What are the exit opps in London for post MBA banking associates?
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Any Londoner?
All the american post-MBAs here, take note: you have no exit opps.
To be fair, he is right about them being limited for the buy-side. Hate the game not the player
Oh, I agree. I was just messing around.
Interested as well. Are there even summer associate programs in London in the first place? I think it may be hard to get an associate job post MBA without any pre-MBA IB experience.
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Are they not? I thought it would be easy to secure a spot after an LBS MBA
Yeah, but only a couple banks really recruit MBAs in london. Majority of associates are A2A or laterals.
IIRC: GS, CS, BAML, Citi, MS, DB, HSBC and Nomura all have had Summer Associates in London
Most are usually staying in banking or going to Corp Dev/Strategy or FP&A. Note that I think that given your background you could move to HFs directly after your MBA.
Thanks a lot for your reply. So you are basically saying that in here it is like in the US. Do you think the IB stint would not help in going to HFs? You think even just an LBS MBA would allow me to go into HFs or do I need to go to HBS/Wharton/Stanford? My GMAT is good enough for LBS but not for the rest.
Well I just think that HHs would question you doing MBA -> IB (moving away from investing) -> HF (back at investing). Secondly assuming you run models already I don’t see how banking would help you on that especially as an associate especially in Europe where post-MBAs associates usually are focused on slides+process+relationship handling in my experience and A2As will usually review models from Analysts. Note that you may have to provide more color on your strategy in equities, and HF strategy - if the two somewhat align, you can easily make the move with solid pitches especially on the short side if you are at a L-O fund. Also out of curiosity why the desire to be at a HF when career risk is much grater and you will do a similar job to your current on?
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The tuition fees at LBS cost £80k. You said you currently earn £90k, so combining that with other study-related expenses such as textbooks and travel would bring the total cost of the degree to £300k. Most banks in London no longer recruit at the MBA level, and those that still do usually only recruit in the single digits. But they still receive hundreds of applications, not only from LBS and INSEAD but also from top US business schools . Even if you break into IB, it would be tough to sell your story to HF recruiters when you have already moved from the buy side to the sell side.
So I guess your plan is possible, but also very challenging and costly.
Exactly. At my BB, there were only 10 spots for summer associates last Summer, and only 5 actual spots to fill for FT
What do you think is the best way for me to get into hedge funds then?
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