The reason I ask this is because some areas are harder to find jobs in and I found a job in an area that does not have too much.
I currently work in VC in the LA area.
NOBODY has to get specific if they are uncomfortable. If you want to name your city, state, or even country, make it as broad as you want.
Some people struggle to find jobs in certain areas that are limited, so it would be nice to where most people in what industry live/work.
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1st Year Analyst in IB M&A in New York. Obviously a popular area for finance haha
Not many replies yet but you're right so far NY. I suspected that to be the majority of replies tho with exception of a few other areas
Asia for one
Private Equity In New York
I definitely suspect that to be the majority of PE and IB replies thanks!
Trading in Florida. I am also in kind of a random area
I don't know much about finance there but I'll take your word for it. Thanks!
Corp Dev / Startup / LDN
thanks for letting us know you’re not unemployed on planet earth ;)
When did he say it was on Earth? Could potentially be an Astronaut on the ISS.
IB M&A Analyst in Washington, DC
is there a lot of opportunity in that area in finance and for what specifically?
100%; DC is a fast growing financial center due to a lot of technology and service + aerospace, defense, and government assets that are high quality. Surprisingly a lot of Growth Equity and Buyout shops in the area or are investing in. Not a bad place to be, though if you tell people you work in banking they will give you a blank stare
Startup in Denver
I'm in Denver as well. I'm in PE at the moment.
How's the PE market out there? I'm in Boston but wife's family is out there so may take a look.
Commodity trading in MN
Wow I didn’t know there was much opportunity there. Thanks
Cargill is Minny based, no?
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Restructuring Los Angeles
Commodity trading Kansas
REIT finance in Ohio
FIG M&A in continental Europe
is there a lot of opportunity in that area in finance jobs and for what roles specifically?
In terms of opportunity, there are multiple ways to look at this:
IBD revenues: FIG teams usually have the highest group revenues. Usually driven by DCM and ECM, but M&A plays a role as well. While the capital markets teams usually cover banks and insurance, the M&A vertical usually also covers (at least my experience) fintech, which helps in the deal flow.
dealflow: dealflow in continental Europe FI (my experience only here, maybe someone else can chime in as well) is really strong. At the moment there is lots of consolidation going on. The biggest sector here is private equity firms that start closed book consolidator vehicles that buy up (mostly) life and pension books. This drives lots of volume and gives you great exposure to the biggest PE’s in the world, even when working 50-500 million deals. Also, smaller banks are bought as buy-and-build platforms (owned by PEs) or by larger banks as they need scale in difficult market circumstances. On top of that there are a lot of divestitures by large banks as they focus more on their core business.
Experience & exits: because FIG teams (at least mine) don’t only do banks and insurance, but also fintech, we get really broad exposure, and also do the traditional EBITDA deals. This means that in terms of modeling, the skillset is quite broad and in demand at headhunters. Seen some guys leave for GS/JPM/MS in London, as well as a couple of VC and TMT focused PE exits.
If you have any other questions, let me know. Be happy to answer if I can.
Equities in Dallas
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It's from Liar's Poker.
username checks out
Currently Consumer Banking in Midwest, transition into Corp Fin in NYC.
Corp Fin in Dallas
there r few Dallas comments on here so far. I’ll keep that in mind thanks!
Industrials CFO in the south
Real Estate, West Coast
Private Debt, Charlotte
I'm curious to know what you do :) Never heard of private debt
google it
PWM in a metro area with less than 8mm but more than 1.5mm people in a state that's in/near the appalachian trail
that's the least ambiguous I've ever gotten on this site, it's kinda scary.
well thank u for sharing!! tbh idc if ppl know who i am bc my posts have made it rlly obvious but at first I didn’t realize ppl on here wanted to be anonymously. i appreciate it tho!!
Yeah, I dont really hide too much on here either. There are users who know my name, email, LinkedIn and even one or two who Facebook friended me. However, now I'm in a fairly unique position to where if I said what I did and moved from City X to City Y (that's relatively small) I really might be the only person who fits the bill.
I just try to maintain a shred of anonymity so anything I say never gets back to my employer or even if it SOMEHOW did I could argue that no one would know it's me.
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Tech M&A San Francisco
Real Estate in Dallas
IB Hong Kong
What's the market like for IBD HK nowadays?
Hedge Fund Analyst in Connecticut
Private HY/Distressed in ATL
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PE. BDev Continental Europe.
Corp Fin in Providence, RI
DCM MN
Recent grad going to a Fintech(ish) group in NYC. Hoping to move to IB ASAP though..
Big four M&A in continental Europe. Anyone in Sydney? Have a few questions on the opportunities there.
CRE- East Coast. Anyone know of some good software blogs, specifically related to ML/AI
PE in Palo Alto
PE/Family Office/VC Mix of all 3 at a small shop in Toronto. Very uncommon from what I've seen in Canada.
Enterprise tech in the North East.
DCM in SEA
Strategy Consulting in London.
Interested to hear from people in VC/Startup in London
PM me can help
ER in NYC
IB Chicago
Software sales - Greater Boston
Oil & Gas in Houston.
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Equities Sales in San Francisco
IB, Sponsor Coverage in the Midwest
IB in Charlotte!
Restructuring in Dallas
O&G Corp Fin Houston
First year analyst, Commercial banking at a BB in the Southeast. Work with companies with revenue ranging b/w 50mm and 2b.
M&A. Philadelphia.
Bread n butter healthcare/industrials Chicago M&A
Debt fund in London.
how did you end up in a debt fund? Like what kind of experience do they like candidates to have? Thanks
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