Aug 16, 2015

Distressed Debt Research vs IBD

Out of curiosity, which would provide better preparation for a future role in distressed debt investing on the buy-side - being a distressed debt desk analyst (in Sales and Trading at GS/MS/DB/BAML) or working in an industry group in IBD (at a BB)?

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goblan

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Restructuring or lev fin at a bank

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SonnyZH

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Is this a question?

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Is IBD (in a standard industry group) really seen as an overwhelmingly better option?

(I'm not including restructuring/lev fin because the bank I have an offer for doesn't do restructuring and the lev fin team is quite weak)

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SonnyZH

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I'm assuming you're referring to MS, if so, I'd go down the route of being a dd desk analyst vs. IBD.

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SonnyZH

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Mainly because MS LevFin sucks and the nature of the work in pure M&A is the most boring thing you can ever imagine.

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Actually the two offers are from different banks but thanks for the help.

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