Why do all the smart/nerdy people do RX

So just for some context, I am an intern in a restructuring group in NY. I recruited RX primarily because I had related work experience, and as a result had background knowledge + connections with various people across various RX groups. Now that I am here however, I noticed that literally everyone in my group is very sweaty and nerdy and I'm wondering why (I'm not saying that this is a bad thing btw, I respect it). For context, I recruited last year a bit before all of the rate hikes so it's not like people recruited because they "thought RX would have more activity than M&A" (although you could argue that with the persisting inflation the writing was on the wall for higher rates in the future). Just curious, any explanation of why these kids recruit RX instead of M&A would be helpful

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For me:

A. No layoffs right now

B. Interesting tactics and strategies

C. I’m edgy and I think bankruptcy is something cool to work in

D. Lot more moving parts and different parties fighting eachother

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until you notice the imbalance of subpar average performance of distressed funds vs the amount of analysis required for a sliver of average returns (compared to other strategies with much higher average risk adj. performance, e.g. PE, DL, REPE)  

 

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