue-cap-insights-2\/"},"modified":"2025-01-16T09:17:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T08:17:30","slug":"newsletter-q1-2025-blue-cap-insights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blue-cap.de\/en\/newsletter-q1-2025-blue-cap-insights\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Cap Insights"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blue Cap Insights<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[71,94],"tags":[],"acf":{"header_bg_type":"fd_header-basic","header_bg_images":{"header_bg_image":"none","header_bg_image_position":false,"header_bg_image_desktop":false,"header_bg_image_mobile":false,"header_bg_video":false},"global_variable_fields":[{"acf_fc_layout":"textblock_default","textblock_h1":false,"textblock_headline":"Blue Cap Insights","headline_color":"fd_tcolor-black","headline_size":"fd_text-h2","headline_background":"fd_headline-bg-none","headline_line":"fd_headline-line-none","textblock_subline":"Interview with Benjamin Bracq","textblock_subline_color":"fd_tcolor-accent","textblocks":[{"textblock_accent_color":"fd_headline-bg fd_headline-bg-white fd_tcolor-black","textblock_text_color":"fd_tcolor-black","textblock_weight":"fd_tweight-bold","textblock_accent":"","textblock_text":"The development and training of young talents is also a key issue at Blue Cap. 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Why did you decide to do an internship with us last summer?"},{"textblock_accent_color":"fd_headline-bg fd_headline-bg-white fd_tcolor-black","textblock_text_color":"fd_tcolor-black","textblock_weight":"fd_tweight-normal","textblock_accent":"","textblock_text":"I already had a strong interest in company valuations during my studies. As part of my master's thesis, I developed an investment tool that values listed companies and graphically shows the assumptions behind the current market price. At Blue Cap, I saw the opportunity to carry out in-depth company analyses on the one hand and to gain insights into the decision-making processes of experienced colleagues in potential transactions on the other - for example, what reasons speak in favor of an investment, what makes a deal attractive or why a company might be less interesting for us."},{"textblock_accent_color":"fd_headline-bg fd_headline-bg-black fd_tcolor-white","textblock_text_color":"fd_tcolor-black","textblock_weight":"fd_tweight-bold","textblock_accent":"","textblock_text":"Has this internship influenced your personal career development? Are there any projects or experiences that you particularly enjoyed?"},{"textblock_accent_color":"fd_headline-bg fd_headline-bg-black fd_tcolor-white","textblock_text_color":"fd_tcolor-black","textblock_weight":"fd_tweight-normal","textblock_accent":"","textblock_text":"Right at the beginning of my internship, my goal was to move to a permanent position as an analyst at Blue Cap. I liked that because it gave me a clear perspective for my development. In my day-to-day work, I was fully integrated into the portfolio and investment team right from the start and was also involved in on-site meetings with the portfolio companies. This gave me a quick overview of the respective topics and processes in the portfolio companies. "},{"textblock_accent_color":"fd_headline-bg fd_headline-bg-black fd_tcolor-white","textblock_text_color":"fd_tcolor-black","textblock_weight":"fd_tweight-bold","textblock_accent":"","textblock_text":"What tasks and projects do you particularly enjoy here? "},{"textblock_accent_color":"fd_headline-bg fd_headline-bg-white fd_tcolor-black","textblock_text_color":"fd_tcolor-black","textblock_weight":"fd_tweight-normal","textblock_accent":"","textblock_text":"For me, the combination of two things is exciting: on the one hand, the quantitative analysis of companies, their figures and financial modeling. And on the other hand, looking at softer factors such as markets, product portfolios and underlying trends. This means I'm always learning something new and have the opportunity to regularly familiarize myself in detail with certain industries and sectors. This helps me to constantly broaden my horizons and skillset. 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