Incoming FT at UBS, curious about the rep of the sponsors group. Have seen on various posts that it is considered a “top group” at UBS, but can’t seem to find exits that back that up. Could anyone shed light on exits / deal experience from a technical perspective now that it’s combined with M&A?
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You won't find exits because there haven't really been exits from the group to PE. They take 4-5 analysts a year. The group has a good culture and chill WLB, a great cushy job where a lot of the lack of exits is due to people wanting to stay. Someone posted about exits this past year (people leaving 2025)/the class that was full UBS from the start: and only groups with at least UMM exits were Industrials (GA and Veritas), FIG (Stonepoint), CR (Platinum), Tech (FP, PSG, and HIG), M&A (GA), and LevFin (various UMM/MF PC; Oaktree, KSL, and Ares).
As someone at the firm, the top 3 groups at the bank for experience (and by association exits) are LevFin and Industrials, followed by CR. Sponsors are hyped on here because it was split from LevFin (it seems a lot of UBS posters here use old info, so can see why Sponsors was lumped in as a top group when combined with LevFin/recently split), but they do mostly the relationship work and not execution, hence the WLB. Sponsors have also lost a bunch of MDs.
Edit: Will note class sizes for the other groups mentioned vary widely from the Sponsor's. Sponsors take 4-5 analysts, LevFin and Industrials are both 10+, and the other coverage groups are, afaik, 6-8. There is also a difference in class size between coverage groups, but not super familiar with exact numbers, but know, for instance, CR is smaller than FIG in analyst class size.
Edit 2: checked exits myself since this was getting some traction, and updated accordingly. Added the LevFin exits and found that M&A also had a UMM exit, which I added. Think my overall ranking still holds true, but obviously up to each person to interpret the data themselves.
Would agree; sponsor's overhyped on this forum. Nobody at the bank knows what they actually do. They aren't an actual coverage group since they don't have industry expertise of any kind, nor are they doing the modelling like a product team would. Been here for a year in a coverage group and still have no idea what value sponsors add.
Damn what a fall from grace vs cs sponsors… seems like the analyst experience changed a lot as well
I think it's just a different group than it was pre-split. Again for what it's worth, it seem like great culture group with great hours. It's still a great spot to be in if your interested in longer term banking careers/a more chill IB seat. It just wouldn't be top tier for exits is all. Everyone wants different things and I can see perfectly reasonable reasons for ranking sponsors number 1.
to the above comments, I'd assume you can still get good MM/UMM looks if you wanted to...curious if anyone can confirm
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