Join IB Infrastructure or top tier Advisory
I'm contemplating couple of opportunities coming my way, which are both very good in my opinion.
1) Analyst role at a global IB's infrastructure team, working on bidding, buying and selling infrastructure assets like energy, power, rail, roads etc etc. Same type of work as corp finance, but only focused on infra.
2) generalist analyst role with a market leading corporate advisory. exposed to M&A, restructure, defence for all industries.
Pay would be roughly the same, I was originally leaning towards advisory, but a mate said that infra is very hot and demand for infra analyst in US is high too, suggesting me to join IB infra.
What do you think?
Is #1 at Macquarie?
Its a toss up. Lots of top tier PE are raising infrastructure and emerging market funds which could provide some awesome post-analyst opps. But that future remains unseen as of right now.
I'd probably need more detail on #2 to properly judge. Is it a boutique, or larger bank? BB?
not Citi or Macquarie, but citi is raising a huge fund in US for infra.
1 is similar to Macquarie but better culture and people 2 is like a Greenhill, or Lazard but in Australia.If you are talking Greenhill or Lazard as comps in terms of deal size, deal teams, and prestige, my vote goes to #2.
At this point in your career, the more specialized your skillset, the more narrow your options become. Conversely, you may be more sought after if someone with your knowledge and skillsets aren't readily available. But as a general rule, you open up more options for yourself if you don't pigeonhole yourself.
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