Underrated FT Options for IB SAs

Question

This summer I'll be an IB SA at an EB in nyc. I've seen success stories of people going alternate non-IB routes for full-time to great success, so I wanted to see if there are any other opps I should keep in mind besides IB.

Some examples I had in mind: analyst positions in MM/UMM PE and growth equity (I'm excluding MF analyst roles because I'm not a finance demigod at a top target), analyst roles in direct lending (e.g. Ares), AM roles, VC analyst roles, possibly even HF roles.

Are they any more? Any specific firms that like to hire IB SAs for full time?

thecoolkid1234 · Accepted Answer

At an EB (Pjt/evr/cvp) and I had a FT offer for a MM/UMM fund (latest fund size $3-4bn). A couple things to consider that made me pick the EB.

1) training: A lot of MM/UMM recently started analyst programs (back when I was interviewing many firms barely had track records for A2A promoted) didnt really want to risk that. At an EB you know that you’ll get good training and honestly at least in IB A2A is sort of a given

2) class size, while EBs aren’t big themselves (my class was ~20ish) the PE offer I got was only 3 analysts.

BigSwingingDebt · Answer

Maybe underrated was the wrong word, perhaps "non-traditional" is better. But still, from my experience 99% of people at my school focus only on IB and exit later. Most people I've talked to weren't interested in going straight to PE/VC/HF/etc.

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