Need help deciding which offer to accept: Macquarie M&A (IBD) or BlackRock FP&A (Finance division)

Hi everyone. Does anyone know whether working in the M&A/Private Equity team in IBD at Macquarie Capital or working in the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team in the Finance division at Blackrock is better?

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Macquarie IBD. End of discussion.

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Macquarie immediately

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