DCS Advisory - Reputation and Thoughts?
Anyone have any thoughts on DCS Advisory? They formed pretty recently after Sagent Advisors and Signal Hill were bought and merged together.
Would love to know anything on rep, culture, and dealflow.
Anyone have any thoughts on DCS Advisory? They formed pretty recently after Sagent Advisors and Signal Hill were bought and merged together.
Would love to know anything on rep, culture, and dealflow.
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I’ve got a younger analyst friend working there. Sounds like the hours and pay are pretty typical to the rest of Wall Street, and he’s been pretty excited about the company’s growth path moving forward. Should be a somewhat complimentary match, since Signal Hill was a pretty strong but hyper-focused tech bank and sagent was an equally good, but much more broad shop with a smaller tech wing
That being said, might be a while before they get ramped up. Culture and business consolidations take a while, regardless of company size.
TL;DR Good company probably going to grow a good amount in the coming years
They just opened a new DC office. Their SF office (formerly Signal Hill) is strong and has good deal flow. Signal Hill MDs source mostly tech deals and Sagent MDs source mostly A&D, Industrials, and Education deals. They primarily focus on sell-side M&A but also do a fair bit of capital raising. Work life balance is better than most banks, and comp is street ($85k base and $40k-$55k bonus).
Are they still recruiting for FT Analysts? The website doesn't seem to have any open positions.
interested too
Not positive whether they are still recruiting because they already had superdays in NYC, Chicago, and SF. Decisions are probably still being made. Doesn’t hurt to reach out to HR though.
Anyone have information on their reputation and how they compare to other MM firms like HW, Blair, Baird, or Lincoln?
I think it’s just early. Seems like their goal is to be similar or better than HW down the line. Right now they’re just young but have the financial backing of one of the biggest Japanese banks (Daiwa, making their first foray into the U.S.) which will absolutely help accelerate growth
Sagent was probably in the same general level as a lot of those you listed. Signal hill was a little different, since it was pretty niche - but a place that could send you directly to tech PE or VC. Combine the two and you’ve got an honestly pretty interesting bank to follow down line
+1 hit the nail on the head - compared to what a "close friend" of mine at the firm said
Old roommate worked here, generally hours weren’t horrible (probably not as described above). Still seemed sweaty though.
Thanks for sharing LaVar Ball and deepark123. Do you guys know if any of these points vary by office? E.g SF vs DC vs NYC? I heard SF is pretty Signal Hill heavy and NYC is Sagent heavy, not sure if that makes any difference though.
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