Buy Side HK vs Sell Side LONDON

Hi guys,

i am from a top tier school in the UK and would ultimately like to stay in the UK. but the graduate job market has been pretty competitive and i ended up only with 1 offer in the UK. well i would like to stay in the UK and get a few years worth of experience before heading back to asia but it seems that the buyside gig sounds more interesting and perhaps has greater exit opps than sellside research.

I recently got 2 offers

2nd Tier MM Bank, London, Economics/FI/FX Research (rotational programme), salary of GBP41k + 7k signon

2nd Tier Buyside gig, Hong Kong, investment research associate, salary ~28k GBP base and maybe bonus?

Which do you think would be better?

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Well 28kGBP, after conversion is actually quite an average salary in Hong Kong + taxes are much lower. Some have said that starting salary does not matter.

But if I could perhaps move onto better exit opportunities later with the buyside gig? no?

 
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