Feb 02, 2023

Distressed/SSG Groups within Banks

There isn't much info on these groups, but typically they are housed under S&T, and I was wondering what the opportunity is like for someone at one of the major groups on the street (JPM, GS, DB). I will be starting soon at one of the aforementioned and am wondering how active the Banks still are in this area post-crisis? Also, are buy-side distressed/private credit opportunities available as exits ops? I've also seen some Private Credit/DL desks within Banks that I am curious about. 

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Db is the only one of the banks you mentioned with proper distressed credit trading where they actually make $. 
 

same goes for private credit. 

 
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not 100% accurate, SSG sat by itself side by side with MBD but always invested balance sheet (whereas MBD had outside capital) until recently it split into real estate and the credit teams (especially hybrid capital) and took on outside capital - i know they had some issue raising capital since they’ve never had to do it - source: myself (ignore my wso title)

 

Yes and no. The correct comparable is APO, GS is running exactly that model fyi. 
 

SSG doesn’t exist anymore. That team = RE investing 

the credit and lending stuff has been split between capital solutions in GMD and private credit. Basically GS don’t want to hold too much of concentrated loans hence do a fund type model for AMD and a syndicate in GMD. 

 

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