Syndicated Finance/Loans or Investment Risk for 1 year?
Hey all.
I have 2 offers I am torn over and not sure what to do.
The ideal goal is PE (I know likely I won't make it, but that's my general direction).
Also, I plan to work at either of these firms for a year then ideally leave for a top masters i.e. LSE MSc Finance.
Offer 1:
Trainee Investment Risk Analyst - Large Asset Manager - $1tn AUM
Offer 2:
Trainee Syndicated Finance/Loan Syndication Analyst - EU Balance Sheet Bank
Now for Offer #1, there is a decent chance I can move to an FT FO role e.g. Equity or Credit Analyst after 1 year of performance, or at least do a short stint in one of the FO teams during my first year.
Now for Offer #2, From my understanding, I won't be doing much complex modeling, if any. Mainly pitch materials, help with underwriting, market updates, and some very basic risk/pricing of loans.
Curious which experience would be best if I apply for IB/Advisory roles (after Masters)?
Neither of the roles seem relevant to my goal. Offer #2 seems nice because it's within the "banking" realm but as I will barely do any financial modeling or anything complex, not sure if people will care about this experience when I apply for IBD at BBs. The role seems much more closer to Sales within S&T than classic IBD.
On the other hand, Offer #1 gives some flexibility where it's a decent name, I will do some quant work and there's a chance I end up doing some actual fundamental analysis for the FO teams. E.g. pitching a stock or in-depth analysis requested by PMs.
I probably don't know anything given I don't have much work experience or connections so thought I'd get other opinions here.
Thanks.
Pick Syndications and you could use that to move into lev fin or coverage later at a BB if you play your cards right. Definitely the more relevant offer to what you want to do. Investment risk role sounds better fit for public investing. Cheers!
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