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Industrials is pretty sweaty and the largest group now. Definitely the most deal flow and have closed some big ones recently. Culture seems to be one of the “frattier” groups at the bank

 

Sorry to bump this again, but do you know if Industrials would now get the same looks as TMT, HC Services, and Biopharma when it comes to PE recruiting?

 
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