BAML Top Industry Groups for SAs (2016)

Hi all,

I will be interning in BAML IBD this summer and with placement day coming soon, I wanted to hear WSO's thoughts on which industry groups there are good and bad?

I have been told that BAML Real Estate is good, but I don't want to be pigeonholed. Based on previous threads, it seems like Energy and TMT aren't great as well.

How would you rank C&R, HC, Industrials, and FIG at BAML? Any input appreciated.

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Energy is good in Houston, relatively weaker in NY. Real estate is also good. C&R is a good group but I found the people extremely douchey. Think industrials is also solid.

Healthcare USED to be one of the best on the Street but pretty much every good MD left last year (comp issues) and I dont think I've seen them on any big HC M&A deals since. Would avoid.

Power does a ton of deals but the hours and culture are brutal. Total sweatshop and I hear the exits aren't that great (at least relative to other power groups on the Street like Barclays).

Dont know much anout FIG or TMT.

Sponsors, M&A and Lev Fin are the best groups for exits as an Analyst.

 

Yeah those 3 groups do modeling in house as far as I know. That said, do industry bankers at BAML get decent PE opps or do headhunters only look at M&A, Sponsors, Lev Fin?

 

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