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title: What's The Big Deal? Newsletter + Podcast by Wall Street Prep
description: The weekly newsletter & podcast where former Barclays Director Deborah Taylor and Ares Principal Graham Smith break down the biggest deals on Wall Street.
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**Free Weekly Newsletter & Video Podcast**

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## Go beyond the headlines

Every Friday, take 5 to read the hottest market moves, or 25 to watch former Barclays Director Deborah Taylor and Ares Principal Graham Smith break down the deals all finance professionals should know.

# See what you're missing

### 👀 Check out the newsletter

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### 📺 Watch the experts in action

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# Meet your hosts

![Deborah Taylor](https://webmail.wallstreetprep.com/hubfs/deborah-taylor.jpg)

Deborah Taylor Former Director, Barclays

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Deborah has over 7 years of industry experience in equity research, accounting, and valuation.

She was a Director at Barclays Equity Research, specialising in accounting and valuation as part of a top-ranked sector team, and later served as Co-Head of Sustainable and Thematic Investing, focusing on corporate governance, tax, and regulation.

![Graham Smith](https://webmail.wallstreetprep.com/hubfs/graham-smith.jpg)

Graham Smith Former Principal, Ares Management

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Graham has 20 years of experience spanning investment banking, private credit, and entrepreneurship.

He has founded two startups, leading fundraising, strategy, and operations. He previously spent a decade as a founding member and Principal in Ares Management’s European private credit team, and began his career at Lehman Brothers advising financial institutions on M&A transactions.

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