PWM afterlife

So I'm finding myself more intrigued by Private Banking, but I'm not 100% sold on it yet.

I'm in the first year of my MBA and my biggest concern is using my only summer for a PWM internship, realizing I don't really like PB, and then not knowing what the next move is.

Can I leverage my PB skillset for something more substantial say commercial banking? Or how can I swing this to stay in finance? (IF i end up not liking PB)

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Credit Suisse and it would be an internship so I don't think it would be so much RM as it would be analyst based...

previous jobs: tax accounting, corporate controllership, and general management

 
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The good news here is private banking has offices almost everywhere, meaning there is probably one near your school. There is also likely a grad from your school working there. Shoot them an email, and ask to shadow them for a few days.

Do it over a holiday, or take a few days off class. Figuring out whether a career is for is definitely worth it; you might even decide against an internship in the field.

As for exits, I don't see many private bankers in other industries. I imagine the skillset would be transferable to sales (not securities, I mean f500) and fund raising. I have not met many private bankers professionally, but from what I can tell, most firms do not have you doing much anything quantitative.

Commercial banking is mostly credit analysis at the junior level, and I am not sure what the requirements would be at the post MBA level. I don't think the overlap is too substantial, but commercial banking jobs are generally not super competitive. I would think MBA level courses would teach everything needed.

 

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