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You will likely have to lateral to a bigger bank to go to a MM PE firm

Strong group: FIG (KBW), Tech, a little bit of Industrial / Healthcare

Definitely have seen MM / LMM PE moves. 

Have seen moves to LMM/MM PE. This was in a much hotter job market however, so take with a grain of salt

Its fairly group dependent. There are some great MDs there, but there are also not so great MDs that couldn't sell sand to a desert. HC was one of thier highest performing groups, but they are more equity focused, they are attempting to build out there M&A franchise, but the quality of deal is not great. Tech is solid and I think the LevFin has okay exits just bc of how technical the work is generally speaking. 

Stifel is a totally mixed bag. There is a really weird amalgamation of MDs from different boutique banks that Stifel has acquired over the years, and as you would expect, quality fluctuates significantly depending on the MD / group. I have also heard of them making some very questionable hires for Heads of specific groups. Almost seems to me like they're super intent on growing their reach and size but doing it in a very fast / impatient way where they end up making some acquisitions and hires that make sense on paper but don't pan out because the people they're bringing on have better resumes than actual deal chops if you get what I'm saying. It happens a lot when you're in high-growth mode, it's hard to grow fast and with 100% efficiency. I'm still Bullish on them in the long run, think they'll get better and better as they prune all of their expansion hires/acquisitions, trim some fat and double down on what works. We shall see though, execution is never guaranteed.  

Just make sure you do your DD on the senior bankers you'll be working under. If you're doing solid deals and building up your modeling / transaction chops I think you'll find yourself a PE gig in the next two years as the market heats up. Might be looking at an upstart $1B AUM growth equity shop instead of a $20B AUM buyout firm, but you'll find something solid with time and persistence. There is a ton of random variability that goes into this other than what MM bank you were at.

Just look on LinkedIn. There have been quite a few who have landed a role at a reputable MM shop