PubFin IB or Fixed Income S&T

As the title says, I am currently in a situation where I have the option of either going into PubFin IB or Fixed Income S&T. Longterm, I would like to work in more traditional roles such as M&A/coverage/levfin.

Does anyone have any insights on which one would be easier to pivot out into traditional IB? Any input or personal experience would be appreciated.

 

PubFin or S&T

PF
33% (3 votes)
S&T
67% (6 votes)
Total votes: 9
2 Comments
 

What kind of deals does the bank work on/what size bank? 

I'd go PubFin, but if it's a boutique pubfin firm that works on $10mm K-12 AA deals vs a top FI desk then I'd change my mind.

PubFin can easily lateral to DCM (same thing just for corporates) as well as other groups, but it's more difficult

 

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