TD Securities and TD Cowen questions

Hey all, im an incoming SA at TD Cowen / TD Securities and was wondering if anyone knew what the exits looked like in terms of GE / VC / PE, particularly on the tech side.

Also was wondering if anyone knew what bonuses usually look like, considering bonuses were likely different across TD and Cowen pre acquisition, what would they look like now?

Also does anyone at the firm know what groups look like now? Are they fully combined as in old TD and old Cowen analysts are working under one greater group, say tech? Or does TD Cowen still work independently. 

Thanks!

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Interned at TD this past summer but as of then TD and Cowen still operated pretty separately. Any merger of that size is going to take a bit to properly integrate. Bonuses on the TD side have been high (above most BB), not sure about Cowen. Pretty sure there was a bonus thread where a TD analyst was getting 200k+ for top bucket.

Exits from both sides are pretty mediocre. You’re probably not going to get a lot of attention from headhunters for buy-side exits but if you’re proactive you can definitely exit. Culture of the TD side is top-tier. Interns were encouraged not to work over 70 hours at least in my group.

 

I think the FIG team is pretty small so you'll be working closely with the seniors. Pretty sure there were only like 2 interns for TD FIG last year. Sponsors got a lot of ex-CS people so that group is a lot stronger now and maybe those relationships could feed into FIG a bit too.

 

Signed recently for SA ‘25. I’m honestly super stoked, everyone is cool and I heard cowen pays great comp just because they have to stay competitive so you and I shouldn’t be tweaking. 

 

Would you say it's easier to lateral before starting FT, vs. during your analyst/associate stint(s)?

Difficulty is similar.

FT - less open spots and recruiting process can be very prejudiced. You can bs in interviews for FT anyway so it's easy on that front.

Lateral - easier to get looks once you have experience, but expectations in interviews are higher because you might get fraud checked.

 

Any additional insight on bonuses? I’ve heard great things but would be great to see a number put to it.

 

aso1 i believe got 200k bonus as top bucket but thats a special case

 

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