between Oppenheimer and Stifel, both for ibd. if you guys have any insight about exit opps, culture that would be really helpful. Ideally since they are so similar it comes down to culture/people but I only have a few more days to decide and practically can't meet enough people for that.
if there is anything you can throw out there that you've heard/know please give me a holla, it's much appreciated..
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where is it? nyc? menlo? sf?
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stifel.
OpCo.
Stifel. Growing very fast and the people are awesome... And they now have TWP. Doesnt seem like their getting enough credit right now, but in a couple years, I think it will be the place to be.
Oppenheimer, but work there so am biased. Don't know much about Stifel but imagine they're pretty similar, both growing at a good pace. I'd say it comes down to people you've met at this point. PM if interested.
I've heard some pretty awful things about Oppenheimer (friend interned there last summer)... would go with Stifel
tiebreaker?
These are good....
http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2010/04/26/first-weisel-then-you-stifel-is-h…
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_40/b4197045451771.htm?c…
I'd also research the culture a lot on your own and check out their deal flow, which has been good. In the end, you've gotta go with the gut. I guess the reason that I am all about Stifel is that I had a finance prof. who was adamant about stating that things are changing, and at times like this, the big dogs die out and the smaller guys takeover... Stifel seems set to do this. I mean they have had 14 consecutive years of record revenue, just bought 55 UBS PWM offices, hired 8 senior healthcare guys from Cowen, and hired on a bunch of other big dogs.
I have done a lot of research, and these are the points that swayed me.
Stifel. It's not even close.
Oh great. thanks everyone for your comments. Super big help. good thing i have so little time to decide. I had really thought Opco was the better place to be.. in terms of name, reputation, prestige.. exit ops..
I'm gonna say Stifel but that's just because I had a superday with oppenheimer and still haven't heard back so I'm hoping I'm on the wait list and will hear from them on Monday with an offer. Do me a favor and take stifel haha,
You are ALL wrong. The correct answer is IT DEPENDS on the group you'll end up in, or the banker you're assigned to. Opco is great in industrials, certain parts of tech, healthcare and they do an even split of equity / M&A. Stifel used to be a solid equity shop, but now with Weisel, I think they're even more legit. Their tech and healthcare groups are extremely strong, doing both equity and M&A. However, all the other departments belong to the more equity-centric Stifel groups.
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