Brown Brothers Harriman
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on 3/15/12 at 3:22pm
What is the word on BBH? How is the culture and pay?
Are they still as prestigious as they used to be?
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they arn't known for much M&A
they arn't known for much M&A on the banking side however they just sold ZOLL to Asahi Kasei for like $2bn (healthcare / medical tech deal)
In terms of prestige, they
In terms of prestige, they cover the skull and bones money.
“...all truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.”
- Schopenhauer
This article gives a good
This article gives a good overview of BBH's recent history:
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/03/12/in-zoll-sal...
They sent out an email today
They sent out an email today congratulating on making first round interviews and asking time preferences for phone interviews, then when I replied, said they had made a mistake and there was a "glitch in the system". So now I hate them.
Same here, got the email
Same here, got the email too... are they even hiring this year or were we just the unqualified ones?
brown brothers? did indians
brown brothers? did indians start this firm?
BBH is quite decent in FX and
BBH is quite decent in FX and Global Custody/Fund Administration services. They also manage a couple of alternative funds (PE, Mezzanine) and if I recall correctly most of their funds offered by their Wealth Management unit are 5* rated by Morningstar (if that means anything..) . They're generally a very conservatively managed company and seem to focus very much on developing very close relationships with their clients. This (stubborn maybe) conservatism must have costed them to remain behind developments in finance, but they were not at any risk of bankruptcy as other more prestigious and bigger firms. Oh and they didn't proceed to harsh lay-offs in 2008-2009. Generally integrity and conservatism are at very high levels with whatever pros AND cons that entails.
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Anyone else get an email
Anyone else get an email today?
I also got that same email,
I also got that same email, and I don't think I even applied to BBH.
I received the same email
I received the same email saying to setup time slots. I already accepted a different offer but was wondering what they were like if it was good place to maybe go for ft recruiting.