Credit Suisse - Best IBD Divisions (New York)
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on 2/17/12 at 4:59pm
Preface: I've searched the forums and everything is fairly outdated.
Question: What are the best groups within Credit Suisse's IBD (New York) in terms of deal flow, exit opportunities, culture, etc. I'm leaving it pretty broad. I am interested in PE exit in the future, and I know they have a great Fin Sponsors group. However, if I needed backups, what would you recommend?
Thanks in advance!





People shit on DCM here,
People shit on DCM here, which is irritating, but CS' ABS group is very strong, especially in the esoteric space.
"There are three ways to make a living in this business: be first, be smarter, or cheat."
M&A group is very good...
M&A group is very good...
Agree M&A is one of the
Agree M&A is one of the better groups at CS but I know their M&A had some major restructuring recently (lots of layoffs) after avoiding layoffs for a few years. You'll definitely learn the most in M&A.
Other good groups are industrials and LatAm. CS does more LatAm deals than any other bulge but its not a group to take if you are not from Brazil or other LatAm country .
Healthcare and real estate at CS are very weak and consumer/retail and FIG are so so. TMT (they combined tech and MT few years ago) used to be solid but not any more.
I think the power group in NY is pretty good and so is lev fin.
M&A, Sponsors, Industrials.
M&A, Sponsors, Industrials. FIG, TMT, used to be great but not sure at the moment. Healthcare actually doing well this year..
I agree that M&A has gone
I agree that M&A has gone through a lot of cuts but CS is still near top of the Street. The top talent is still there. For someone joining as an analyst, I don't think all the noise around it matters and it's still probably one of the top 2 or 3 group to join there.
Tech and FIG have seen a lot of upheaval in the ranks recently and have missed out on some big deals. Energy has been doing very well.