Investment Banking vs. Equity Research vs. Sales & Trading | A Former J.P. Morgan Analyst Explains

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[@stonchong]

Ex equity research analyst here - the other thing I'd mention is that generally speaking sales & trading seems to suit more extroverted people who enjoy talking to clients. Equity research from a personality perspective tends to suit introverted people who like to go in depth with detail better than sales trading. However you still need to wine and dine clients etc build relationships with the corporates under your coverage. I found the latter seemed to come earlier in my career (from end of year 1 onwards) for ER than my IB peers

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Hi, Which one is better for an introvert, Investment banking or Equity research analyst ?

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[@iluvsquarez]

Don't get ER wrong as @W stated, you are still required to maintain relationships with clients (funds) and the companies you cover (IR, c-suite, etc). You will not survive in equity research if you spend the whole day fidgeting with models and reading 10-Ks. If you are the type that can't sit in a circle with 10-15 fund managers and converse over dinner, you might wanna go for a credit rating agency.

[@stonchong]

@@iluvsquarez agree with this Just to add to this - I agree on the importance of relationships in finance. I'm now a buy side fund manager, I'd say aside from the fundamental skills I picked up during my 5 or so years in equities research - the biggest benefit to my career has been the network I built (which to be honest at the time was mostly unintentional), whether from doing investor trips and getting to know sell side competitors, ex colleagues who've moved into industry or to other buy side firms, bankers on the other side of deals, long term contacts with suppliers, competitors, industry experts etc to the companies we now analyse on the buyside. People are much more willing to help or share their expertise with you when they know you (though there's still a place for cold calling). People are often surprised to learn that I am an introvert - you can train yourself to strike up a conversation and connect with anyone - unfortunately, they don't teach this in degrees (well not mine anyway!)

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I was around pre-Volcker, and every time I see videos like this, it makes me really sad that the industry has basically been decimated and turned into a commission model. This used to be the bitch money pre-Volcker, but now it's the biggest source of revenue... Hopefully they let IB's start trading their own books again...

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Is there a lot of public speaking involved as an IB Analyst?

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Informative. Thank you. What do you mean by Saturdays are very sacred in equity research?

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Would be interesting to see your take on corporate banking vs IB. and also how they work together to satisfy client’s needs. :)

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So with the sales & trading do you get a base salary + Bonuses + commissions ?

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About a week or two, for the second/third interview the same. The only ones that are quick are from the HR department that are about days

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Every time you talk about the hours that go into IB I wince; it's unnatural to work so long! Where on the spectrum would RL be? It seems to dip into elements of all three... Great video as usual ☺️

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Hi Can you throw some light on "effective writing skills", this would be of immense help to people getting into equity research. Thanks

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Not really necessary for equity research. After 1-2 months on the job if you just read the team's research and mimic the writing style you're good. You're not gonna be writing for the first few bits and even if you do, 100% someone more senior will proofread what you wrote and send you an email going like - FYI I made edits, this is good to publish. And you'll get a copy back with a bunch of redlined text. After a few tries you'll be aight.

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30k base salary as entry level analyst in UK

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Damn that sucks do you get bonuses?

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@@davontawilliams3958 it's good for the UK and yeah we do, but I dont know the numbers off the top of my head

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@@jacksinclairr compared to the US in NYC that’s scraps 😢

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Thank you for the informative video! I wonder if one can publish/sell his or her independent equity research report without being employed by equity research firms or investment banks etc.

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whos gonna stop you?

[@iluvsquarez]

If you are *not compensated* - yes. If you are compensated for your investment opinion you will need to be licensed (series 7 and 63 to give said advice and series 86 and 87 to put your name on research). These, however, would require sponsorship from a registered broker-dealer. And I'm making the assumption you're in the US and governed by applicable industry regulation. So if you do decide to publish your own independent research, make sure you're not being compensated. The internet is still fairly new to the industry so there's a lot of gray area but the last thing you wanna do is be used as the example setter on future legal issues.

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