Cowen vs. Jefferies vs. Raymond James

Raymond James Real Estate IBD in St. Petersburg, FL

Cowen Healthcare IBD in San Francisco, CA

Jefferies Retail & Consumer Products IBD in Charlotte, NC

Which would you choose? What are their reputations? Exit opps? Culture? Compensation? I would love to hear your opinions... It is regards to a SA position...

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i think its more like cowen vc. jeff.

cowen: - has a great healthcare team - SF is awesome - better/larger network - you will get worked to death - strong deal flow - i've seen people go to large MM PE funds from cowen SF

Jefferies: - You really can't go wrong with Jefferies - keep in mind this is a fairly new office - deal flow in the charlotte office is slow. competition with WF, ML, Sagent, McColl, Lazard MM who have been around for a while. - Jeff has a better name in the industry than Cowen - the team in Charlotte is small but many go to PE/MBA/BB after 3-4, mostly in the South. - cheap living you can save a lot of your salary/bonus - the weather sucks here

i would go with Cowen SF personally for a number of reasons. If you have plans to lateral to a BB in the future go with Jefferies. If you want to stay in MM go with Cowen SF, much better location.

 

Ray Jay is making moves right now and St. Pete is not very high cost of living. That being said...I think Cowen Healthcare would be solid.

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