Top groups at UBS London - need help choosing a group
Hey,
I am an incoming analyst and have to choose a group at UBS London. What are the strong groups at UBS London? I am mainly interested in exiting to PE so how does the lev fin at UBS London stack up against other banks? I also heard that the TMT is strong but what about the other product groups? Im French so pardon my English btw.
If you can choose to do something in ECM... most people will choose ECM, good group
Thanks for the reply! I am looking for something else than ECM though due to PE exit opps. Any insight to other product groups?
They have a strong Automotive franchise thanks to their legacy with fiat/FCA. They did all fiat deals from Fiat/Fiat Industrial spin-off till Ferrari IPO. They are also strong in FIG (Orcel).
One of the strongest telecom groups in Europe. Great clients including VOD and TLSN, would shoot for that group.
UBS London Financial Sponsors & Leveraged Finance Group - Silver bananas for relevant info (Originally Posted: 02/19/2016)
Hi,
Any current info on the UBS London FSLF group is greatly appreciated. Mainly interested in the culture, hours and exit opps. The time has come for me to submit my group preferences and all current insight is rewarded with silver bananas
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UBS Lev Fi and HY has always been somewhat second tier in Europe, not because of overall lack of talent but more because of the lack of a balance sheet and inability to compete with the bigger banks in Europe in the LBOs. As a result UBS has typically been "on the right" and not led so many deals and been at the bottom of the league tables. I'm sure you'd still get decent experience though as they are active. And the M&A advisory side in Europe is top-notch for UBS so you'll get dealflow (or at least ops and co-manager roles) on account of that.
Also heard that the new CEO in London has been hiring "his guys" and even pushed out some of the old US team there so seem like it's going towards a more Euro-centric team/style.
In terms of hours I think it's sort of "work hard during the week, weekends mostly off" but that was a couple years ago and with the new leadership could have changed. I left UBS awhile ago and have slowly lost touch but that is my two cents hope its at least somewhat helpful.
thanks a lot for the insight!
IBD team preferences UBS London (Originally Posted: 03/02/2016)
Hi everybody,
I start as an IBD analyst with UBS London and I was asked to rank in order of preference the following sector and industry teams.
Product Groups: ECM, DCM, M&A and LevFin Industry Groups: Consumer Retail, Healthcare, Natural Resources, Financial Institutions, Industrials, Real Estate, Technology, Media & Telecom, and Power and Utilities.
My preliminary top 5 would now be LevFin, FIG, TMT, M&A and Industrials (random order).
Please let me know if you have any inside info of both the groups and the industry's and what would be a wise choice! Thanks
UBS FIG in London is a great team and has a great culture.
PM me if you'd like to know more
UBS London group choice (Originally Posted: 12/10/2014)
Hi all, the time has come for me to pick my top3 choices in FT position at UBS London (CCS).
I have some knowledge of the groups within the firm, but given the big range, any input for what to choose from with respect to deals and potential exit opportunities would be greatly appreciated.
Currently thinking of the M&A group and Natural Resources Group (and potentially TMT as my third choice).
thanks in advance
Their ECM team are one of their strongest, but might not be what you're looking for in terms of exit ops. Their UK coverage team seems quite fun with good hours but v focused on relationship management - probably won't place in PE/HF. TMT is probably their strongest in London due to the relationship they have with Vodafone (and with consolidation expected in this sector they will be well placed).
Thanks for your answer!
If anyone else has anything to add, I'd more than welcome that
Thanks for your answer!
If anyone else has anything to add, I'd more than welcome that
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Would go for TMT ahead of NR
How if LevFin/Financial Sponsors looking there? I know that used to be a strong group, but not sure how it is positioned now? In comparison to Natural Resources, for example?
UBS London IBD team preferences (Originally Posted: 04/15/2008)
Hi there,
I'm looking to get some advice on the strength of certain teams within UBS IBD (London). I have experience of M&A having interned in FIG at another BB. I personally found the executions the most interesting part of the work I did, but feel there is a trade-off between execution experience and team size.
Would you say it is better to work in a small sized industry team and benefit from exposure to senior staff, or go for the large product team and build up execution experience?
Which teams are particularly strong within their industries/areas? Which London teams have the industry rainmakers?
Does anyone which area within UBS has the strongest team culture?
Is there anything else I should base my decision on?
That's an interesting line of work!
I prefer working for an industry team... mostly because I enjoy following a particular industry, getting to know all the firms, etc. I also think it's more useful to learn about an industry rather than a product if you want to move into private equity.
Lol, that's what the team called deals/mandates as opposed pitching, which I also did.
I can definatley see your angle with regards to industry teams. However, wouldn't M&A give you the opportunity to gain broader exposure and then specialise in an industry which you are truly interested in?
Does anyone have any views/information in relation to UBS London teams? I realise most people on this forum are based in the US or not in the industry, yet any industry view of the teams would be very helpful.
What groups are good at UBS in London? (Originally Posted: 05/15/2010)
topic with similar name active for New York, does someone have knowledge how things are in london? thx
FIG M&A GIG Consumers ECM
UBS Groups - Europe (Originally Posted: 11/16/2009)
Hello,
I have a FT position at UBS starting Sept 2010 and currently thinking about group preferences. What are the best groups for UBS Europe, all the threads on UBS Groups currently seem to be focussed on the US.
What are the best groups in Europe for dealflow, exit-ops?
Thanks in advance...
anyone know anything on this, or anywhere to look to get info on this?
does nobody have any insights on this, or know of any resources to make an informed decision?
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UBS London - Hoping to get into top 10 structured analyst programs (Originally Posted: 09/21/2009)
Hey everyone,
I have an IBD Analyst interview at UBS London next month and I was wondering if anyone has any experiences to share. What is the state of UBS London M&A or Leverage Finance product groups? I am from a non-target liberal arts college and will be happy to get into any top-10 structured Analyst programs to add credibility to my resume/skill-set and to learn as much as possible. Any to-the-point interview advice will be really appreciated. I have already researched the whole forum for a few hours and taken notes, so please don't say to do that again...thanks for all your help!
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Interned at UBS in London. PM me any specific questions you may have. But in general UBS M&A is considered to be more prestigeous in Europe than it's lev fin groups.
Just my 2c.
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Go for TMT or FIG groups. LF has good deal flow. PM me
UBS-london-ibd (Originally Posted: 01/31/2012)
Delta One trading desk.
^ lol ditto
The Media and Telcos groups has decent deal flow from what I hear from a friend who is there, but take that with care...
delta One trading desk diversity program
UBS TMT used to be one of the best team in the City (Telcos especially was handling almost all the sellsides in Europe at some point) but the place really went downhill since 2008. I would still recommend you pick TMT though as its still better than other teams and I think they can still have some of the legacy relationships. Also TMT as a sector trains you well and is good for placing people into PE/VC.
Avoid Sponsors/LevFin and Healthcare which have a very bad rep. Heard Industrials is OK due to the bank's relationships with the German-speaking world
What is the bad rep?
The Equity Trading division is very reputable. Other than that, much talent has left the bank, since they are about to considerably downsize their IBD division, so difficult to answer your question, since much talent is not there anymore.
Best UBS (London) Groups (Originally Posted: 02/16/2011)
Can anybody fill me in with the top groups at UBS London (IBD) in terms of prestige and deal exposure?
I heard that TMT and the Global Industrial Group are two good teams at UBS.
I don't think there are any. Maybe historically, but I think they've now gone to shit.
Number 6 in announced and number 5 in completed for European M&A in 2010 is not bad at all...
They are rebuilding stronger and more successfull compared to Barcap, Nomura, Citi, BAML.
If this thread was on dealbreaker you'd already have about 10 'UBS sucks' here. I was wondering why UBS gets so much hate from everyone, it doesn't seem to be doing that poorly in the league tables. Could someone shed some light?
I'm not sure why either. Dealbreaker is the worst with it, but I would take their flaming more seriously if they were to ever (god forbid) flame on an american firm (MS for example). Its a very US centric website full of some of the biggest douches on the internet.
TMT, M&A
FIG is very strong, as is M&A. TMT is perhaps not bad at UBS London but certainly not in the league of the former two.
Heard fig and TMT are absolute sweatshops.
What is a sweatshop?
FIG is very strong (and big group ~60 people in M&A FIG, + FIG DCM), with good presence across all industries (they did the capital raising for DB last summer, are regularly advising RBS, Santander...) + all the M&A is done in-house (no implication of the M&A group in FIG deals so great experience for modelling) for the sweatshop, kind of true, but TMT and GIG are as bad as FIG
Overall, great group MP for more details
avoid healtcare, dealflow is not great
UBS doesn't have a TMT group...
If they don't I guess I have been lied to for a while...
They are seperate Tech, Media and Telecom 3 seperate teams.
UBS London - Culture? (Originally Posted: 01/15/2008)
hey ppl, does any one know the culture for m&a group?
how are they perceived on the street as compared to their american peers?
also is the dress code formal or business casual?
all the big hitters are in NY. If it's a large deal it is usually run out of NY. The M&A team is good, but I think in the ranking UBS barely scrape top 10 in UK/EU. Dress is not business formal, you don't need to wear a tie, most people wear a suit with no tie, or smart trousers and dress shirt. In terms of analysts, if you're good you get great deal flow. My friend hated the team, as it is something of a star culture, but really, it's like any other team in the bank.
Ummm, I might have to slighly disagree with LdnMezz, UBS places in the top spots for M&A banks in Europe, they have a solid franchise in both US and EU market, and I would even tend to say that they are stronger in the UK.
For some cold number go check out Thomson, you will see that they are at the top of the league tables for a lot of things.
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I should really put a disclaimer saying when I worked there. In reality, in all of our internal docs, we were ranked at least in the 2nd half of the top 10 in Europe, but i left a little while ago. All I can say without doubt is that UBS is excellent in Asia and Australia.
Are we talking about general corp fin encompassing equities etc or only m+a advisory by the way?
i agree with disjoint...checking out the thomson, they r ranked top 3 in investment banking revenues in europe, and and m&a advisroy....where they have leaped up a lot of places from seventh to second.....i m just wondering is this a one year wonder or is it a more consistent shift?
what do ppl who r based in london think??
the number of big hitters that have left. But realistically, it's a great name in London. Rankings can be a bit misleading as there's a number of ways to sneak your way onto deals without doing much. Don't let that be your only measure.
I heard they're good, like top shelf good, but if LDNmezz worked there, that's always interesting insight (unless of course he's bitter - which is posisble given the shit these banks put us through)
Its really very good at M&A in europe, and in the UK prob even better (first this year i believe in the rankings, without massaging them)
Dress code is no way smart trousers, its suit and no tie, and i agree there is a star culture in m&a, but that applies to almost every team of every bank..
thanks for the input!!!
based on this how many suits and shirts do u think a new associate should have?
"Here Is The City has run 6 'serious' polls over the course of the last year or so (Best Place to Work, Bonus Approval Poll, Boss of The Year, Best Firm for Diversity, Best Firm for Ethics, and Best Firm for Job Satisfaction)"
UBS ranks 1st.
http://news.hereisthecity.com/news/business_news/5667.cntns
I don't mean khakis I mean proper trousers. I don't know about you, but I worked there, and I didn't wear a suit every day.
LdnMezz - Does UBS take interns from the US for their London office or do these spots fill up with kids from EUR? I'd really like to work in London and have been applying to all the BBs there, but I feel like I'm wasting my time. Any thoughts?
if you could come over and do a year abroad here at university. That way there is a more natural synergy in terms of interviewing you. There was one canadian guy in my year who went to Queen's commerce which is an excellent undergrad business program, he was brought over to interview. I would never say never, but it will be a lot tougher, you could try calling up HR after you submit your application explaining your situation and why in particular you want to work here. Once you've done one app surely you can ctrl c/ctrl v your way through the others so give it a go, you never know what in your CV may appeal to them.
Same type of question, but is it easy to transfer within the firm after you work a year or two.
UBS London SA. (Originally Posted: 01/10/2009)
Hi all,
Long time prowler, first time poster. I've been quite lucky in that I have been offered a SA position in UBS's IBD (M&A, and ECM) in London office. To those of you who have done an internship and/or work at UBS, or simply know about the industry and UBS's place in it, if you could answer the following questions I would be greatful;
1) I've been told that UBS place their interns into various divisions at random. Well not exactly at random, course and langauges play a role. I speak fluent Russian and study an Economics-related degree. Does that mean that I am likely to be placed in CEE FIG? If not, then were else could I be placed? In CEE(Russia) are there only generalist (M&A, ECM) teams?
2) What, roughly, is the conversion rate for UBS London IBD? I know all the numbers are out of the window, and hellofalot depends on my own performance, but I'd still like some figures.
3) What sort of things can I do/prepare, so as to not look like a fool during my internship? What can I do to maximise my chances of landing the full time job? What stupid mistakes have you seen interns do that I could avoid?
4) What would I spend most of my time doing as an intern? I'd imagine that it won't be valuing companies, or doing any other "important" work. So would I be mostly compiling PIBs? Making changes to powerpoint presentations, excel?
5) What other advice/coments do you have for me? To what extent would reading about company valuations and general accounting help?
Thanks.
I know UBS London very well...
1)There is no CEE FIG, just one large FIG team (50 or so) that covers the whole of Europe. There is a small CEEE country coverage team so you might get put in there but most of the Russian Coverage is done by the Moscow Office rather than London. Languages play a major role in SA allocation. They allocate on the premise that most of you will be converted so, for example, if you speak Russian and M&A don't have many Russian speaking analysts, there is a high chance you'll be put in there. Same applies with the sector teams and ECM. You'll just have to see what you're given. You can't give a preference...
2) About 50-60%
3)Look at the deals that UBS are working on. Try to understand the main principles of how deals are done and maybe know how to do BASIC DCFs, mergers models etc and comps. There are loads of resources out there.
4)Totally depends on the team. Most of the interns in our team where doing book after book after book i.e. putting it all together and checking it through. However I know interns who were modelling, doing comps and even meeting clients.
5)Not much really - read up as much as you can but it depends more on your skills than knowledge.
Thanks. Do you, by any chance, know what teams most of the IBD kids end up in? Or are they fairly dispersed?
From memory i.e. when I did my internship (summer 2005).
M&A 6 GIG 5 FIG 5 Telco and Media 4 ECM 3 UK Coverage 3 Tech 2 Healthcare 2 Leisure 2 Infrastructure 2 Leveraged Finance 2 Financial Sponsors 2 Consumer and Retail 2 Utilities 2 CEEE Coverage 2 Dutch Coverage 1 Energy and Power 1
There is probably more but that is all I can remember. Bare in mind it will probably be a lot less in each team now.
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