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I heard comp was terrible this year and the group got crushed...other than that I'm guessing they run like any other lifeco core guys
JimboUSC I heard they laid off the head of real estate and structured the team under the banks chief credit officer.
Aside from that please expound upon what a typical lifeco core team runs like.
Vanilla core, I think they are doing a good amount of student housing too. Sounds like a 9-5/6 type of place. Not sure about exits
JimboUSC i think i just heard all of their analysts are leaving from a specific group. Also how did you hear and what is "crushed"?
Fired like 4 MDs and I heard too much G&A for a lifeco
They do core, value add, and development deals. Can't tell you about their culture, but I do know someone who was an asset manager there and managed their development around the country within their specific markets.
sounds ideal.
They have a great rep within the business and do massive debt and equity deals. Debt team is a bit vanilla, as stated previously, but there equity guys are studs. Great name on a resume, would have to think exit opps are better than some other life cos.
C.R.E. Shervin I see you're actively looking for a new position!
networkyournetworth Ha, yes I am! Was it that obvious? I'm sure my posting will get more and more specific over the next month or so.
Haha it all starts with the resume revamp and asking about specific groups. Best of luck with the process, I remember how grueling it was.
We're hiring a cap markets analyst/associate but you'd have to be willing to move to Minneapolis. Awesome opportunity if you want to work on the money side. PM me if you'd like some detail.
I have a friend there who works in global real estate. She brought me in for an interview this time last year, and everyone there was very friendly, very nice. My memory is murky, but I think what the VP said was that AIG divested all their RE portfolio when AIG was in trouble, and now they are trying to build it back up.
According to my friend's FB, she travels A LOT, and her hour seems long, as she told me AIG pays for her cab ride to Queens. Her team does a lot of ground up construction projects. Actually, I thought an insurance company would be more of core, core plus play, but AIG did surprise me in that area.
In terms of layoffs that were mentioned above, I am not sure. I did see a job posting in selectleader for mid-level about a week ago.
Iamyourfather the position posted is what i interviewed for.
Could you please share a bit about the model testing part? Did they test your Argus or Excel skills? Was it about ground-up or value-add? residential or commercial? Thank you very much.
Did you ever get any details from the Excel test for AIG? Thanks!
yeah actually i did hear they are working on alot of development stuff, value add and office space. one of my accounting friends said they fired all the mds to stay under budget, but ended over with all the severances hah
Any other information regarding the equity side of the business?
AIG is a smart shop. depending what side you're on in the commercial space. They are expanding out their niche product types such as student housing, senior living, etc.
The more vanilla deal types are like any other insurance shop. HEAVY deal flow. You will be an inch deep mile wide so to speak. Ive met their ATL team, and they will all tell you that "think of the ATL office as a remote location with the home base being in NYC". thus if you can join the NYC team, that seems to be where most of the deals are run out of. I do not work for them, and do not actively do deals with them. This is just the little amount that I have been exposed to their team in ATL and NY.
Only concern would be that they had HEAVY turnover recently, and considered selling their entire RE during the downturn. I do know people who have been let go/left AIG, but then joined back up with them a few years later - which I think ultimately reflects positively, no?
Any new insights on the equity team?
Bump - does anyone have information on the AIGGRE MS Excel Test. Thanks.
I took the test a few years back...fairly simple excel test: build a Multifamily DCF in under 45 minutes (the provide a bare-bones template). No promote/waterfall schedule was required. However, you need to calculate the levered and unlevered IRR, and come to a brief conclusion as to why to make the transaction. They awarded "bonus" points for "bells & whistles".
PM me for more info
Just PM'd, test is tomorrow. Excited to pay the favor forward one day.
Took the test last year. Exact same info as above.
I'm so skeptical of them actually hiring someone. I took this test like 9 months ago and interviewed with like 10 people and I know I wasn't the only one in that boat. I know they still haven't hired anyone since my process, but I know it's been ongoing the entire time.
Talked to them few years back, some of the interviewers were impressive, some were not...
I’m not sure if this thread is in regards to their equity CRE team..
Can anyone comment on their CRE Lending team? Similar process?
will prob draw flak for this but AIG specializes in overpaying for core assets at main and main locations with big ticket prices. The only group I can think of that routinely makes more boring core buys is TIAA CREF. if investing pension fund money for coupon clipping returns revs your engine, then by all means
They pay well and you don't work a lot of hours, so i hear.
agree, it's a cushy 40hr (if even that) workweek job
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