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Do you really think it’s worth lateraling? Can’t you go anywhere from almost any group at one of these firms
I don’t know if there is much of a benefit to honest. From the outside it seems like unless you’re at GS TMT, PE recruiting is looking tough.
Is your experience that it doesn’t matter as long as you’re prepared?
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What does big 5 IBD even mean...
^^^^
On this site, I've mainly heard it refer to Canada.
RBC/CIBC/BMO/TD/Scotia. All of which are the biggest 5 banks in Canada.
Probs American bb but I’ve never heard it before either
MS/GS/JPM/Citi/BAML
Stick it out and do well and lateral to a better group at your firm. As Mike Allen would say, "Ya never know..."
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