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The real debate here is between CV and BAML. The other two banks' IBD are at a different level compared with the former two.

Centerview has the huge pay advantage over baml, so if you're fine working in IBD for 3 years, I would say take CV for sure.

If you want a huge class for networking and optionality to quit after one year for HF/other opps without having your bonus clawed back (as you will at CV), take BAML.

You can't go wrong either way.

 

CV or BAML If you think you might want a career in IBD, CV all the way. For PE/HF exit ops, baml. CV pays insanely well, but does not support analysts leaving for the buyside at all

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Wouldn't Centerview still give you great exit ops? How important is it that the people in your firm support your choice to move to the buyside? I can see how a place like PWP that blocks headhunters could make buyside recruiting tough, but I would think that going to Centerview would still leave that option open.

 

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