Moelis LA vs JPM M&A vs Waiting for GS
If you had offers from both which would you take for SA?
Worth it to wait for GS or try to accelerate at other firms - PJT M&A or CVP?
Ultimately, want to de MF PE, what is my best option?
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Moelis LA, JPM might be SLIGHTLY better for logistics with setting up PE interviews in NY, but you'll get a much better analyst experience as far as technical skills and you'll likely get paid more. Overall, Moelis LA PE exits are better and not just to west coast PE firms, and if you wanna be on the west coast then that's even better. KKR is a great name, but you'll lose nothing by having 2 years of Moelis LA on your resume. Recently a few analysts have exited to KKR PE anyway.
Would take JPM M&A. You'll get looks from all MFs there and being in NYC is awesome for life and recruiting.
Besides NYC, which would give the best shot at an MF?
Moelis LA definitely
How do you know you would get JPM M&A?
Wait for GS. Get paid less than your peers at other firms and work like a dog. Rage quit because you’ve become so jaded against finance that you don’t ever want to come back. You’ve made it
So between Moelis and JPM which would be the better option? Looking to maximize my chances for PE recruiting as I come from a semi-target with a not so great GPA.
Easily Moelis LA for MF PE. They have fantastic placements at nearly all the MF's including distressed funds like Centerbridge.
Moelis La is top tier group my good friend transferred to that office from a lower end eb and exited to Oaktree a year and a half later. They place great in places like silver lake,Ares la and oak tree. NYC MF and UMM is also possible. Personally I’d rather work 100 hours a week in a city that has great weather and hot girls.NYC gets pretty depressing around winter time and I wouldn’t wanna walk home at 4am from the office in slushy cold weather with crazy homeless yelling at you at every corner.
Firms expense ubers past like 9:00… nobody ever walks home.
Also, there are more homeless people per 100,000 residents in LA than there are in NY. Take it from someone who grew up in LA - it’s not exactly a super nice place to live. When you’re sitting in rush hour traffic, taking 1 hour to drive 10 miles, you start to really contemplate how much the freeway system sucks and wish that the metro system was much more efficient.
And who the hell cares if it’s 70° and sunny when you’re inside? It all feels the same inside your heated/air conditioned workplace. Moelis isn’t exactly the firm to work at to enjoy the weather.
Source: http://www.citymayors.com/society/usa-cities-homelessness.html
suggesting moelis LA because of weather and hot girls is exactly the type of take you'd expect from a sophomore
What would you suggest? Any advice?
Bump - Any advice from any PE folks or analysts that recruited?
JPM M&A places great into PE and gets looks from all HHs. Past 3 classes are as follows for PE:
-BX (2), LGP, Carlyle, GIC
-BX, SLP, CD&R, Providence, MDP, AmSec, WCAS, OMERS
-BX (2), Carlyle, TPG, KKR
What about Moelis LA?
Definitely think JPM M&A is strong but group placement at JPM for SA's can be competitive and not sure if the risk of getting a random group is worth it.
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