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Large Shops with LO Strategies:

BlackRock

Neuberger Berman

First Eagle 

Pzena 

Alger

GSAM/JPM AM
 

Also a lot of large AMs not HQ’d in NYC have offices: 

Alliance Bernstein 

Pimco 

Capital Group

Wellington (just opened, not sure any real presence of investment professionals)

Schroders

Lord Abbett (Jersey City)

 
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Much smaller list than I expected and not a lot of high-quality names:

  • BlackRock - Very small active management division, decent quality
  • Alger - Not very good culture, bad rep
  • GSAM/JPAM - Not great places for AM

The only top tier shops on the list are PIMCO, Capital Group, and Wellington. Capital Group and Wellington do not have a large % of their investment professionals and its mostly analysts or PMs. This would be an ideal setup as an analyst but juniors and associates would likely have to work out of HQ. PIMCO doesn't prioritize its equities team at all and I don't think it's very big or of notable quality. 

The rest are fine but definitely tier 2/tier 3 shops. It just seems weird that to land a top junior seat that you likely have to move out of NYC

 

Can't comment on lateral recruiting but when I spoke to Alger regarding a junior summer internship they questioned me quite a bit (and likely dinged me) for not already having interned at a HF or investment bank. I didn't get progressed (likely due to that) but truthfully I was kind of taken aback by the statement and made it seem like they had a very intense elitist culture. Your mileage may vary but I didn't care the culture.

 

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