rothschild vs. barclays (both in nyc)

lucky enough to have SA offers from both (diversity recruitment for barclays, normal for rothschild). I already know that I want to do 2 years IB then dip to private equity (mega fund or middle market). anyone know which will set me up for better PE chances? I liked culture for both and comp is roughly similar, so this is the deciding factor for me.

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Barclays is the safer choice here for MM/UMM/MF. If you really want to go into distressed investing, go to Roths and try to get into RX group...not sure how the placement process works but it's a risk/reward issue you need to evaluate because Roths M&A exits to UMM/MF PE are significantly worse compared to Barclays.

 

Rothschild is an EB but in this case, I would choose Barclays. Barclays will give you the better experience and better exits

 
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