2 unrelated questions: assert finance & leasing and networking

Hi,

I have a couple of questions:

  • I'm interested in M&A advisory. If I were to get a job in asset finance and leasing, how hard to you think it would be to switch to M&A in the future? Is the work similar? (I still have to do research, just wanted to ask here first)

  • I got business cards from 2 analysts who help with hiring. I'm not particularly interested in working at the local branch of the bank, but they said that if I apply for an internship in London, I should shoot them an email and they can ask HR to "put my CV on the top of the pile", i.e. at least I can be reasonably certain that my CV will get a read. Should I email both of them? They work in the same office and it may be odd if I contact them both with the same request.

By the way, this took place at a workshop that I participated in and which was organized by the bank, so hopefully they can put a face with my name and will actually make the effort to help out (I guess it all depends on how I performed in the workshop).

Thanks

 

If you can stay away from leasing. seriously!

"After you work on Wall Street it’s a choice, would you rather work at McDonalds or on the sell-side? I would choose McDonalds over the sell-side.” - David Tepper
 
Silverback88:
Any particular reason why?

Where i work has a large leasing side, which i'm not involved with, so as a consequence we get senior leasing guys coming for us for help/ changing their career into corporate finance.

the people coming from leasing are verging on mentally retarded, narr that's a bit harsh they are just very boring slow moving frustrating people in a frustrating market. you want to kill yourself after an afternoon eves dropping on them.

"After you work on Wall Street it’s a choice, would you rather work at McDonalds or on the sell-side? I would choose McDonalds over the sell-side.” - David Tepper
 

I actually have an interview coming up next week with the Asset Backed Finance group of a BB, but to be completely honest, I'm not quite sure what this group does. Are they basically creating things like CMOs, CLOs, and CDOs? Is there anything else? Also, what are the pay and exit opps like from this group?

Any insight would be much appreciated!

 

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