I was wondering if anyone had input on what some of the best groups are at Barclays Capital. Also, if I were to work at one of the top groups at Goldman would the exit ops be significantly better than working at a top group at BarCap.
Thanks.
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Goldman's would definitely be significantly better.
It's hard to determine Barcleh's status these days following the Lehman acquisition -- a lot of top talent left, half the workforce has been laid off. Better off sticking with bank that has a track record.
Natural Resources, CMG, FIG, and Consumer/Retail
Basically, Barclays' IBD is run by Lehman, and while some people left Diamond did a good job of retaining.
"a lot of top talent left"
This is not true. Nearly all of the top Lehman bankers have been retained.
Other than what the people above me said;
In IBD? DCM. Generally? FI, commodities and currencies. Probably in that order.
Just my 2c.
What are the top groups within Barclays Capital? In general and for going into P.E....
^^ this is for IBD
Power DCM
From what I have heard those are groups where you are likely to be pigeonholed. But I really don't know enough to say either way. I am just looking for the best groups with good exit opps (preferably PE).
Is there any place you can find league tables/rankings for individual groups? I have reuters but that is only for general M&A/equity & debt performance...
Thanks for the help.
FIG is good. What are you looking for? Megafund? Or is something like THL good enough for you?
Preferably a megafund but as far as a group is concerned I want to get into something that will teach me the most and have good exit opps- I like M&A (BarCap was top 5 in US) but heard that they dont have a specific product group.
I am still interviewing with Blackstone and Goldman for a SA role but canceled the rest of my interviews because I like the Barclays culture (I feel like they are a little underrated in the US). Are there any groups within BarCap that are good enough to get into a Megafund or should I try and leverage a potential end of summer FT offer to try and get in with a top 3 bank?
power, natural resources are the most popular b/c they're good
But what are the exit opps from those two groups?
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Barclays Capital Groups (Getting into PE) (Originally Posted: 02/25/2010)
I accepted an analyst offer at Barclays, and now I am in the process of deciding what group I would want to work in.
I am planning on moving on to PE after 2 years, so I'm looking for what would give me the best chance to land an offer from a good PE shop.
I was considering LevFin, Financial Sponsors, Industrials, and Natural Resources. Any thoughts?
Thanks
Financial sponsors or Industrials.
LevFin for PE...
For PE I would say either LevFin or Sponsors.
What's the rational behind doing LevFin or Sponsors to get into PE after your two year analyst stint?
Leveraged finance is essentially mezzanine financing. Typically it consists of loans for m&a deals, very short term, or higher risk deals that would qualify for classic bank debt but provide equity share-like returns. So analysts there would perform the same due diligence that a would be desirable for PE.
What about FIG, what are the exit opps from that group?
Yodaddy, how do private equity firms typically execute their deals...hence why leverage finance is a natural transition to most buyout firms
Let's keep this thread about BarCap -> PE
would entering a product group or a coverage group be more beneficial for the IBD--> PE/HF route? I see a lot of people saying LevFin would be the way to go, but what about LevFin vs. a coverage group like NatRes which is arguably the banks best group. What are positives and negatives to each.
i heard that NatRes for barcap is especially strong, since the group is largelt the old Lehman NatRes group.how do you think exit opps compare between this group and a group that tends to feed more into PE, but whose prestige is not as established, like industrials?
thanks guys
Barclays Nat Res has a pipeline that basically funnels analysts into First Reserve, which is a great nat res PE shop, but outside of that they haven't placed too well.
any idea on which PE shops industrials or sponsors usually feed into?
How does retail do in terms of megafund placement?
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Would avoid LevFin at Barclays if you're looking to go to PE. Based on what I know, the LevFin group there doesn't model in house, they are there more to run the process and provide pricing guidance.
^^ yes they do - ur wrong
Bury_bonds is mostly correct, although they do some modeling, LevFin at barcap is much different than at other BBs as they don't do their own LBO modeling and are more there to advise the coverage groups on questions about capital structure. Almost all of the modeling is done by analysts in the coverage groups so most ppl would agree that being in a good coverage group has better exit opps than levfin
Definitely some good advice. Among the coverage groups is there one that you think stands out above the others?
How does Barcap's tech group place into PE? How are the exit ops in general from this group?
Thanks.
Bump - anyone know anything about the tech group at Barclays? They recently split TMT into Tech and Media and Coms and I was wondering how their Tech team was as an independent group
^Can someone shed light on Barcap Tech in NYC and some of the other strong groups at BarCap NYC? Thanks.
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