BB ESG Coverage

Seems like some BBs and MMs (e.g CS, Barc, RBC) are setting up coverage groups for ESG-related corps. Do you think these teams would provide good opportunities in the long-run?

I think being in a group like this would give interactions with some truly innovative companies, and ESG seems like a good specialisation for the 2020s (hopefully leading to interesting opportunities e.g impact funds). Also, being in a newly-formed group like this could be a key differentiator because so few people will have the same level of ESG analyst experience.

On the other hand, if the goal is to move to the buy-side after a few years then maybe it’d be safer to stick with a traditional coverage team (e.g tech, industrials) that would likely work on bigger deals and have less uncertainty.

Interested to hear what others' thoughts are.

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Bump, interested in as well. What do the exit opps look like for ESG specific roles and is the specialisation worth the reduced exposure to the traditional skillset ?

 

Current analyst at a BB with an ESG team. I am not sure how the other banks are structured, but our ESG are almost more of a product group than coverage. Typically, clients looking to learn more on ESG will have a meeting/call with the ESG team to discuss disclosures and investor relation material. This is generally not transaction based.

There are a few new coverage team that focus on high growth clients with an ESG-based business usually in the Industrials/Technology/Energy space. This group is typically considered of Climate/Energy Tech instead of ESG though.

 
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