Philly Phinance
I've wasted enough hours in the day reading this board that it's worth me contributing...
I'm a recent PSU grad, solid GPA. Did the F500/regional brokerage internships, went abroad. Networked like a maniac, landed a bunch of F500/retail banking/consulting/anything-except-stripping-but-maybe-yes-if-it-pays gigs. Took a Big 4 Advisory offer (not TAS). Doing well, pretty comfortable.
Obviously, I'm posting because something's up. I wanted high finance, minus IB. Interested in portfolio management, pwm, S&T, etc. Problem is, I never got initiated into the frat party called the Nittany Lion Fund. There are enough Penn Staters, some whom I know, here at WSO, so I'll get some monkey shit but I'm just playing this straight. Anyway, no NLF love, nor did I get Robin Stevens (ms. recruiter schmoozer) to coddle me like she does for the Lucky 10. [/end whining/bitterness]
Anyway, I'd like to get an understanding of my options in the Philly metro. My problem is that I know plenty about the boutiques and MM around here, but like I said, I have zero interest in Investment Banking. I'm pretty stubborn about location, so ding me for that too.
What's available, and what's realistic from my current spot? I plan to go for my MSf down the road, but before resetting and doing b-school, I'd like to get an idea of the market for us Big 4 non-accounting guys.
Any thoughts appreciated.
SB for the reference.
Big red shred.
Off the top of my head...
SIG, Glenmede, Goldman, UBS, Boenning & Scattergood, Hirtle Callaghan, Hamilton Lane, Rubin Goldman, Stevens Capital Management, West Capital Management, Franklin Square Capital Partners, Delaware Investments, Aberdeen Asset Management, etc.
There's also a fair number of PE firms but seems you're not interested in that from your post...
I live in Philly, let me know if you wanna grab a beer sometime...
Toro Trading, market maker at Philly exchange. Good experiences there.
Throwing some more out there.
Clark Capital Management, Cookie & Bieler, Mondrian Investments, Seslia (they have trading), Kildare Capital, Rhodes Capital, Wescott Financial, Brandywine Global, Group One Trading, BlackRock, Grant Williams, Fairmount Capital Advisors, myCIO, Radcliffe Capital
Stifel, Harris Williams, Citi public finance, JPM (offices in liberty towers), Cohen & Co, Loop Capital
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