FINRA Series 79 prep for investment banking representative candidates exam help

The Series 79, Investment Banking Representative Exam, assesses whether an entry-level investment banking representative can advise on or facilitate debt and equity offerings, private placements, public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, tender offers, financial restructurings, asset sales, divestitures, and business combinations. FINRA lists 75 scored multiple-choice items, 2 hours and 30 minutes of testing time, a 73% passing score, a $395 fee, and SIE as a corequisite. The current content outline adds 5 unidentified pretest items, so candidates see 80 total questions. Candidates must be associated with and sponsored by a FINRA member firm or other applicable SRO member firm to be eligible. FINRA's outline allocates 37 scored items to collection, analysis, and evaluation of data, 20 to underwriting/new financing transactions, types of offerings, and registration of securities, and 18 to M&A, tender offers, and financial restructuring transactions. HiraEdu builds Series 79 preparation around valuation, financial statements, due diligence, capital structure, registration exemptions, securities offerings, underwriting process, deal documents, fairness opinions, tender offer rules, M&A process, restructuring concepts, and Prometric scheduling readiness.