Fixed Income Trading: Barclays vs Citi

Hi everyone I'm new to this forum, and had a question that I have been researching for the last few days.

I hold internship offers with Barclays and Citi for Fixed Income Trading, in London, and need to choose one.

I am interested in Credit in particular and so have been trying to compare the Credit desks of the two firms.

I have tried finding the Euromoney Rates Survey 2013 but that is subscription-only and costs £1000 or so which I don't have! From what I have heard from people, Barclays is top three globally in fixed income, while Citi isn't.

Does anyone have an insight to help me out?

 

What do you mean by top? Market share? Risk appetite? % of prop positions? Profitability?

Ok maybe rankings-wise one bank is top, but all you do is execute orders all day, since the flow is so big. What if a different bank doesnt see so much flow but gives you huge risk and hence some amazing traders flock there?

You can't rank shit in S&T like that...

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