Group 1

SJFC07 — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 21:23:25 -0400

My friend just accepted an offer at Group 1 in their trading department. He turned down a Citigroup trading job, so I hope he knows what he is doing.

Has anyone heard of this firm? He was told he will spend the first year training and make about 45k base, but once he becomes a trader for year 2, the average salary is over 200k with the high being around 500k.

Seems a little high/too good to be true.

University of Rochester - Simon School

SJFC07 — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 18:48:27 -0500

Does anyone know anything about the recruiting at the UofR Simon School? I got some information from them in the mail about their MBA program and they claim they are among the top in the world, especially in finance. I don't doubt that a degree from there is prestigious and will lead to great things in finance, but I was wondering specifically for investment banking. Does anyone know which banks, BB, boutiques, mid, recruit there?

Analyst vs. Associate

SJFC07 — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 17:09:45 -0500

I've looked through the last 10 pages of the forum and can't seem to find this question answered. I see a lot about the differences in salary, but my question is what are the differences between duties and hours for an associate vs an analyst.

Also, is it true if you go to a Top MBA program, you can 'skip' the analyst position and be an associate? (You can assume that getting into an MBA progra