F100 Operations or Boutique AM firm: Freshman Target

It's my first time posting on WSO and I'm stuck between two options for the summer. I am a freshman economics major at a target school (elite southern) and I am choosing between working operations at a F100 company with a large financial/commodities division (group where I would work ops) versus a boutique Asset Management firm (20 people) with ~$600mm AUM, but where I would work with the management and do financial analysis.

Which one should I choose? My goal is to enter I-Banking or S&T as a SA/FT analyst in the future.

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