Originally from the Midwest and interested interviewing for the groups in the future for SA. Out of curiosity but which group would you chose from a long term banking career or PE exit path?
I've heard good things about both. I've always viewed these banks on similar tiers.
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Hasn't Guggenheim reduced their Chicago office headcount quite a bit?
Thought they were rumored to be moving their HQ out of Chicago like Citadel did.
I could be wrong but I think that was only Gugg Investments and not Gugg Securities. I can't comment on the layoffs.
Gotcha - you are probably correct.
Wasn't indicating or referring to layoffs. Was referring to moving people out of Chicago and to another office -- which is Gugg Investments as you indicated. My fault.
No, that was just the Investments side of the house. Securities (banking) never been stronger in Chicago.
Noted - thanks for the insight
Whichever you can get an interview at
But say I had both due to strong OCR and a decent resume... Do you have an analysis on which one would be better?
Don’t get ahead of yourself
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