Harris Williams FT Analyst - Process

Which office

Any office. HW doesn't target my school however a colleague forwarded my resume to a recruiter this past summer

I'm pretty sure RIchmond has but I don't know about San Fran, etc.

Retract that actually...decisions don't have to be submitted til Sept 30th

Thanks...are you applying ?

Yea and my buddy did the 2 week boot camp thing there and has an offer but hasnt decided

Sweet I heard about the boot camp...did your buddy enjoy the program:?

hahaha pm me dont wanna fuck anyone over

We just went through our recruiting process and had some current Harris Williams analysts submit resumes. From speaking with them, they are pretty much all getting crushed right now. I'd expect hiring to be robust this season.

thanks for the insight compbanker. do you know of any other MM banks that may be in the same situation?

HW will have several superdays. Their recruitment doesn't end until mid-October.

Eye Bank, most of the top MM boutiques are hiring like crazy right now. Good luck.

Thanks Phantom

Honestly Eye Bank, all of them appear to be getting slammed. Harris Williams, Baird, Houlihan Lokey, you name it. We're seeing a massive inflow of CIMs -- it's absolutely crazy. From my understanding a lot of PE shops, mine included, are turning down good investment opportunities simply because they are out of capacity (this happens in PE, another reason PE is better than IB!). Even the lesser known boutiques are churning out deal flow. It's actually a pretty exciting time to be an investor right now.

Has anyone heard anything as to the effect tax hikes are going to have on this deal flow though. I have heard projections that a major fall off maybe down the road and thats part of the reason its so slammed right now.

A drop-off in sellers is more than likely, all else in the economy/market being equal. Right now, business owners want to sell before the end of the year in order to avoid the tax increase. However, there's a lot of demand coming from MM PE that will likely continue through the tax change. That will likely persuade some to sell even after the tax change.

CompBanker its goood to hear things are picking up

Does anyone have an update at this point?

Summer offer decisions were due thursday

Would caution you against comp. Significantly below the street for the past two years despite equitable hours.

That's interesting Spartan, I've heard just the opposite about Harris Williams. Several folks said that they pay at or above the Street average. Maybe Richmond is slightly lower due to cost of living?

Anyone hear back from the Oct 1st or Oct 8th superdays in Richmond?

^^I know for a fact that they offered SA's 75 + 10 and projected bonus between 40 - 50

40-50K bonus sounds just about in line with the street, no?