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Thanks for your answer. I would rather like to know about the sector groups of tier-2 bulge bracket banks.

In regard to your answer: How would you compare the analyst experience at eg. Centerview and Evercore - besides the deals being more large vs. mid-cap?

 
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Do you want to focus on large cap transactions (e.g. Nomura, Centerview), mid cap (e.g. Evercore), small cap (e.g. McQueen)?

Are there sectors you are interested in?

Please give us a bit more information and we should be able to help you.

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If you could be slightly more specific, except if you really don't know which sectors you are genuinely interested in. As a rule of thumb, good teams tend to make people work harder and much longer hours. For instance, BAML has a really good Healthcare team and a decent Consumer & Retail franchise, but people work crazy hours.

Centerview focuses on large cap transactions involving strategics. It is much tougher to get mandates and hence they have to pitch a lot. On the other hand, after a few years, you end up with a few proper landmark transactions and more importantly you don't have to work for PEHs (who are very demanding clients). In terms of exit ops, I guess it's probably easier to be hired by a corporate. At a more senior level, the job is probably more interesting as you turn into a real "relationship banker"

Evercore is as intense as Centerview but the client portfolio is more diversified. You get a better exposure to PEHs and it's probably easier to move to the buy-side. I know a few people who worked there and apparently the culture is pretty good and their track record in industrials and healthcare is fairly decent.

@oreos: As far as I am aware, McQueen is still operated as a standalone business, so it hasn't changed anything at all.

 

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