Asset Management vs IB Summer Analyst
I realize this has been posted before, but a lot of the really helpful and detailed posts are 5+ years old. I'm currently a junior at a top liberal arts school and am seeking advice on my offers. I have an offer for an AM firm with around $350b AUM and two offers from investment banks - one with a top middle market public finance group and another with an elite boutique corporate advisory group and will potentially be getting an offer from an MM energy group.
Everyone at my college always goes IB and later shifts to AM, which I assumed would be my path too; however, since I got the offer for an AM should I skip the IB phase? Or is there an important skillset gained from doing the IB analyst stint and then moving to the buy side? Also, what is the future of AM looking like with the growing presence of passive management? Finally, other forums haven't really shown consensus on the compensation differences between larger AM funds and IB. At the analyst level, is the pay relatively similar or is IB significantly higher?
Thanks for the help!
Thanks for the help!
If AM is what you want to do and you have a foot in the door then go for it!
Everyone shifts fom IB to AM because AM is the exit opp, you've attained the exit opp without having to go through two years of 80-100 weeks. At a $350B shop no less. Unless you want to eventually go into PE I'd take the AM offer.
I guess I'm not overly sure what my longterm goals are, PE or HF. I understand AM leads much more into HF if I want to change, but is it very difficult to go from AM to PE?
If you're doing traditional equity or fixed income investing it will be extremely difficult to get into PE. It is the most cookie cutter exit as far as background goes. They want to see IB deal experience otherwise you've got almost no chance.
I think it depends on what the role is at the AM shop. I would assume that AM at the analyst level is definitely lower than IB.
I'm assuming he's referring to a research role. If so, the pay could be higher or lower depending on the shop and how well they do from a returns perspective. In any case, the hours will surely be better.
Really? I mean EBs pay ~140k all in at the analyst level from my understanding. I would be surprised if an AM firm paid first year analysts out of undergrad more than that.
You're discussing the very top of the market. AM pays roughly 100k-120k all in for 1st year, and that is the BB banks. From what I hear the buyside shops can pay more. Bonus is significantly variable based on fund performance though. In any case this shouldn't be about the short-term as AM has a higher pay upside than banking, if this dude wants to be an investor for a buy-side shop (AM or HF like yourself) he'd be mistaken not to take this offer. These jobs are much more difficult to attain than IB due to the combination of pay and lifestyle.
BB AM vs MM IBD for SA (Originally Posted: 03/06/2012)
Ok so I honestly can't say 100% whether I'd rather end up doing AM or IBD, so which of these positions would you say is better:
BB AM (think JPMIM/GSAM) in real estate acquisitions (NOT FoF work)
MM IBD it's a regional firm that does M&A, ECM, DCM, Research, and S&T Also their most active industry groups seem to be retail/consumer and FIG
Base it on: A) their own potential (lifestyle, long term comp in the industry) B) exit opps (RE AM --> REPE?) C) how they look for b-school
thanks a lot guys
I mean.. if you're going to be in RE PE.. you've already made it. Especially with GS. Why screw around with IB?
.
i guess that makes sense. i just wasn't too sure about how a BB Real Estate AM arm stacks up against an actual REPE firm or how highly top REPE (Carlyle, BX, Apollo) firms regard BB Real Estate AM experience.
GSAM is a real REPE firm. They're one of the biggest in the world. Very respectable.
From: http://www.goldmansachs.com/gsam/institutions/products/institutional-st…
"Private Real Estate Clients have the opportunity to invest in real estate and real estate-related assets that we source, acquire, manage and harvest on a global basis."
Sounds like RE PE to me...
I would say IBD because thats going to be way more general experience and you will be able to translate that into many areas if you aren't exactly sure of what you would like to get into yet.
yeah i agree IBD experience is more broad and easier to transition a lot of places but this bank is pretty regional and isn't in the league of say Baird, Harris Williams, or Jefferies. So in my mind an SA position at a big name bank in AM would be similar to one in IBD at a regional MM bank in that they are both harder to transition into different areas than IBD at a well known bank. And i realize AM is generally not similar at all but in this case at least RE acquisitions has a strong deal focus instead of investing in securities like equities or FI.
Sandhurst, so would the value-add/opportunistic real estate AM arms of JPM and MS also be considered REPE?
Lastly, what would top B-Schools think of BB Real Estate AM?
Considering I've superday'd with REPIA, I'm pretty sure REPE is in merchant banking. I dont think they would have a second REPE operation in a different division just for shits.
Dolorem beatae temporibus quidem minima eos. Et est omnis rem qui dolor.
See All Comments - 100% Free
WSO depends on everyone being able to pitch in when they know something. Unlock with your email and get bonus: 6 financial modeling lessons free ($199 value)
or Unlock with your social account...
Omnis ut perferendis dolorem molestiae eius. Ea et assumenda tenetur nihil consectetur. Voluptates maxime magnam aut autem ea maiores.
Maxime est neque qui libero natus. Aspernatur cupiditate voluptatibus beatae nobis sunt dolor sed porro. Corporis libero temporibus fugiat sunt culpa beatae.
Possimus atque ducimus eligendi laborum dignissimos reprehenderit suscipit. Sequi officiis nostrum corrupti eius.