Macquarie Leveraged Finance Vs. Infrastructure

Hey all, how are you doing? I am deciding what group I want to work at as a Summer Analyst for Macquarie. I am deciding between LevFin and Infrastructure(Transportation and PPP's). Any recommendation of what is a better group or which one will give me more exit opportunities?

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A bit late to reply (most banks probably have finished placements by now) but would disagree with this.

LevFin does give you broader experience across industries, but Infrastructure coverage is Macquarie's breadwinner banking group and headhunters take that into consideration. Also gives much better experience in terms of modeling - they do M&A and principal investing in addition to project finance, and pretty sure all the models (including debt modeling) are run out of coverage group rather than LevFin. Career-wise, pretty sure the Infra groups are the most profitable which would be reflected in senior bank comp if you go that route.

That said, for generalist buy-side roles, tough to say - LevFin is traditionally the more relevant group and a quick Google search shows that Macquarie LevFin actually topped league tables for Q1 2016 (whether or not this has an impact on recruiting remain to be seen as they were closer to #10 before). But if infrastructure interests you enough to consider it, then you'll get a ton of opportunities for infra funds if you're in that group.

 

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