Centerview vs Morgan Stanley

Got both offers for 2023 Summer Analyst Investment Banking. CVP pays a lot more but seems too good to be true. I see people leaving and going to PE and taking a pay cut. If I chose MS I would try to go to a Mega Fund PE.

Would PE pay more in the long-run (all in) than CVP? Is it a marginal difference where I should take MS for the brand name and prestige? Any advice helps!
Thanks

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Do you know about the financial sponsor's group placement into PE? Do they go to MF firms? I have heard that the culture and work-life balance is great in this group.

 

Do you know about the financial sponsor's group placement into PE? Do they go to MF firms? I have heard that the culture and work-life balance is great in this group.

 

Sponsors is great and places near the top for MF PE. However, MS group placement can be a crapshoot, and most lists M&C, M&A, and sponsors as their top 3 choices, so it is far from guaranteed that you get into one of those groups, unless you have an in with someone who has a say. Most groups at MS will have at least some MF PE placement and it is rare to be placed into a group with objectively bad PE placement, but overall, CVP will be more consistent on a per capita basis, and better if you don't place into a top group.

 

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