Are FT Partners & Solomon Partners The New Wave of Rising EBs

I’ve been seeing a lot these part few days about Solomon Partners (PJ Solomon) and FT Partners being the next new wave of rising EB. I was curious which has more potential long term in actually becoming an EB as well as which place you would accept an offer for as an incoming SA, Analyst, or Associate. 

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FT Partners isn’t a rising EB because to be an EB you cannot just cover one industry. Solomon Partners on the other hand is definitely becoming rising EB.
 

I know some people in the past 48hrs have “claimed” that FTP raised base to 140/150k but I’d take it as a grain of salt until Litquidity confirms. Even if it were true, I would take SP over FTP simply because the culture at FTP is horrible and they have bonus clawbacks for analysts that leave… SP on the other hand has one of the nicest offices on the street, best pay packages, superb exits, and the best wlb. We are an up-and-coming Centerview in many ways.

 

This is wrong on so many levels. First off we are unit just MM. we have advised on some of the biggest consumer retail deals, with the most recent example being that Solomon Partners was the exclusive sell-side advisor on The Bountiful Company’s $6bn sale to Nestlé in August 2021. Second, we have way more than just one coverage group, in fact we have eight: Business Services, Consumer Retail, Fintech, Financial Sponsors, Grocery/Pharmacy/Restaurants, Healthcare, Infrastructure/Power/Renewables, and TMT

 

The line of banks that would qualify to be EBs before FT and PJS is pretty length. HL and Blair to name 2 off the top of my head who are more well rounded and do a greater volume of transactions. idk if HR is giving you guys bonuses for going online and spewing nonsense or if your managers promised you a weekend off for janking the vault rankings but you guys gotta chill out. The front page of this forum is littered with posts about these two banks despite them being gravely over-represented.

 

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