Boston Area
by aspiringmonkeyi... (Senior Orangutan, 409 Points) on 2/19/07 at 2:09pm
Screening Criteria
1) Geographic Location: Boston Area
2) Industry Classification: Investment Banking and Brokerage
3) Business Description: investment bankBear Stearns Companies Inc. (NYSE:BSC)
The Blackstone Group
Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.
BDO Seidman, LLP
Keefe, Bruyette, & Woods, Inc.
Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc. (NasdaqNM:TWPG)
RBC Capital Markets Corporation
Babson Capital ManagementLLC
First Albany Companies Inc. (NasdaqNM:FACT)
Advest, Inc.
Gordon Brothers Group, LLC
First Southwest Company
Needham & Company, LLC
Friedman Billings Ramsey Group Inc. (NYSE:FBR)
Jefferies & Company, Inc.
Harris Nesbitt Corp.
Valuation Research Corporation
Canaccord Adams
Barclays Capital
ThinkEquity Partners LLC
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.
BTMU Capital Corporation
Leerink Swann & Company, Inc.
Fechtor, Detwiler & Co. Inc
Advest Group, Inc.
America's Growth Capital LLC
Baldwin & Clarke Corporate Finance, Inc.
Boston Capital Advisors, LLC
Boston Consulting Group, Corporate Finance
Catalyst Group, The
Colchester Partners, LLC
Consensus Advisors LLC
Consilium Partners LLC
Converge Capital, Inc.
Copley Browne, Inc.
Covington Associates LLC
Custom House Equity Partners, LLC
Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown Inc.
Duff & Phelps, LLC
FAC Equities
Ferghana Partners Group
First Healthcare Partners, LLC
Fleet M&A Advisors
Game Plan LLC
Global Business Exchange, Inc.
Gryphon Management Company, Inc.
Harris Williams LLC
Headwaters MB
Ironwood Capital Ltd.
Kaufman & Company, LLC
Not a ton of banking in Boston. Lazard has an office here, as does Harris Williams. Jefferies had a technology group here, but not sure if that is still the case. Other banks include BMO, BB&T, AGC, Capstone, BBH (not 100% on having a banking group), Cowen, Needham & Co., MHT Advisors + others. I'm sure there are some solid industry focused banks I am leaving out.
Some of the larger banks have a presence here (BAML, Barclays, DB, William Blair), but I can't confirm which groups have a presence (my impression is that it is mostly ER/PWM/AM/S&T).
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Anybody know anything about C.W. downer? Dealflow, bonus, comp, culture, etc? Didnt really find much on the web or here. Thanks.
I interned there. Dealflow is really good - always things in the pipeline. They do a lot of industrials and materials, along with some healthcare (I worked a really big healthcare deal while I was there - basically some European conglomerate was sitting on a pile of cash and said, "Hey, find us some targets to acquire!" Seriously.) The people are AWESOME and you don't get shit on. Latest I've seen either of the 2 analysts stay is midnight. Office is about 15 people but they also have international operations in Europe and Asia. Comp is pretty much street but I think bonus is lower.
Best Boston Ibanks for Part Time Fall Internship (Originally Posted: 04/28/2015)
Hello WSO,
I am currently a junior at a target school and will be doing Big 4 audit in Boston this summer because I didn't get any IB Summer Analyst offers from banks. I still plan on applying to banks in the fall for full time positions, and was thinking of trying to get a part time internship at a bank in Boston for the end of August and fall semester. Does anyone know of any reputable banks of any size that would be interested in a part time fall intern in Boston? And if so, the best way to go about getting the internship? I'm just looking for a place that would give me the best shot at landing a full time offer for after graduation at a larger/more prestigious bank. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Most firms don't actively recruit for fall internships which means you have to take the initiative. Compile a list of the banks in your area and start calling them up. Your biggest concern at the moment should not be which one is the 'best' bank, but which one you can get an internship with.
Check out Versailles Group, AGC Partners, and Consilium Partners (Wellesley). There likely won't be a formal process and I wouldn't expect to be paid much (if anything) but I'm pretty sure all three have taken on part time interns. Usually Bentley or Babson kids from what I've seen.
Boston for banking? (Originally Posted: 01/13/2010)
I know NYC is the financial center of the US, and SF is the second and good for tech and stuff. Also charlotte has some banks like Bank of America. But how about Boston for finance and banking? Does anyone have experience here?
What banks are in Boston and is there a Wall Street (Montgomery Street) for this city? Would like some info before I visit next month, thanks.
I couldn't even post in the AXA advisors thread because of how utterly worthless that firm is. Go to NYC if you ever want to do finance, though I doubt it'd help either you or the OP much considering you are both lazy women with no real skillsets. Chicago is horrible for everything except FOREX trading and unlike you, most people on this site have greater aspirations than being a "trader's assistant" at a 3rd tier shop like nico.
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All jokes aside, I know two girl's who do "finance" in bean town & both suck more cock than Andy Dick on a three day ecstasy binge; and one got shipped to another office because her boss overheard her telling her male co worker that she wanted him to pound her out in the bathroom before lunch. Thats a true story.
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1styearbanker, it's sad how you're out here to demoralize people, more so women just cuz they probably don't have or didn't get the best opportunities as you did.
I'll even refrain from commenting on half the things you said simply because it'd be a waste of my time to tell you what skillsets I have or what my career aspirations are. It's pretty pathetic how you waste your time telling people they're good for nothing when I have my doubts on how capable you really are.
Sexist retards like you really shouldn't have a place on this forum where people come to seek genuine advice than get meaningless insults.
And FYI, I live in NYC.
like buttercup, i've heard many people say that chicago is second after nyc for IB.
i don't see why you are so anti-chicago, it's a beautiful city with a significantly lower tax burden and cost of living than nyc.
not to mention the fact that when i get off the plane at laguardia, i'm convinced I got misdirected to a haitian refugee camp until i get my bearings straight.
Why would you apply to crappy 3rd tier firms in chicago, there's plenty of 3rd tier crappy firms in NYC.
Also, Chicago is forex trading and prop trading decent only, anyone who works and has a job knows this. Banking centers are concentrated in NYC, San Francisco, Houston for gas/energy/nats, and Charlotte.
The city itself is a shithole, as is Boston. Both are festering toilets that anyone in IBD should avoid. And as enjoyable as it is making fun of monumental failures like buttercup that don't get any of my jokes, I believe I'm done with this particular thread.
To above idiot: Yes, my schtick is to be a pretentious snot, thank you for pointing that out. By the way, maybe there is a reason you fly la guardia.
Why would you apply to crappy 3rd tier firms in chicago, there's plenty of 3rd tier crappy firms in NYC.
Also, Chicago is forex trading and prop trading decent only, anyone who works and has a job knows this. Banking centers are concentrated in NYC, San Francisco, Houston for gas/energy/nats, and Charlotte.
The city itself is a shithole, as is Boston. Both are festering toilets that anyone in IBD should avoid. And as enjoyable as it is making fun of monumental failures like buttercup that don't get any of my jokes, I believe I'm done with this particular thread.
To above idiot: Yes, my schtick is to be a pretentious snot, thank you for pointing that out. By the way, maybe there is a reason you fly la guardia.
Henry Paulson (and many other notable bankers) would have something to say to you about banking in Chicago.
Btw, your flamboyant snottiness is only matched by the Sex in the City commercials that interrupt my Seinfeld reruns on TBS.
Fly laguardia as opposed to having your personal helipad 1styearbanker? how much more shallow do you get anyway? As far as jokes go, you've only made one on this thread and a pretty lame one at that. I think we've got better people on this forum to take advice from than getting lashed out by a pretentious incapable loser like you.
I'm located in Boston. Pretty huge difference when it comes to work-life balance, but the experience is no where near the same as it was (or could be) in NYC (or other finance hubs, like SF -- not Charlotte, 1YB only mentioned Charlotte because he works at BofA and wants to feel like his bank's HQ is actually important).
As a city, Boston is phenomenal. Everything is reasonably close, and the scene at most bars is great. Not quite as good-looking as NYC, but what it lacks in looks it makes up for in straight booze....iness (?). Not sure that makes sense, but Boston is extremely enjoyable when it comes time for a Friday/Saturday/Tuesday night on the town.
westfald.... Where do these girls work and where may I get in touch with them? Sound like my type of women (or at least I can hook my roommate up with them).
westfald.... Where do these girls work and where may I get in touch with them? Sound like my type of women (or at least I can hook my roommate up with them).
JimU, I would be happy to. PM me, I may have a certain consulting firm's cocktail mixer that you would end up having a good, wait scratch that, mediocre time at.
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fembot -- no Wall Street here. Most banks are going to be pretty spread out. International Place (on High and Oliver Streets) house a few offices of the BBs and some MM banks, but there are a lot of banks mid-town in the Copley Square/Prudential area.
Honestly, it really depends on which bank you're going to. If it's a Harris Williams, you're fine -- and if the bank is HQ'd in Boston, which some MM/boutiques are, you'll be fine. But if it's a BB or a satellite office, the experience can be less than spectacular. Rarely will you get a situation where you work 60-70 hours a week and only work on live deals (that's my life, but I don't know many other bankers in Boston who share the same luck).
lol at first year. if you fly into jfk you have to deal with driving through the length of that third world country called queens.
please don't tell me you fly into newark- that is just too declasse for a man of 3.5 gpa prestige.
anyways, i doubt you have the balls to perform your so called shtick at the office or even off-line.
enjoy being an internet tough guy.
Wow at the responses, but I am mostly concerned with boston, not chicago. jimbrowning, I am looking at boutiques focusing on restructuring in Boston, and I'm coming next month to visit some family. However I'm open to any IBD position.
"I'm located in Boston. Pretty huge difference when it comes to work-life balance, but the experience is no where near the same as it was (or could be) in NYC (or other finance hubs, like SF -- not Charlotte, 1YB only mentioned Charlotte because he works at BofA and wants to feel like his bank's HQ is actually important). "
Fine, I'll take off Charlotte. However, NYC and SF are the only banking hubs in my eyes, one for each side of the coast. There's no way chicago or boston even apply.
you do know that while san francisco is definitely important, chicago is the second most important financial center in the united states, right?
what about houston for energy? do they count in your eyes, or does the fact that the banks there are full of those ratty UT-Austin state school kids make you throw up in your mouth?
you do know that while san francisco is definitely important, chicago is the second most important financial center in the united states, right?
what about houston for energy? do they count in your eyes, or does the fact that the banks there are full of those ratty UT-Austin state school kids make you throw up in your mouth?
HEY MAN, cool it.
u might meet the all omnipotent jeffrey chiang at one of those banks. that's a huge perk for being in houston
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"you do know that while san francisco is definitely important, chicago is the second most important financial center in the united states, right?
what about houston for energy? do they count in your eyes, or does the fact that the banks there are full of those ratty UT-Austin state school kids make you throw up in your mouth?"
Like I said many times, chicago is fine for FOREX and prop trading. Not really for banking. Houston's a piece of crap, so no they do not count in my eyes considering energy is sort of for losers.
M6V10: NYC's IQ has been diluted by the throngs of immigrant street peddlers lurking about the 6th ave corridor from the Empire State Bldg to Times Square.
Off Cycle IB Internships in Boston (Originally Posted: 08/11/2014)
Hello Everyone:
I am a rising second year Finance Masters student at a non target school in Boston. I graduate in MAY 2015. Currently I am doing internship at a small investment management firm. I have found it really difficult to apply for full time IB jobs at big firms as I don't have the internship with them or IB experience at similar firm. Only solution I feel is to have an internship during Fall or Spring and try to convert that or at-least get some networks.
Second issue in that is I am in Boston and in FALL and SPRING I cannot work outside Boston as I will be going to school that time. I checked most of the big banks. All of them have wealth management office in Boston and not the IBD or corporate finance.
What should I do folks? Should I try Wealth Management at these firms or try to go for boutique or regional IB firm (which may not extend full time) here. Outside IB I am comfortable with current internship and have few connections so that I can secure a full time in financial services firm but not in IB.
Does anyone have experience with Lazard/Evercore/Jefferies office in Boston? Do they hire off-cycle candidates? What is your advice for searching such internship?
Check out AGC Partners. They're a TMT focused boutique based in Boston. They don't have the greatest rep but I'm almost positive they offer off-cycle internships.
Boston Boutique Banks Recruiting Schedule? (Originally Posted: 02/21/2013)
Anyone have a general idea about when they usually start their interview processes? I've heard that its fairly late, starting around now/beginning of March...is it still worth cold-calling and cold-emailing them? This is in regards to a summer analyst position btw.
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the following come to mind:
canaccord adams (old adams harkness)
harris williams
brown brothers
revolution partners
....will post more if they come to mind
also, the info below was posted awhile back
Boston Area by aspiringmonkeyi... (Senior Orangutan, 409 Points) on 2/19/07 at 2:09pm Screening Criteria 1) Geographic Location: Boston Area 2) Industry Classification: Investment Banking and Brokerage 3) Business Description: investment bank Bear Stearns Companies Inc. (NYSE:BSC) The Blackstone Group Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. BDO Seidman, LLP Keefe, Bruyette, & Woods, Inc. Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc. (NasdaqNM:TWPG) RBC Capital Markets Corporation Babson Capital Management LLC First Albany Companies Inc. (NasdaqNM:FACT) Advest, Inc. Gordon Brothers Group, LLC First Southwest Company Needham & Company, LLC Friedman Billings Ramsey Group Inc. (NYSE:FBR) Jefferies & Company, Inc. Harris Nesbitt Corp. Valuation Research Corporation Canaccord Adams Barclays Capital ThinkEquity Partners LLC Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. BTMU Capital Corporation Leerink Swann & Company, Inc. Fechtor, Detwiler & Co. Inc Advest Group, Inc. America's Growth Capital LLC Baldwin & Clarke Corporate Finance, Inc. Boston Capital Advisors, LLC Boston Consulting Group, Corporate Finance Catalyst Group, The Colchester Partners, LLC Consensus Advisors LLC Consilium Partners LLC Converge Capital, Inc. Copley Browne, Inc. Covington Associates LLC Custom House Equity Partners, LLC Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown Inc. Duff & Phelps, LLC FAC Equities Ferghana Partners Group First Healthcare Partners, LLC Fleet M&A Advisors Game Plan LLC Global Business Exchange, Inc. Gryphon Management Company, Inc. Harris Williams LLC Headwaters MB Ironwood Capital Ltd. Kaufman & Company, LLC
State Street
Isn't BDO an accounting firm?
but their "investment banking" arm is called Trenwith securties (or something along those lines).
primarily a PIPE player, from my experience.
You know what capitalism is? Getting fucked.
Ah - gotcha
Any BBs have good offices in Boston?
The list up there may not be accurate. They probably include PWM offices. I am only looking for M+A.
IIRC, DB has a few bankers out there.
The best bank in Boston is Jefferies Broadview. Most finance jobs though in Boston are in asset management, VC and private equity.
Lazard TMT is in Boston, so you might want to consider that. I'm pretty sure they run recruiting out of NYC though.
edit: 100th banana!
Anybody has any idea which of these firms offer part-time internships to students during the semester?
Network with people and find out!
Top I-Banks in Boston, MA (Originally Posted: 02/20/2014)
Hey everyone,
Have not really researched this region -- so wanted to know which I-banks are highly ranked and are the top in the Boston area? Thanks!
bump
you can search by industry and zip code right here: http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/wso-company-database
are you serious with the intra-day bump bro.
Not a ton of banking in Boston. Lazard has an office here, as does Harris Williams. Jefferies had a technology group here, but not sure if that is still the case. Other banks include BMO, BB&T, AGC, Capstone, BBH (not 100% on having a banking group), Cowen, Needham & Co., MHT Advisors + others. I'm sure there are some solid industry focused banks I am leaving out.
Some of the larger banks have a presence here (BAML, Barclays, DB, William Blair), but I can't confirm which groups have a presence (my impression is that it is mostly ER/PWM/AM/S&T).
Jefferies, Blackstone, Barclays, Harris Williams, Piper Jaffray
to name a few
Add Oppenheimer, Cannacord Genuity, CW Downer, TM Capital, Consensus Advisors to the list. The firms section on WSO will have a ton as well.
I believe Blackstone runs their technology group out of Boston
BBH is research in Boston, I thought? Lazard office is teeny tiny, 20 people tops.
Yea, I was just guessing on BBH. You're probably right.
20 people is pretty substantial for a satellite office. I'm guessing Harris Williams is in that same range.
Not sure how I forgot Blackstone.
Thanks everyone!
Isn't Leerink from Boston?
Anybody know anything about C.W. downer? Dealflow, bonus, comp, culture, etc? Didnt really find much on the web or here. Thanks.
Best Boston Ibanks for Part Time Fall Internship (Originally Posted: 04/28/2015)
Hello WSO,
I am currently a junior at a target school and will be doing Big 4 audit in Boston this summer because I didn't get any IB Summer Analyst offers from banks. I still plan on applying to banks in the fall for full time positions, and was thinking of trying to get a part time internship at a bank in Boston for the end of August and fall semester. Does anyone know of any reputable banks of any size that would be interested in a part time fall intern in Boston? And if so, the best way to go about getting the internship? I'm just looking for a place that would give me the best shot at landing a full time offer for after graduation at a larger/more prestigious bank. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank You
Most firms don't actively recruit for fall internships which means you have to take the initiative. Compile a list of the banks in your area and start calling them up. Your biggest concern at the moment should not be which one is the 'best' bank, but which one you can get an internship with.
Blackstone M&A has taken part-time interns before in Boston.
Check out Versailles Group, AGC Partners, and Consilium Partners (Wellesley). There likely won't be a formal process and I wouldn't expect to be paid much (if anything) but I'm pretty sure all three have taken on part time interns. Usually Bentley or Babson kids from what I've seen.
Thanks for all the help! Also, is it best to email a recruiter in HR, Analyst/Associate or MD? Calling or emailing best?
try BMO
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Boston for banking? (Originally Posted: 01/13/2010)
I know NYC is the financial center of the US, and SF is the second and good for tech and stuff. Also charlotte has some banks like Bank of America. But how about Boston for finance and banking? Does anyone have experience here?
What banks are in Boston and is there a Wall Street (Montgomery Street) for this city? Would like some info before I visit next month, thanks.
Boston is pretty big for PE and stuff. Go to this link and look for Boston, it will tell you all the firms in the city
http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/regional-boutiques?page=1
I think Chicago comes after NYC for finance
Buttercup you are the most useless girl I've seen on here, with your countless posts about Nico holdings and AXA Advisors, its quite obvious you live in Chicago, I get it. (http://www.nicoholdings.com). //www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/nico-holdings-llc //www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/axa-advisors-worth-it
I couldn't even post in the AXA advisors thread because of how utterly worthless that firm is. Go to NYC if you ever want to do finance, though I doubt it'd help either you or the OP much considering you are both lazy women with no real skillsets. Chicago is horrible for everything except FOREX trading and unlike you, most people on this site have greater aspirations than being a "trader's assistant" at a 3rd tier shop like nico.
1styear is cracking me up tonight haha.
Thank you, and though you are not at a BB, I value your hard work and intelligence on these boards.
All jokes aside, I know two girl's who do "finance" in bean town & both suck more cock than Andy Dick on a three day ecstasy binge; and one got shipped to another office because her boss overheard her telling her male co worker that she wanted him to pound her out in the bathroom before lunch. Thats a true story.
1styearbanker, it's sad how you're out here to demoralize people, more so women just cuz they probably don't have or didn't get the best opportunities as you did. I'll even refrain from commenting on half the things you said simply because it'd be a waste of my time to tell you what skillsets I have or what my career aspirations are. It's pretty pathetic how you waste your time telling people they're good for nothing when I have my doubts on how capable you really are. Sexist retards like you really shouldn't have a place on this forum where people come to seek genuine advice than get meaningless insults. And FYI, I live in NYC.
I'm actually a motivational speaker. First one's on me babe.
I'd rather not. I feel bad for your audience. Learn some respect first, think about motivating people later.
1styearbanker
you seem to be a bit of a pretentious snot.
like buttercup, i've heard many people say that chicago is second after nyc for IB.
i don't see why you are so anti-chicago, it's a beautiful city with a significantly lower tax burden and cost of living than nyc. not to mention the fact that when i get off the plane at laguardia, i'm convinced I got misdirected to a haitian refugee camp until i get my bearings straight.
Why would you apply to crappy 3rd tier firms in chicago, there's plenty of 3rd tier crappy firms in NYC.
Also, Chicago is forex trading and prop trading decent only, anyone who works and has a job knows this. Banking centers are concentrated in NYC, San Francisco, Houston for gas/energy/nats, and Charlotte.
The city itself is a shithole, as is Boston. Both are festering toilets that anyone in IBD should avoid. And as enjoyable as it is making fun of monumental failures like buttercup that don't get any of my jokes, I believe I'm done with this particular thread.
To above idiot: Yes, my schtick is to be a pretentious snot, thank you for pointing that out. By the way, maybe there is a reason you fly la guardia.
Henry Paulson (and many other notable bankers) would have something to say to you about banking in Chicago.
Btw, your flamboyant snottiness is only matched by the Sex in the City commercials that interrupt my Seinfeld reruns on TBS.
Fly laguardia as opposed to having your personal helipad 1styearbanker? how much more shallow do you get anyway? As far as jokes go, you've only made one on this thread and a pretty lame one at that. I think we've got better people on this forum to take advice from than getting lashed out by a pretentious incapable loser like you.
1YB -- hilarious. Keep up the good work.
I'm located in Boston. Pretty huge difference when it comes to work-life balance, but the experience is no where near the same as it was (or could be) in NYC (or other finance hubs, like SF -- not Charlotte, 1YB only mentioned Charlotte because he works at BofA and wants to feel like his bank's HQ is actually important).
As a city, Boston is phenomenal. Everything is reasonably close, and the scene at most bars is great. Not quite as good-looking as NYC, but what it lacks in looks it makes up for in straight booze....iness (?). Not sure that makes sense, but Boston is extremely enjoyable when it comes time for a Friday/Saturday/Tuesday night on the town.
westfald.... Where do these girls work and where may I get in touch with them? Sound like my type of women (or at least I can hook my roommate up with them).
JimU, I would be happy to. PM me, I may have a certain consulting firm's cocktail mixer that you would end up having a good, wait scratch that, mediocre time at.
fembot -- no Wall Street here. Most banks are going to be pretty spread out. International Place (on High and Oliver Streets) house a few offices of the BBs and some MM banks, but there are a lot of banks mid-town in the Copley Square/Prudential area.
Honestly, it really depends on which bank you're going to. If it's a Harris Williams, you're fine -- and if the bank is HQ'd in Boston, which some MM/boutiques are, you'll be fine. But if it's a BB or a satellite office, the experience can be less than spectacular. Rarely will you get a situation where you work 60-70 hours a week and only work on live deals (that's my life, but I don't know many other bankers in Boston who share the same luck).
When are you coming and where are you looking?
lol at first year. if you fly into jfk you have to deal with driving through the length of that third world country called queens. please don't tell me you fly into newark- that is just too declasse for a man of 3.5 gpa prestige.
anyways, i doubt you have the balls to perform your so called shtick at the office or even off-line. enjoy being an internet tough guy.
bah
I believe 1stYearBanker's firm has about 70-80 bankers in that "crappy" city. Surely top management is not taking him seriously.
Wow at the responses, but I am mostly concerned with boston, not chicago. jimbrowning, I am looking at boutiques focusing on restructuring in Boston, and I'm coming next month to visit some family. However I'm open to any IBD position.
PM me if you're looking for more info.
"I'm located in Boston. Pretty huge difference when it comes to work-life balance, but the experience is no where near the same as it was (or could be) in NYC (or other finance hubs, like SF -- not Charlotte, 1YB only mentioned Charlotte because he works at BofA and wants to feel like his bank's HQ is actually important). "
Fine, I'll take off Charlotte. However, NYC and SF are the only banking hubs in my eyes, one for each side of the coast. There's no way chicago or boston even apply.
you do know that while san francisco is definitely important, chicago is the second most important financial center in the united states, right?
what about houston for energy? do they count in your eyes, or does the fact that the banks there are full of those ratty UT-Austin state school kids make you throw up in your mouth?
HEY MAN, cool it.
u might meet the all omnipotent jeffrey chiang at one of those banks. that's a huge perk for being in houston
Jeff Chiang would definitely refer to himself as all omnipotent, since only a UT-Austin state schooler could stoop to THAT level of utter redundancy.
he would probably say something like, "irregardless of where i went to school, I am all omnipotent, watch me turn white rice into fried rice"
"you do know that while san francisco is definitely important, chicago is the second most important financial center in the united states, right? what about houston for energy? do they count in your eyes, or does the fact that the banks there are full of those ratty UT-Austin state school kids make you throw up in your mouth?"
Like I said many times, chicago is fine for FOREX and prop trading. Not really for banking. Houston's a piece of crap, so no they do not count in my eyes considering energy is sort of for losers.
why is energy for losers again?
my personal hero is jeffrey skilling, so i take offense to your statement.
I mean no offense. Energy and FIG are known to pidgeonhole. They aren't losers per se but are pidgeons. How's that?
i just want to be able to manipulate energy prices in godless california one day. does houston IB provide that kind of exit opportunity?
Chicago? Boston?
IQ and wealth resides in New York.
Only plebes who are content with their meager existence would ever consider those laughable wastelands.
M6V10: NYC's IQ has been diluted by the throngs of immigrant street peddlers lurking about the 6th ave corridor from the Empire State Bldg to Times Square.
Off Cycle IB Internships in Boston (Originally Posted: 08/11/2014)
Hello Everyone:
I am a rising second year Finance Masters student at a non target school in Boston. I graduate in MAY 2015. Currently I am doing internship at a small investment management firm. I have found it really difficult to apply for full time IB jobs at big firms as I don't have the internship with them or IB experience at similar firm. Only solution I feel is to have an internship during Fall or Spring and try to convert that or at-least get some networks.
Second issue in that is I am in Boston and in FALL and SPRING I cannot work outside Boston as I will be going to school that time. I checked most of the big banks. All of them have wealth management office in Boston and not the IBD or corporate finance.
What should I do folks? Should I try Wealth Management at these firms or try to go for boutique or regional IB firm (which may not extend full time) here. Outside IB I am comfortable with current internship and have few connections so that I can secure a full time in financial services firm but not in IB.
Does anyone have experience with Lazard/Evercore/Jefferies office in Boston? Do they hire off-cycle candidates? What is your advice for searching such internship?
Check out AGC Partners. They're a TMT focused boutique based in Boston. They don't have the greatest rep but I'm almost positive they offer off-cycle internships.
If you don't mind boutique work, there are quite a few and most do offer off cycle internships (might be unpaid though).
Boston Boutique Banks Recruiting Schedule? (Originally Posted: 02/21/2013)
Anyone have a general idea about when they usually start their interview processes? I've heard that its fairly late, starting around now/beginning of March...is it still worth cold-calling and cold-emailing them? This is in regards to a summer analyst position btw.
Not sure if it'll help but I know that boutique banks don't start interviewing until April here in St. Louis.
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