Which offer? Advice pls!

UG, have 2 offers: BB IB (Citi/Bar) and BB AM Equities (Buy-side Research, GSAM/JPM/MSIM)
- What are the exit opps from AM Equities? If HF, MF, which strategy (and how legit, like Soros or Moore?)
- What are the promotion opps from AM Equities (to analyst? to PM? How long does it take?). Do people lateral to other firms after the entry level stint is over, what is the junior level employee turnover?
- Which offer would help place me best in a solid L/S HF?

Thanks, guys, really appreciate your advice.

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Thanks, EarLoeb, I'm a huge BH fan. But he talks mostly about boutiques, not BB AM. I know for sure AM will make me a better investor but people/headhunters fuss about pedigree and things like that so lots of people are telling me to do IB BC it'll give me a better chance at a HF (despite AM being more relevant).

 
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If you KNOW you want to do equity investing for life then the an AM job makes more sense... especially much better lifestyle than kill yourself lifestyle. The catch here is that I don't know if this applies to the AM division of a BB. I don't even think of these when I think AM.

As someone said doing an IB job at one of these well known banks will help you out infinitely more if you decide to not be a portfolio manager.

 

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