Macquarie vs Nomura vs Financo
how would you rank these for summer internship? All in NY
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Nomura just raised their entry levels salaries 150 - 200% and I suspect they did for the SAs as well.
What's are they at now after the increase?
They increased salaries in JAPAN for entry level graduates to get more congruence between their pay packages and that of other investment banks. It's also not actually 150-200% because they will no longer receive OT and other benefits.
Do people not read what they write?
Nomura... no brainer
you didn't mention the capacity but it doesn't matter
Nomura, Macquarie, Financo.
Nomura has good name recognition within the industry and also better than Macquarie. Your exit opps will be much better. Though Nomura's NY division is small.
I read on another thread that Nomura only has 30 people in NY IBD? But they're still better than Macquarie?
nomura ibd is bigger than 30 ppl but tehy're definitely still growing broski
Nomura is global pay - 70/80/90
How do people arrive at these rankings? Personal opinion, league tables, tea leaves?
Nomura is expanding globally. I'd take Nomura over Macbank anytime. You'll see a wider variety of deals and of bigger size
Ok well what about Moelis v Nomura then?
these are all foreign banks, moelis would obvoiusly be better for united states
nomura doesnt even have a big ny ibd practice and macq is laughable and i never heard of financo
If you're interested in retail, Financo. If you're interested in Infrastructure, Macquarie. If you have interests in neither of these, Nomura.
In all honesty though, I don't really know what Nomura accomplishes in the United States. At least with Financo you will have a steady deal flow in interesting retail deals. At Macquarie they have acquired some strong bankers from BBs and have the name in infra.
I would go with Macquarie if you think you can get into an infrastructure group.
Dude you guys are idiots; Pick Financo IBD if you get the chance. They only hire from Wharton so if you have an offer from OCR congrats. They're known as an elite boutique. Hours are tough but the comps better than these other places for sure.
^works at financo, ignore lol
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