UBS FIG (US)
Could someone please shed light on this group’s reputation? I know it is one of the bank’s stronger groups behind TMT, but how do they perform in comparison to others?
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Top groups are industrials and tmt revenue wise. LevFin/FinSpon is strong and C/R has the potential to grow into a top group with a lot of MD hirings lately (tmt has made a lot of MD hirings over the last couple of years as well). In terms of FIG, the people I met in the group are very nice. They admit that the group works a lot (as like any other FIG team). They also have a FIG DCM team within the group. As far as I know, it is not a top group at UBS, however, it is a group within a solid bank so you'll have a great experience either way
Anyone have insight on the group culture?
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Will echo the poster above that it's not one of the stronger groups. Definitely weaker than industrials, TMT, CP&R, lev fin.
The people are generally nice though.
Not sure what this debate is about but FIG as of the last few years significantly revamped... I would argue it’s is one of the top behind or on par with levfin. Industrials at UBS is not too strong and neither has TMT been for a while. FIG Spac and fintech practices are churning out huge deals (pershing, etc).
Fig is hiring a few analysts. They’ve been crushed since spac deal flow has been insane this year. UBS crushed WM so all the spacs want that base as potential capital lol
they are very fine.
2026?
TMT went from best to worst
SVB poached the UBS tech team which set them back
I have a friend who works there. Based on what I've heard, the group still lacks deal flow especially in M&A, and most of the live work is capital markets, if anything. Also heard that work-life balance is reportedly poor, and I've heard consistently negative feedback about the culture across the group.
Awful awful place to work if there is no deal flow and it’s still a sweatshop
It's the ubs h1b refugee camp group
How so?
Once you get H1B staffers it’s over
H1Bs abusing other H1Bs, you really hate to see it…
I haven’t worked with them directly but worked with Moelis FIG. Moelis used to work for UBS prior to launch and also some of the bankers I worked with were post-UBS or (in hindsight) pre-UBS as they left Moelis or whatever go to UBS.
Just sharing my observations if helpful as a data point for the interested:
Yea I worked with foreigners / non-Americans basically. Were generally fine bankers focused on insurance and kind of more classic FIG verticals. Kept busy with client service work and deal execution when the time was right. Didn’t think it was overly sweaty but I was coming from Ken and Friend’s Sweatshop LLC so maybe the comparison set a high bar for what is hard work.
I found it to be a good learning experience about insurance and FIG world. Decent amount of actual deals though it felt like a financing first as opposed to M&A first environment. Even within M&A the preference seemed to be wanting to do buyside as opposed to sellside. Culture friendly but for sure was helpful that I did Model UN in college and am the son of immigrants myself.
Could see it as a good place to build a career in FIG but if the goal is to crank out mega sell sides and print cash and move to MFPE seems unlikely. Maybe it takes a handful of years and then moving into FIG PE or fig corp dev or lateraling to another group/bank if desired.
Good luck future Swiss bankers
Insurance coverage at UBS FIG in the US is very thin. Prior CS bankers that were strong in the space left and the franchise has essentially been non existent since. There is a new MD that covers it now but he’s still ramping up and developping his business.
To add color, the AM/WM is on a relative basis the stronger vertical (recent First Eagle and NFP wealth deals for example). Then comes FinTech where there is deal flow but still mostly levfin oriented. Banks/specfin is not the strongest deal flow wise (would say similar to insurance).
accurate description but also worth noting a prominent AM MD (who was pretty good) retired recently
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