I got an internship at a bank in Treasury, will this hurt my chances for IB?

Unfortunately, the only internship I could land this summer was one in Treasury at the second biggest bank in my country. Last summer, as a first-year, I managed to land one in asset management, but recruiting for IB didn't go as well as I wanted to this year. 

I think I might be put on the treasury trading desk, but I'm not so sure. Will this internship hurt me, as it could be seen as MO?

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Neither this nor the asset management one will hurt but also won’t help much either. 
Your final internship with full time placement potential will matter a lot more 


If possible, the more corporate treasury type roles I would have thought would be better for IB than being on a “treasury trading desk”, whatever that means 

 

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