Generally speaking, not necessarily tied to one bank.
Overrated: Healthcare. I don't think most IB us monkeys do is "bad", i.e. raising debt or doing M&A; is most M&A necessarily good? Probably not, just due to studies that show something like 70% of transactions are capital destructive etc. etc. That said, healthcare M&A is bad bad. You're probably going to do some pretty terrible things working in a healthcare group, helping hospitals merge and become more consolidated and greater able to negotiate bad deals with insurance providers. Helping PE firms acquire retirement homes where the quality goes to shit as pennies are more efficiently pinched (some of the studies/exposes on PE retirement homes are appalling). The list goes on, and I think personally I'd have serious moral apprehensions on working in a HC group.
Underrated: Tech. Obviously this is one of the more hyped groups so it seems a bit odd to call it underrated, but the breadth of exit opps specifically from tech aren't talked about enough. Yeah you can do corp dev from energy, FIG, etc. but tech corp dev is leaps and bounds ahead of most groups' respective crop of companies in comp/wlb/prestige. VC is a really interesting exit opp that's quite difficult from any other group, and growth equity is a great medium between VC's benefits and PE's benefits. Then on top of that tech PE has performed very well and will likely continue to do so. Overall just a great sector to be in as someone starting out in your career.
Fully agree, tech is super underrated in this regard and I would 100% take a decent tech group over a “top” coverage group in a less exciting industry (e.g. would take Barclays tech over Barclays power).
Exits in tech are basically unlimited because you can tailor your experience and spin your story however you want; semis will give you traditional modeling and complicated M&A analysis experience, internet will expose you to younger growth stage companies, software can be anything in between, and fintech is a super interesting and exploding vertical of its own.
Whether you want PE, growth, VC, HF, Corp dev, or even a product / strategy / Corp dev role at a startup, you’ll have options
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Generally speaking, not necessarily tied to one bank.
Overrated: Healthcare. I don't think most IB us monkeys do is "bad", i.e. raising debt or doing M&A; is most M&A necessarily good? Probably not, just due to studies that show something like 70% of transactions are capital destructive etc. etc. That said, healthcare M&A is bad bad. You're probably going to do some pretty terrible things working in a healthcare group, helping hospitals merge and become more consolidated and greater able to negotiate bad deals with insurance providers. Helping PE firms acquire retirement homes where the quality goes to shit as pennies are more efficiently pinched (some of the studies/exposes on PE retirement homes are appalling). The list goes on, and I think personally I'd have serious moral apprehensions on working in a HC group.
Underrated: Tech. Obviously this is one of the more hyped groups so it seems a bit odd to call it underrated, but the breadth of exit opps specifically from tech aren't talked about enough. Yeah you can do corp dev from energy, FIG, etc. but tech corp dev is leaps and bounds ahead of most groups' respective crop of companies in comp/wlb/prestige. VC is a really interesting exit opp that's quite difficult from any other group, and growth equity is a great medium between VC's benefits and PE's benefits. Then on top of that tech PE has performed very well and will likely continue to do so. Overall just a great sector to be in as someone starting out in your career.
Fully agree, tech is super underrated in this regard and I would 100% take a decent tech group over a “top” coverage group in a less exciting industry (e.g. would take Barclays tech over Barclays power).
Exits in tech are basically unlimited because you can tailor your experience and spin your story however you want; semis will give you traditional modeling and complicated M&A analysis experience, internet will expose you to younger growth stage companies, software can be anything in between, and fintech is a super interesting and exploding vertical of its own.
Whether you want PE, growth, VC, HF, Corp dev, or even a product / strategy / Corp dev role at a startup, you’ll have options
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