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Anonymous A

on Aug 13, 2024

Global

Newsletters and Sources at MBB

Hi All,

I am joining MBB soon and want to be up to date on all current affairs and stuff.

As a student i had access to all premium articles and daily/weekly newsletters from:

Economist, WSJ, Bloomberg, HBR, FT, etc….

I wanted to ask, what is the norm for consultants at MBB to follow, i.e:

1. What sources/newsletters do they keep up with mostly

2. Does MBB provide premium memberships to the above listed sites to get access to all the news and current affairs?

Thanks in advance

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Florian

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on Aug 13, 2024

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Hi there,

Curate a feed on your social media of choice so you have a high density of articles and publications that interest you - some firms do offer subscriptions to certain outlets (depends on firm and office)
Use your firm's internal documents and research to stay up to date. They are often more cutting-edge than anything that shows up in the press

Cheers,

Florian

Udayan

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on Aug 13, 2024

Top rated Case & PEI coach/Multiple real offers/McKinsey EM in New York /12 years recruiting experience

That is a good collection. In addition you may want to plug into newsletters, podcasts etc for industries you are most interested in.

Usually they do not provide subscriptions to news sources, unless it is needed as part of a project.

Benjamin

Coach

on Aug 23, 2024

Ex-BCG Principal | 8+ years consulting experience in SEA | BCG top interviewer & top performer

Hi,

At BCG we had access to certain key business/news sources that we could sign up with using our BCG email.

While it's great that you want to keep up to date, I actually think many consultants in reality don't have time to do so ;). More importantly, it doesn't necessarily negatively impact your trajectory if you dont keep up with news religiously.

All the best!