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Mostly MM with a rare UMM. No MF's unless very rare case, you don't get HH MF outreach and the people who get it either have connections or get strong MD or partner referrals to enter those processes. Even for UMM you barely get interviews and most analysts even at the top groups get none. RBC is doing well as a firm but unfortunately, headhunters seemingly don't care much and would just rather recruit out of BB/EB's. Source : Was at RBC at a "top group"

 

Mostly MM with a rare UMM. No MF's unless very rare case, you don't get HH MF outreach and the people who get it either have connections or get strong MD or partner referrals to enter those processes. Even for UMM you barely get interviews and some analysts even at the top groups get none. RBC is doing well as a firm but unfortunately, headhunters seemingly don't care much and would just rather recruit out of BB/EB's. Source : Was at RBC at a "top group"

do most analysts in a cohort tend to stay 2 years for UMM? 

in the past - a large part of the cohort would lateral out to good BBs / EBs

 

How far in the past? The firm is growing and getting more traction now so I’m wondering if headhunters will start looking closer? Could be wrong idk

 

Not great. If you do decide to waste your time here, be sure to end up at a good group (M&A, Pu&I) so you can lateral.

Most people here are looking to leave.

Wouldn’t recommend.

 

Not going to dox myself. But if you aren’t in one of those two groups (maybe with the exception of Industrials) it’s rlly not worth it.

Look at other banks. Most of the time RBC ends up on a mega deal they don’t do anything on it.

 

Ignore the title, I work at RBC as an analyst, and am going through PE recruiting right now with other analysts at RBC.

No, RBC LevFin and FSG are not particularly strong. The clear top groups at the firm are M&A and PU&I, though both are known for brutal culture, poor work-life balance, and long hours. FIG and Industrials follow closely behind, but they also come with intense workloads and almost equally challenging team dynamics.

When it comes to exits, everything at RBC is some variation of MM PE or lateraling, except for PU&I, which can be placed into UMM infrastructure funds. The real difference in exits comes down to the caliber of MM firms you get outreach from, the top groups get outreach and opportunities across the full MM spectrum, while the average or weaker groups mainly see interest from smaller MM firms. This is on average, but think like top groups = outreach from the $1-5Bn fund size MM firms whilst the worse groups do not get that and only get $1-3Bn fund size outreach.

 

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