I’ve been seeing a lot these part few days about Solomon Partners (PJ Solomon) and FT Partners being the next new wave of rising EB. I was curious which has more potential long term in actually becoming an EB as well as which place you would accept an offer for as an incoming SA, Analyst, or Associate.
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FT Partners isn’t a rising EB because to be an EB you cannot just cover one industry. Solomon Partners on the other hand is definitely becoming rising EB.
I know some people in the past 48hrs have “claimed” that FTP raised base to 140/150k but I’d take it as a grain of salt until Litquidity confirms. Even if it were true, I would take SP over FTP simply because the culture at FTP is horrible and they have bonus clawbacks for analysts that leave… SP on the other hand has one of the nicest offices on the street, best pay packages, superb exits, and the best wlb. We are an up-and-coming Centerview in many ways.
After reading this post, I vote for FTP
Jesus how many times to these threads need to be posted? For what feels like the third time this week, no they won’t be the “next EBs”.
Also, why does it matter? Unless you're coming in as an MBA associate, those banks won't dramatically change over two years, so it is irrelevant to your analyst timeline.
Even if you're coming in as a career banker, you'll be jumping around banks for promotions regardless.
PJ Solomon shills out in force recently… no you’re specialist consumer boutique that is basically a MM firm with one coverage group is not a rising EB. Look at the league tables and try making that case with data, it’s impossible
This is wrong on so many levels. First off we are unit just MM. we have advised on some of the biggest consumer retail deals, with the most recent example being that Solomon Partners was the exclusive sell-side advisor on The Bountiful Company’s $6bn sale to Nestlé in August 2021. Second, we have way more than just one coverage group, in fact we have eight: Business Services, Consumer Retail, Fintech, Financial Sponsors, Grocery/Pharmacy/Restaurants, Healthcare, Infrastructure/Power/Renewables, and TMT.
Have gotten recruiters from both banks reach out to me in the last week alone. I assume, they're also reaching out to other folks. I think the OP was just trying to get a sense of whether the opportunity is worth it.
No stop
They're both most definitely the middlest of middle-market (no hate, just facts)
The line of banks that would qualify to be EBs before FT and PJS is pretty length. HL and Blair to name 2 off the top of my head who are more well rounded and do a greater volume of transactions. idk if HR is giving you guys bonuses for going online and spewing nonsense or if your managers promised you a weekend off for janking the vault rankings but you guys gotta chill out. The front page of this forum is littered with posts about these two banks despite them being gravely over-represented.
They are rising into a new category of vertically focused banks where Q is sitting way at the top in terms of "rankings" and "prestige"
The model is fundamentally different than an EB still
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