Student at target- just got both offers and am very excited. What's peoples thoughts? Leaning towards UBS cause Jefferies is considered to be MM and I am interested in international mobility but open to hear people's thoughts
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depends on your group, but more likely than not UBS
I’d pick jefferies but it’s close and pretty group dependent I’ve heard
how so? UBS is top5 in m@a league tables RN and is a much better brand
Not to mention UBS has a much better culture
Go with the one you've had better conversations/networking experiences with. Both are solid banks and pretty even in terms of everything else. Personally would lean UBS given the supposed better culture and hours. I've heard Jefferies can be a sweatshop depending on the group.
I would take UBS anyday. I believe that for the following reasons:
1) For internationals brand reputation matters a lot. UBS is one of the best investment bank in APAC and a Top 5 investment bank as per the latest league table rankings in the US and outside the US besides UK I don’t think anyone would have even heard of Jefferies. 2) UBS is #5 this year in M&A whereas Jefferies cannot be seen anywhere near the Top 10. UBS is a BB whereas I would consider Jefferies to be a boutique and not even an EB. 3) If you want to work on high profile mandates, you would be given that chance of working at UBS as you can see recently UBS has been on a few of these. You would never get the chance to work on such high profile mandates at Jefferies and you might be even pushed to look at deals in the MM space.
In conclusion, UBS over Jefferies any given day.
Just saw in another post that Jefferies had 50% return offer rate this summer, would definitely avoid at all cost. Seems like EBs and BBs with diversified businesses (Rx, cap markets) can sustain the pandemic and offer high return rates while m&a focused MM firms are heavily struggling.
Congrats! at this point would probs take ubs
Junior at UBS here.
Congrats on your offers! I have friends at Jefferies, and they're awesome. It's good to have choices.
Pick the culture that you fit in well at and consider the workflow coming in. This will set you up to succeed in your current role and prepare your resume for the next step (whatever you'd like that to be).
Good luck.