JP Morgan Investor Services vs. Nomura IBD
I have offers for summer analyst positions at JP Morgan Investor Services (hopefully in the Prime Brokerage team) and at Nomura IBD, both of which are in London. My long term goal is to work in IBD and eventually cross over to PE so Nomura makes more sense for developing my skill set and showing my interest in IBD. However, the JP Morgan brand is obviously stronger than Nomura. Does anyone have any thoughts about which is a better choice strategically considering my career goals?
Thanks a lot for you input!
Nomura hands down.
Hi Oreos, thanks for your input! Could you explain your reasoning? Do you work in the industry? Do you think Nomura has a strong standing or is it considered an underdog?
Hi Oreos, thanks for your input! Could you explain your reasoning? Do you work in the industry? Do you think Nomura has a strong standing or is it considered an underdog?
learn to reach out to Nom alums and see what they think. much better than WSO. this done in the right way can be very valuable.
Would be ridiculous to take JP investor services because of the brand over Nomura IB when you want to do IB.....also, would be easier to move from Nomura IB to other IB (likely inclding JP) than from JP investor services....
Thanks for the advice, it's really helpful. Actually I might have the chance to do the JPM IS this summer and then do the Nomura 6 month rotational internship between London and Frankfurt, starting in January, after a bit of negotiation. If that doesn't work out I'll go for Nomura this summer. Again, great advice, thanks a lot!
Take Nomura IBD if you want to do IBD. Brand isn't great but they have some decent teams and in recent years plenty of junior people have moved to tier 1 BBs and some have exited to MM PE.
Nomura hands down! The JPM brand name won't help as much as relevant work experience. And it's not like Nomura is an unknown boutique. Having said that, you may need to network that extra bit harder to get noticed by some of the PE firms out there - perhaps consider a lateral in the near future (don't know too much about this and breaking into PE tho).
Nomura is definitely the way to go if you want to do IB long term. Not familiar with the JPM Investor Services exit ops, but I can't imagine the experience would be more valuable than real banking experience at Nomura.
Nomura hands down
Thanks everyone! Seems like consensus is clearly for Nomura!
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