Point72's internship could land a dream gig at Steve Cohen's $24 billion fund. Here's what you need to know.

Hi. Aaron Weinman here. Let's talk about interns, specifically the rigorous program on offer at Steve Cohen's $24 billion hedge fund Point72.

And of course, there's our Banker of the Week!

Shall we?

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1. Here's how to stand out among the pack for Steve Cohen. The hedge-fund manager and New York Mets owner founded the $24.4 billion fund Point72, and its internship is one of the most sought after on Wall Street.

Importantly, a summer internship is often a precursor to the Point72 Academy — a 10-month training program for college graduates and early-career folks looking to carve out a living as an investment analyst.

The firm gets about 16,000 applications a year for Point72 Academy, but only 40 or so people make the cut each year. Therefore, impressing as an intern is one of the best ways to nab a spot.

The chosen ones go through rotations across Point72's 25 investment teams, and they also get to hone their ideas with priceless pitching skills. And who knows, maybe the interns might get to learn pitching skills with some of Cohen's Mets aces, like Jacob deGrom and Edwin Díaz.

Insider's Alyson Velati chatted with two portfolio managers and a program director at Point72, who shared the most impressive traits among the firm's summer interns.

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10. And here's our Friday Banker of the Week. Meet Dipanjan "DJ" Deb. He's the co-founder and chief executive at Francisco Partners.

The private-equity firm has just raised $17 billion in new capital, and Deb told Insider he's eyeing a bunch of assets throughout the tech space from adtech to healthtech.

Check out the full story here, and learn about Deb and his decision to leave one of the most well-known investment firms to start his own shop.

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• Carlyle's credit platform led the debt financing to support Clayton, Dubilier & Rice's acquisition of Atalian and OCS Group. The debt package includes a so-called unitranche loan, which comprises a mixture of loans that sit on various parts of a company's capital structure.
• Ardian, Groupe Casino, Bpifrance, and Tikehau Capital will acquire a majority stake in GreenYellow, a French energy company. Ardian's infrastructure team led proceedings.

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Curated by Aaron Weinman in New York. Tips? Email aweinman@insider.com or tweet @aaronw11. Edited by Hallam Bullock (tweet @hallam_bullock) in London.