Honestly, prestige-wise, both firms are about the same at this point, at least in the US. For exit opps, it would depend on which group you end up joining rather than RBC vs DB.

 
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Just to play devil's advocate for a moment, many people in financial services don't keep their thumb on the pulse of "who's up and who's down in the headlines" to the degree undergrads do. If you worked at the top US firms in this industry for many years, you'd likely have known tons of guys from DB and seen them on all sorts of mandates. You'd know that they're going through a rough patch, but there's a lot more history than there is with some canadian bank. Not to say that RBC isn't better experience in some areas (although with a middle market flavor), but I don't think the "you work at DB, you must be totally f*ckd" meme exists in the real world to the degree it does here on this forum.

It's true that a lot of the top performers at DB who could jump did, but in my view there's still good experience to be had there, especially given many of their big legacy relationships (deal activity has been okay this year). No hate on RBC, just wanted to give the other perspective.

 

How good is DB Sponsors? Would you choose that over RBC M&A?

 

Oof, you have a rough road ahead buddy. Just flip a coin at this point and forget about private equity.

 

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