David and Goliath: The Boutique and The Bulge Bracket

Mod Note (Andy) - #TBT Throwback Thursday - this was originally posted on 10/11/13 and is great information for those thinking about which types of banks to apply to for FT and SA positions.

Autumn has arrived. For those seniors fresh off their summer analyst stint or juniors gearing up for recruiting, October means something more: you need to decide where you want to work. The easiest way to categorize banks is either as a “bulge bracket” or “boutique.”

We all know the bulge bracket firms, so historically, “boutique” referred to any firm that was listed literally outside the bracket. Regardless of boom or bust, pre-crisis or post-crisis, inevitably the biggest rainmakers in the business are always tempted to jump (a sinking) ship and hang their own shingle.

Schwarzman and Peterson in 1985, Moelis in 2007, Altman in 1996, Zukin in 1972, Aryeh Bourkoff just last year, or Dean + Bradley + Osborne last year as well … if they feel they don’t get enough control or compensation at their current firm, the big boys will take their ball and leave. This has given us firms like Blackstone, Moelis, Evercore, Houlihan Lokey, LionTree, DBO, Greenhill, Centerview, and the like.

Most of these names are on front-page deals, going out and competing with giants like GS, MS, and JPM for the top advisory mandates. They’re winning, too. Whereas the giants used to dominate the advisory landscape, they often sell their financing capabilities most heavily now. The boutiques operate on a pure-play advisory model, getting paid for their expertise rather than an ability to offer staple financing.

In recent years, however, most of the boutiques listed above have grown so large that ‘boutique’ is no longer an applicable term. Evercore, for instance, now has over 950 employees. Blackstone launched its LBO arm two years after opening as an advisory boutique, and today grosses nearly 90% of its revenue from businesses other than advisory. Moelis has over a dozen offices globally and 600 employees.

In response, WSO seems to have coined the acronym “EB,” short for ‘elite boutique.’ I’m not a huge fan and much prefer what I heard one of the group heads at Evercore say: “independent advisory firm.” This is a great way to delineate firms of this caliber from the true boutique, a small shop with anywhere from 10-100 employees and much lower quality and volume of dealflow.

Semantics aside, it’s clear that there are really three buckets a firm can fall into:

  • bulge bracket (the nine established firms we know)
  • elite boutique
  • boutique

In recruiting, people always gravitate towards the best-known firms. It seems to me that most people take a fairly scattershot approach. They want to get paid a lot now and a lot in the future, and the way to achieve that is to get a top banking job, leading to a great exit, leading to great business school chances, leading to overall greatness. It’s a lamentably short-sighted and linear mindset.

In terms of exits, people know who the heavy-hitters are. GS TMT, MS M&A, GS FIG, Blackstone M&A and Restructuring … these groups and a dozen others always pop up in any discussion of top groups and exit opportunities. Few people, however, seem to put real thought into whether a boutique or a bulge bracket firm is better for them, and to me, that’s a tremendous shame.

As an analyst, here are the things that matter to you:

  • Work-life balance: this refers to how many hours of the 168 in each week you spend in the office
  • Culture: often (wrongly) used interchangeably with the above, this refers to how people treat each other, the 'work environment'
  • Placement: how well the group recruits for buy-side positions
  • Pay: salary is very standardized at the junior levels (some outliers exist), but bonus varies between firms (and groups occasionally)

The importance of each of those elements may vary from person to person. The guy who thinks of himself as a career banker is going to care more about culture and pay than the guy who only envisions himself enduring banking for two years before taking a job with twice the pay and an entirely different working environment. Let’s go through each of these elements individually.

Pay

In general, a bulge bracket is going to compensate you less than a top boutique. Let’s talk numbers. Centerview, for instance, has numbers right now like $80k base, $50k signing, and $100k+ bonus. Moelis pays similar base, $20k signing (may be corrected on this), and bonus matching or exceeding salary as well. Evercore is $75k base, $25k signing, and bonus at or near salary also.

Bulge brackets have very standardized compensation schemes. Analyst base is $70k. Signing bonus is $15k. Bonuses don't match salary like they do at the boutiques.

Again, examples. I have friends at JPM who were grousing over $35k and $45k (different groups) during bonus season. Same at MS. And let's not forget the classic 'GS discount' where they know you'll stick around for the brand and can afford to pay you less. Summers at GS don't get overtime. Signing bonuses are still low.

Work-life balance / Culture

I will explain these two together, because as you will see, they are intertwined (though not the same). There is a stigma that boutiques are sweatshops. While this may be accurate for certain firms, I do not think it holds true in aggregate.

Bulge brackets are big, bureaucratic, stodgy, inefficient machines. Pre-crisis, MS had 60,000 employees globally. GS had 30,000.

Boutiques have smaller analyst classes. That is both good and bad. You may wind up with a stronger analyst experience: more closed deals, better client exposure, and better exposure to your seniors leads to better placement. The downside, however, is that you can be worked harder.

That doesn’t mean you won’t get worked hard at a top group at a bulge bracket. An inefficient staffer or poor process management by the seniors on your deals can mean you have a far worse time than your friend at a boutique who simply has fewer analysts to share the workload with.

Banking is banking. Seniors have packed schedules. Calls, meetings, conferences, speaking engagements, travel between cities, recruiting initiatives, internal talent development initiatives, and the like are all demands on their time. All of this means that you as an analyst are forced to spend a lot of time waiting for them to give you your work.

As always, an example (again, firsthand).

You receive a new staffing. The associate emails everyone on the team to schedule a late morning meeting. A VP leads that meeting, filling you and the associate in on what the MD shared with him before flying out to the West Coast for the next couple days. The VP sketches out a few directions for the slides and walks out the door. The associate spends 10 minutes with you going over it in greater detail, and you mentally dedicate 3 hours of your day to this task.
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Back at your desk, your inbox is pretty full and you spend 90 minutes on small things before getting started on your new work. You send the associate your slides at 4pm. He replies with minor comments (if you’re lucky) at 4:45. You make the changes immediately, but he doesn’t see the email until 5:45. Since he is jammed, he passes them up to your VP without looking.

Your VP responds at 8:30 with comments exactly the opposite of your associate’s, so you copy slides from your earlier version and send them back. At 10:15, you see your VP walking out of the office with his bag. You glance at your inbox and see an email where he’s passed the deck up to the MD.

Your MD doesn’t respond until 4am Eastern. His comments are extensive, and the email reply is “Pls fix as directed, huge meeting 1st thing at 8AM, need this rdy to go. Thx.” You finish making the changes at 7am (you’re tired and slow, you only got 4 hours of sleep the night before) and head home to pass out.

Your work phone and personal cell start violently screaming at 9:45; your MD woke up at 6:15 Pacific, had a new idea for one of the appendix slides, and wants it changed before the meeting. You flip open your laptop, make the tiny change, submit the deck to your West Coast office’s production team before 10am (knowing they'll curse your existence for giving them only an hour before the meeting), and pass back out.

Your phones start screaming again. You glance at your clock and it says 10:30am. There’s a fire drill for another one of your projects; 40 minutes later you are back in the office in front of your screens, and you can’t remember showering, shaving, or the cab ride in between.

This is why culture is so critical. The nature of this job is unavoidable. At a shop with a healthy culture, however, people notice when this happens and proactively minimize the pain wherever they can. Communication is crisper, directions provided are more thorough and clear, useless series of back and forth revisions are minimized, and analysts who are getting crushed get positive recognition for their contribution and given a break to recuperate.

This is where the boutiques win. Every bank loves to preach about their “flat hierarchy” and “open-door policy,” but in reality, that is rare. You’re more likely to find it at the boutiques. Specific groups within bulge brackets may be like this, but given how impossible it is to control your placement, it really does not make sense to roll the dice hoping you get the one group with a healthy culture out of twelve at that firm.

Placement

People here love to refer to 10xleverage’s thread on his experience at MS M&A and KKR. That is a phenomenal resource in terms of insight on his responsibilities and career advancement, but let me highlight how dated it is.

I can tell you firsthand that GS TMT's placement (though strong) is not as godly as people on this forum make it out to be. From the summer 2012 class, I can say for a fact only 7 of the 12 summers who received offers returned. One left for a startup, one went to McKinsey, two went to Blackstone (different areas), and I’m not privy to what the final one did.

Within GS, FIG and CRG have arguably outdone it in the past two cycles. CRG takes fewer analysts, roughly 12 a year, so them putting 3-4 analysts in MFs each year is noteworthy. The FIG analyst class is north of 20 each year. Exits from FIG are more to HF than those from TMT.

BX R&R and M&A place lights-out. I happily refer to this thread and can confirm that placement as well.

Lazard as a whole gets great headhunter love and buy-side placement; Restructuring especially so. Evercore places analysts into MFs routinely. Greenhill has put a few analysts into MFs in recent years and places into excellent MM firms routinely. Moelis recruits extraordinarily well (especially into HF) out of both the LA and NYC offices. A huge selling point with them is that seniors will go strongly to bat for you, calling people they know at your target firms.

In short, I'd argue that we're seeing a real trend where the top candidates elect for the top boutiques. In this post-crisis world, you are going to get paid better, treated better, see better deals (in some cases), and enjoy better exits from the strongest boutiques than the strongest groups at the bulge brackets. Couple that with the fact that you can't guarantee placement into those strongest groups at the big banks, and it's easy to see why the best guys go for BX, Moelis, Lazard, and Evercore where they know they don't have to worry about getting into M&A (MS), TMT or FIG (GS), or M&A or Sponsors (JPM and CS).

Takeaway

Have an idea of where you’d like to be in the future, then make your present selection based on that information.

Now, as a reality check, realize that getting a job at any of these groups is a tremendous feat. The amount of entitlement on these forums either nauseates me or makes me laugh and shake my head depending on my mood. You'll be in the top 1% of all college graduates in terms of earnings and set for a career where it only gets better.

Obviously, human nature is to always want more and thus we continually strive for the next thing better on our imaginary little checklist, but some perspective is definitely in order. I hope we can all step back to take a moment to reflect on how privileged we are for the seats we have.

The arbitrary lists and static rankings people continually make on this site grow very stale and tiresome. Most are clearly derived from some (admittedly studious) trolling of countless WSO threads, but that's exactly the problem. CS Sponsors hasn't been “good” in 5 years, but there are a dozen threads from 2006-09 talking about how strong it is and how great the exits are, so it features prominently in most people’s lists.

The MS M&A/KKR guy's post is also dated, and doubly so. For one, it's from years ago, and secondly, his perspective is also dated because he was 2-4 years out from his analyst experience when he wrote it.

The people who talk in terms of 'bucketing' have it right, and even then, it's still arbitrary. I've met people at funds everyone here would give their left arm to work at who came recently from (the horror!) Jefferies, BAML, UBS, and other firms that continually get dumped on here.

In this industry, people care about your intelligence and competence. The firm you start at is certainly a good indicator of those traits, but they really are determined in an interview.

In summary, if you have the chance to work at any of these firms, congrats. You're on the path. If you’re a junior and looking for a summer job, you have months to make all these determinations for yourself. If you're facing final deadlines as a senior and choosing between them, I'd recommend putting some actual energy into reaching out and getting in front of or on the phone with people who currently work at or recently left the places you're considering.

They'll be able to provide you real, concrete, actual info on placement, pay, and culture ... and that's remarkably more useful than coming on here to hear the same drivel regurgitated by people whose only impressions are formed by what they themselves have read here.

This is my first entry as a contributing author. I know it is quite lengthy, but I hope it is equally helpful. Please give me feedback, either privately or as a public reply. I intend to put out 1-3 pieces weekly in the future.

 

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I am permanently behind on PMs, it's not personal.
 

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Odit qui rerum eum aut a assumenda iure. Impedit quaerat reprehenderit et iste dolorem. Tempora quibusdam voluptatem quas suscipit quam iure similique. Soluta aut laboriosam quia quisquam blanditiis tempore.

Velit natus aut adipisci et et distinctio. Perspiciatis pariatur repellendus ut. Autem vero nemo atque aut enim voluptas qui.

 

Error commodi aspernatur quibusdam et tenetur laboriosam similique. Nam ducimus quaerat eum pariatur quas ut. Maiores quia quibusdam et saepe dolorem nulla.

Minima et sapiente et eos. Distinctio suscipit distinctio rerum consequuntur laudantium nisi corporis. Quia quis praesentium molestiae enim mollitia quisquam est. Sapiente magnam numquam exercitationem. Voluptas eveniet accusamus voluptatem eum omnis.

if you like it then you shoulda put a banana on it
 

Nulla qui porro et placeat. Aut aperiam eveniet molestiae repudiandae expedita aspernatur voluptatum. Perspiciatis dolor ea molestiae perspiciatis vero repudiandae sit consequatur.

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if you like it then you shoulda put a banana on it
 

Quod at voluptatem corporis praesentium. Suscipit necessitatibus id quibusdam quas voluptatem.

Voluptas architecto quia porro necessitatibus dolorum. Itaque ut possimus sit ratione commodi. Quia eos ducimus sit sint perspiciatis. Aspernatur praesentium quia voluptas dolor est unde assumenda. Temporibus laborum libero ut labore itaque officiis commodi. Sit minima perferendis tempora voluptate nemo architecto similique.

 

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Tempora molestiae quo et accusantium soluta. Aut omnis quaerat sint eum.

 

Qui facere et tempore consequatur. Beatae omnis dolores ipsam provident quis libero. Velit consequuntur fugit qui. Voluptates quo consequatur odit non. In velit nemo reprehenderit nam.

Illo ut laudantium ex error quibusdam nemo. Qui rerum et est nemo corporis pariatur. Ipsum sit doloremque distinctio voluptatum dignissimos enim. Voluptatibus recusandae ea saepe id dolore iusto et. Error sit architecto magnam optio quo. Deserunt aut voluptatum repudiandae beatae.

 

Ut nesciunt facilis est autem esse atque et. Officiis fuga quisquam reiciendis debitis eos. Dignissimos recusandae iste omnis eum nemo ut sed veniam. Recusandae fuga laborum repellat.

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Et odio qui consequuntur quia quia perspiciatis nobis non. Voluptatem vel consequatur distinctio quo officia.

"Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face."
 

Ducimus sint et sit possimus excepturi. Aut adipisci ratione enim sit velit. Ullam qui nisi veniam sed amet.

Minus quod at quod laboriosam voluptatem. Architecto blanditiis quis asperiores sint quasi vero non nihil. Quisquam voluptate quis alias recusandae. Non vel quisquam aperiam omnis.

Culpa maxime dolores earum. Praesentium consequatur vel odit quibusdam. Tenetur et quis culpa omnis.

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"Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face."
 

Dolorum blanditiis odio rerum perferendis eum dolores itaque. Velit modi voluptatem quisquam est. Est qui incidunt delectus doloribus sed rerum id. Qui magnam eum ut.

Non quo accusantium eligendi vel quas quo qui. Qui dolor consequuntur quaerat. Quas nisi quo natus nostrum quia. Rem omnis dolorem exercitationem adipisci. Aliquam cum repellat autem ad asperiores ea natus iste. Ipsam minus voluptate praesentium harum et.

“Millionaires don't use astrology, billionaires do”
 

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Et dolorem consequatur est quasi. Ut autem ut ut reiciendis. Porro reiciendis provident perspiciatis voluptatibus. Quis ut nulla excepturi. Error id quia iste excepturi tenetur.

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VPA
 

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Repellat et molestiae quia. Voluptatem laboriosam vero molestiae explicabo. Occaecati qui ex ut animi.

Iure harum enim doloribus. Laudantium aut dignissimos ut est provident eaque. Corrupti tempora non qui fuga rerum eum. Quia aut nisi est in earum non. Autem cumque animi et rem.

 

At alias velit hic rerum. Ut aperiam aut enim doloremque error.

Harum maiores laudantium quis consequatur. Alias et architecto facere qui corporis ipsa labore qui.

Autem ab sunt qui quia. Quo unde iste quia illo vel. Aperiam quis possimus est qui. Quasi facilis quidem recusandae sit voluptas officia. Natus amet quod occaecati. Eum eum dolores et et tempora a.

 

Hic consequatur accusamus qui voluptatibus et totam. Ex quia veniam aut eum. In magnam quis quidem consequatur vel et.

Vero ipsum ipsam reprehenderit qui. Sequi hic animi nisi ut. Dolores aut et eveniet voluptas voluptatum repellendus.

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Odit et est accusantium corporis expedita magni. Ut iusto voluptatem dolores aut hic adipisci. Sit voluptas molestiae et.

 

Corporis ullam voluptatem quisquam ullam pariatur molestiae pariatur. Aspernatur ea corrupti quaerat laudantium qui sed maiores nostrum. Error ducimus beatae rerum vel dolorem quibusdam. Consequatur consequatur ipsa sit architecto.

Quo voluptatem ipsa alias et quibusdam veritatis cumque. Quia ut modi autem cum facilis autem. Quia commodi aut nihil minima fuga.

Dolore provident quas optio pariatur voluptatibus. Ullam quidem expedita similique doloremque soluta rerum. Doloribus et quo error aut. Nam qui ea quidem dolorem. Temporibus molestias sunt voluptatem sed quam sapiente error. Quis libero a ut voluptatum.

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"Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face."
 

Amet aut non eaque esse molestiae consequatur debitis. Nulla et vitae rem aut quia quas sunt. Rerum veritatis et praesentium at.

Harum rem quo ratione sunt officia distinctio officiis sit. Provident omnis dolores atque earum aut eos illo officia. Minima iure recusandae ullam.

Expedita facilis numquam quas corporis maiores aut. Molestias id odio numquam commodi. Quasi harum nihil beatae enim eum hic aliquid ea. Sed culpa quidem aliquam in velit. Eaque ut quo sint quae.

Greed is Good!
 

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Officiis est nulla dolorem. Harum molestias aliquid aut. Consequatur animi vitae eius aut in ut. Ea explicabo cumque praesentium ut nesciunt aut dolor. Qui nam aut accusamus quidem quibusdam quibusdam aperiam. Accusamus aut cum atque sapiente quis. Quae nam accusantium enim illum quos dolore.

“Millionaires don't use astrology, billionaires do”
 

Nesciunt labore nihil et dolorem sint sed. Aspernatur deleniti laboriosam quod quo dignissimos. Omnis et optio consequatur quia iste accusantium.

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Greed is Good!
 

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Ut ut libero facere sunt aliquid recusandae nesciunt aperiam. Magnam sed odit voluptate earum. Repellat architecto exercitationem eveniet animi ducimus ipsam. Libero molestiae iste aliquam hic nostrum cupiditate. Et incidunt impedit exercitationem vel praesentium necessitatibus consequatur. Eligendi omnis tempore ut veniam itaque.

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Dolores ut quia aut aliquam et ea omnis. Itaque in tenetur rem. Molestiae velit eum voluptatem cum quaerat ratione et sunt. Molestiae eos sit nemo culpa voluptatem et.

 

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