IR on Buyside vs Corporate IR?
There aren’t really any threads on this. For context, looking to transition from an IB role. Seems most people recommend Buyside IR due to its fundraising and relationship-building nature (assuming the comp is significantly higher or no?)
But what’s the deal with IR at a public company? Is this a dead end or low comp career? Personally, I’m far more interested in markets versus fundraising and think this could potentially scratch my public markets itch. Don’t necessarily love the idea of being responsible for huge investor decks but pretty sure Buyside IR has to do the same.
Are the opportunities for growth just so much better on the Buyside IR side? Interested to hear thoughts.
At F500, know people who did IR and they either stay there forever with no career progress or simply switch teams (like IR to FP&A) for comp/title bump. This said, this is a bad choice, and stronly suggest focusing of buyside IR.
Thanks. Assuming then there is no real transferability then between Buyside and Corp IR. I would have thought corp IR lends itself to other strategy roles and even a path to CFO.
I mean if you keep lateralling within one company, then you might be into strategy at some point, though it's not guaraneed. My company has for example a pipeline FP&A -> Strategy, so you could potentially do IR -> FP&A -> Strategy or something like that. The comp is low though, at least in the UK, so I'd go for buyside IR without thinking much.
Thanks makes sense
Great thread so far. A couple of questions:
- How does one break into Buyside IR from IB? Is it easier to break-in as an ASO or better as a VP?
- What does comp and its progression look like of you break-in from IB as an ASO?
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