Is FT Partners Now Officially the Most Prestigious EB?

FT Partners has now recently confirmed that they have bumped analyst 1/2 base salaries to 140/150k in the U.S. and £85k/£95k in the U.K. If there bonuses are in line with previous years, that would mean their TC would be around $300k+ for an1's and would be top of the street (higher than cvp, dyal and Q). I know FTP has had a reputation of recruiting non-targets due to their horrendous culture - which apparently has been fixed- but I can now imagine with these new changes that they are going to shift to recruiting talent from target schools flocking to want to join the highest paying bank on the street. I was wondering if these changes will now make FTP the most prestigious and difficult boutique to join, ahead of Dyal, Q and CVP?

Boutique FT Partners sets new bar with $140,000 starting salary for junior bankers - Financial News (fnlondon.com)

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Prestige and pay are not entirely correlated, although the perspective of people is often swayed by material outcomes (ex. Part of what makes IB “prestigious” is the fact that we make double sometimes triple what our peers out of college make). That said, money is not the only quantifiable trait of prestige. If that were the case then a Trade school would be more prestigious than Harvard because out of school a Plumber definitely makes more than a Harvard politics or economics major on average.

The reality is a lot more complex and nuanced. FT will need to begin winning more big name deals, beating out the likes of Ms and Gs and Q on equal footing. And even then it’ll take years before they will realistically develop the brand value that some of the “comps” you mentioned enjoy today.

 

Troll post. Real prestige comes from being able to walk around with a firm's name on your resume and command instant respect from employers and poontang. Making 140k on an annual basis for the 9 months you're able to survive at uncle tony's banking stop'n shop doesn't impress anyone worth impressing, and certainly doesn't open many (good) doors. 

 

Im under the impression that fintech has the most room to grow as an industry, so wouldnt fintech be the place to be right now for m&a? I mean, FT partners must have justifications for raising their base (in addition to the amount of work theyre known to give). Im also a big fan of healthcare and tech as a whole, lots of continuous advancements happening here. Curious to hear your thoughts

 

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