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Fall 2023 Partner Spotlights


Host Partner

Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Bank is Germany’s leading bank, with a strong position in Europe and a significant presence in the Americas and Asia Pacific. With operations in over 70 counties, we encourage our people to think for themselves and reward integrity. Whether your interests lie in investment banking, trading, technology, human resources, risk management or another business area, a career at Deutsche Bank gives you everything you need to succeed in an international environment. That includes structured, ongoing training to support your continuous development and the chance to learn from colleagues at all levels of the Bank. If you’re talented, collaborative and curious about building an exciting career in finance, you’re exactly the type of person who might succeed in our organization.

Women at Deutsche Bank

At Deutsche Bank, our culture is friendly and supportive. When you join us, you’ll feel like a key part of a diverse, inclusive team where you can use your individuality and integrity to drive forward market-leading solutions. We’ve won awards for both our family-friendly policies and for improving gender diversity in executive ranks. By 2018, our aim is for women to occupy at least 25 percent of the senior management positions. This includes leadership development workshops for women across the U.S. and our Women on Wall Street (WOWS) network that sponsors over 20 events each year. We ensure women can make their mark on our business that never stands still.


Lead Partner

PIMCO

PIMCO is a global investment management firm with a singular focus on preserving and enhancing investors’ assets.

We manage investments for institutions, financial advisors and individuals. The institutions we serve include corporations, central banks, universities, endowments and foundations, and public and private pension and retirement plans. We also serve advisors and individuals set on personal financial goals, from preparing for retirement to funding higher education.

For more than four decades, our mission has been grounded in a holistic investment process designed to apply rigorous top-down and bottom-up analysis of inputs to identify investment opportunities and risks. Since our founding in Newport Beach, California, in 1971, we have grown into a team of more than 2,300 dedicated professionals, with offices in 12 countries and trading operations in North America, Europe and Asia. We have an established reputation of innovation, and we continue to evolve as a provider of investment solutions across all asset classes.

Our commitment to the Forté Foundation goes along with the continued effort to enhance and maintain a leadership role in the industry by engaging as wide a pool of talent as possible and integrating different perspectives for success in an increasingly complex global environment.

For more information visit: www.pimco.com/careers or follow us @PIMCO.


Corporate Partners

Bank of America

Whether it’s raising capital in Mumbai or hedging currencies in Stockholm, the powerful combination of Bank of America means we can do more for our clients than any other financial services firm. We understand the challenges our clients face around the world, and we tap the full resources of our company to help them achieve their goals. Our solutions span the complete range of advisory, capital raising, banking, treasury and liquidity, sales and trading, and research capabilities.

Combining a dominant corporate bank and world-class investment bank, Bank of America has created a financial powerhouse of deep industry, regional, product and strategic expertise serving clients in over 150 countries through more than 40 offices across the world. As the bank of choice for 99% of the U.S. Fortune 500 and 96% of the Global Fortune 500, Bank of America is the place to be for talented professionals who are serious about seizing opportunities to make a difference and helping to shape the future of global banking.


Bloomberg

Bloomberg, the global business and financial information and news leader, gives influential decision makers a critical edge by connecting them to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. The company's strength delivering data, news and analytics through innovative technology, quickly and accurately is at the core of the Bloomberg Professional service, which provides real time financial information to approximately 325,000 subscribers globally. Diversity & Inclusion at Bloomberg is our commitment to fostering an inclusive culture where employees feel respected for their diversity and empowered to impact the business globally.

Women at Bloomberg

 

Bloomberg Women's Community connects and supports women at Bloomberg through awareness, relationship-building and career development. The Bloomberg Women in Technology group encourages women to be leaders in technology and focuses on supporting leadership development, recruitment and retention efforts within the company, as well as mentoring young women pursuing STEM educational and career paths.

Bloomberg's Financial Services Gender-Equality Index

Last year, Bloomberg launched the inaugural Bloomberg Financial Services Gender-Equality Index, recognizing 26 firms for their commitment to gender equality. The index provides investors with valuable reference data across internal company statistics, employee policies, gender-conscious product offerings and external community engagement.


Evercore

Evercore is a premier independent investment banking advisory firm with 1,400 employees and a global presence in the Americas, Europe and Asia. Evercore was ranked by Vault.com as #1 of the 50 Best Internships and #1 for Formal Training and Diversity with Regards to Women.

Established in 1995, Evercore is a leading global independent investment banking advisory firm. Evercore advises a diverse set of investment banking clients on a wide range of transactions and issues and provides institutional investors with high quality equity research, sales and trading execution that is free of the conflicts created by proprietary activities. The firm also offers investment management services to high net worth and institutional investors. With 28 offices in North America, Europe, South America and Asia, Evercore has the scale and strength to serve clients globally through a focused and tailored approach designed to meet their unique needs. More information about Evercore can be found on the Company's website at www.evercore.com.

We seek to differentiate ourselves through unstinting adherence to our core values. The firm's investment bankers provide objective counsel to senior executives and Boards of Directors on a range of complex business and financial issues, including M&A, takeover defense, shareholder value creation, corporate governance, and asset divestitures. The restructuring advisory team provides financial restructuring services, strategic advice and related investment banking services to companies in financial transition as well as to their interest holders.


Fidelity

Company Overview

Fidelity Investments is a privately held company with a mission to strengthen the financial well-being of our clients. We help people invest and plan for their future. We assist companies and non-profit organizations in delivering benefits to their employees. And we provide institutions and independent advisors with investment and technology solutions to help invest their own clients’ money.

Join Us

At Fidelity, you’ll find endless opportunities to build a meaningful career that positively impacts peoples’ lives, including yours. You can take advantage of flexible benefits that support you through every stage of your career, empowering you to thrive at work and at home. Honored with a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, we have been recognized by our employees as a Best Place to Work in 2022. And you don’t need a finance background to succeed at Fidelity—we offer a range of opportunities for learning so you can build the career you’ve always imagined.

Women at Fidelity

We have specific development programs focused on advancing Black and Latinx leaders and women at Fidelity Investments to create meaningful career experiences and intentional connections across the firm at every stage of their career. This includes career discovery programs to help high school and college-aged female-identifying students explore opportunities in financial services, along with sponsorship programs that create visibility, exposure and advocacy for professional development. Our employee resource and special interest groups offer networking, leadership programs, and volunteer opportunities aligned with the needs of Fidelity businesswomen, technologists and working caregivers, while our live, monthly Women Talk Money Q&A sessions focus more broadly on the factors that impact women to help close the wealth gap. We also recognize that building a career does not always occur linearly. So, we offer a paid 26-week return-to-work program for professionals returning to the workforce after an intentional career break, to provide a supported mechanism to re-enter the workforce with fellow returning professionals. And, the best part? You don’t need a background in financial services or finance to join our team. Our new, innovative training programs are meant to help train the next generation of financial services talent. So if you have a passion for helping people plan their financial futures, we invite you to find your Fidelity with us.

 


Fifth Third

Fifth Third Bancorp is a diversified financial services company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio and the indirect parent company of Fifth Third Bank, National Association, a federally chartered institution. As of September 30, 2019, Fifth Third had $171 billion in assets and operated 1,143 full-service banking centers and 2,487 ATMs with Fifth Third branding in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Florida, Tennessee, West Virginia, Georgia and North Carolina. In total, Fifth Third provides its customers with access to approximately 53,000 fee-free ATMs across the United States.

Fifth Third operates four main businesses: Commercial Banking, Branch Banking, Consumer Lending and Wealth & Asset Management. Fifth Third is among the largest money managers in the Midwest and, as of September 30, 2019, had $397 billion in assets under care, of which it managed $46 billion for individuals, corporations and not-for-profit organizations through its Trust and Registered Investment Advisory businesses. Fifth Third Bank, National Association is one of the top-performing banks in the country, with a history that spans more than 150 years. We’ve staked our claim on looking at things differently to make banking a Fifth Third better. This applies to our relationships with customers and employees alike.

We employ about 18,000 people while offering:

We’re proud that Fifth Third is a warm and caring place to grow as a customer and as a team member.


Guggenheim

Guggenheim Partners is a global investment and advisory firm. Across our three primary businesses of investment management, investment banking, and insurance services, we have a track record of delivering results through innovative solutions. Our commitment is to advance the strategic interests of our clients and to deliver long-term results with excellence and integrity.

Guggenheim Securities is the investment banking and capital markets business of Guggenheim Partners. Guggenheim Securities offers services that fall into four broad categories: Advisory, Financing, Sales and Trading, and Research. Guggenheim Securities is headquartered in New York, with additional offices in Chicago, Boston, Houston, Atlanta, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.

Guggenheim Securities is a fast-growing platform with an entrepreneurial spirit and a commitment to hiring the best talent. Guggenheim Securities is looking for top performers who are willing to work hard in an environment where initiative, creativity, maturity and enthusiasm for learning are highly valued.

A diverse and inclusive workforce is critical to innovative solutions for increasingly complex challenges. When multiple perspectives are valued and considered, the Firm is poised for greater creativity, enhanced business strategies, product and service development as well as greater employee engagement and collaboration.


Hines

Hines is a privately owned, international real estate firm that has provided the highest level of quality, service and value to its clients and investors for nearly 60 years.

With a presence in 201 cities around the globe and investor relationships with many of the world's largest financial institutions, Hines has the breadth of experience, the network of expertise and the financial strength to assume complex and challenging investment, development and management projects.

Company Highlights

Diversity Commitment

Hines is driven by a commitment to excellence, integrity and innovation. Employees are essential to our success, and we are dedicated to attracting, developing and promoting a talented, diverse and multicultural workforce. We strive to provide an inclusive environment where differences are valued, embraced and celebrated, and where everyone can reach their full potential. Diverse perspectives advance new ideas and foster our entrepreneurial culture, creating successful outcomes for our firm as well as our partners, clients, investors and employees.


J.P. Morgan

At J.P. Morgan, our mission is simple: first-class business…in a first-class way. In everything we do, excellence and integrity are the guiding principles. Excellence means more than 160 years of experience and knowledge that comes from solving the complexities of significant wealth, day in and day out. We augment this knowledge with some of the boldest, most innovative thinking today. Integrity means keeping your interests front and center always and carrying out our work with utter discretion.

In each key area of wealth management—investments, liquidity and credit management, and, along with your independent advisors, tax and estate planning—our extensive experience is exemplary. Equally important, we have the experience, the organizational structure and the commitment to knit these separate strands into a unified and comprehensive plan designed around your particular situation.

We understand that our collective diversity is our strength and are committed to creating an inclusive organization where everyone can succeed based on merit. We hire and develop people with unique experiences and diverse backgrounds because we believe that is a fundamental part of strengthening our global business capabilities. We understand that different perspectives bring strength and creativity to our work and lead to the best solutions for our clients. J.P. Morgan offers internship opportunities and scholarships to students of diverse backgrounds and participates in a wide variety of career events to attract diverse candidates.


k1

K1 is a Los Angeles-based private equity firm focusing on high-growth enterprise software companies globally. K1 builds category leading enterprise software companies. As a global investment firm, K1 assists high-growth businesses to achieve successful outcomes. K1 invests alongside strong management teams that continue to guide their organizations on a day-to-day basis. K1 changes industry landscapes by assisting with operationally focused growth strategies. Since inception of the firm, K1 has partnered with over 225 enterprise software companies. For more information about K1, visit our website


SMBC

SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history, SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services, including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance. The Group has more than 150 offices and 86,000 employees in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. is the holding company of SMBC Group, one of the three largest banking groups in Japan. SMFG’s shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and ADRs on the New York stock exchanges.

In the Americas, we offer a range of commercial and investment banking services to our corporate, institutional, and municipal clients. Our approach of knowing our clients, their business, and their unique story helps us empower them to achieve their goals in a dynamic world.

In the Americas, we are more than 5,500 employees strong, with a presence in Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and the U.S. We are all united in our dedication to delivering client success. We use research, and we listen to understand what the client really needs. Offering our consultative style throughout our relationship, we lead with innovation paired with enduring expertise. Our unique approach has built close partnerships with our clients and delivered unprecedented growth for generations.

The collaborative nature of our people and their determination to deliver for our clients has been a pivotal part of our success. We believe stability is strength and growth is exponential when we guide our clients to inventive ideas that help create value and mitigate risk.

We value and celebrate the diversity of our people. We know every individual helps determine who we are. Our culture is one of integrity and respect. We know that it takes a variety of perspectives and experiences to deliver creative solutions to our clients. That is why we nurture an inclusive environment that allows all our employees to be their true selves and fully thrive in their roles.

Women’s Inclusion Network

Our employee-led Enterprise Resource Groups promote inclusion, with our Women’s Inclusion Network representing the first employee-founded group.

Women represent more than 50% of the world’s population but are under-represented in the corporate world. Our Women’s Inclusion Network’s mission is to promote and champion the growth, development, and success of women across the organization. We offer opportunities to network and support one another. We work to educate, advance leadership potential, and find solutions to allow women to thrive in the workplace.


TD Cowen

TD Cowen offers a wide range of capital markets products and services to corporate, government, and institutional clients who choose us for our innovation, execution, and experience. With more than 6,500 professionals operating out of 40 cities across the globe, we help clients meet their needs today and prepare for tomorrow.

At TD Cowen, we pride ourselves on our empathetic and collaborative culture. Our core values of Vision, Empathy, Sustainability, and Tenacious Teamwork.


Truist

Truist is a purpose-driven, top ten U.S. financial institution, dedicated to inspiring and building better lives and communities. All of our teammates come together to bring that purpose to life through an inclusive, diverse culture and an environment that’s radically caring.

We lead with empathy so that everyone is empowered to create and push beyond the expected. Breakthrough ideas can come from anywhere—so we listen to everyone.

Teammates challenge and support each other in equal measure, so we’re driven to explore ideas and learn from failures. We reward impact to redefine better for our clients, our business, and our industry.

Experience what it’s like to work at a different kind of financial organization—one where people come first, and your impact goes further.

Learn more at www.truist.com


UBS

From gaining new experiences in different roles to acquiring fresh knowledge and skills at UBS we believe that you should never stop growing and learning because life never stops teaching. We know that it's our people with their unique backgrounds, skills, experience levels and interests who drive our ongoing success. Ready to be part of #teamUBS and make an impact? Find out more at ubs.com/careers.

UBS works with individuals, families, institutions, and corporations around the world to help answer some of life's questions whether through award winning wealth management advisory, investment banking and asset management expertise, or private and corporate banking services in Switzerland. In June 2023, Credit Suisse became a UBS Group company.

We have a presence in all major financial centers in more than 50 countries. Although we all come from different backgrounds and specializations, two things unite us: the conviction that we’re stronger together, and the will and curiosity to constantly innovate. That’s the key to us unlocking our full potential (and what we look for in everyone who joins us). It’s also why we’re regularly recognized as an attractive employer (https://www.ubs.com/awards).


Vanguard

Vanguard is one of the world's largest investment companies, offering a large selection of low-cost mutual funds, ETFs, advice, and related services. Individual and institutional investors, financial professionals, and plan sponsors can benefit from the expertise, stability, and reliable investment approach Vanguard offers.

From our beginning in 1975, Vanguard set course as a very different kind of investment firm. Our purpose remains: "To take a stand for all investors, to treat them fairly, and to give them the best chance for investment success."


Wells Fargo Securities

Wells Fargo is driven by our values to achieve our vision, which is to satisfy all our customers’ financial needs, and help them succeed financially. We consider our people as our competitive advantage, and strive to attract, develop, retain and motivate the most talented people we can find.

We are a nationwide, diversified financial services company with $1.7 trillion in assets. Founded in 1852, Wells Fargo provides banking, insurance, investments, mortgage, and consumer and commercial finance services through more than 8,700 locations, more than 12,500 ATMs, online (wellsfargo.com), and mobile devices.

At the end of fourth quarter 2014, Wells Fargo ranked fourth in assets among U.S. banks and was the world’s most valuable bank by market capitalization. In 2014, Wells Fargo was named “Most Respected Bank” by Barron’s magazine, “Most Admired” among the world’s largest banks by Fortune magazine, and “Best U.S. Bank” by The Banker magazine. The Chronicle of Philanthropy ranked Wells Fargo’s corporate cash giving in the top two among all U.S. companies each of the past two years.

We want to be an employer of choice, a company that really cares about people, where teamwork is valued and rewarded, where how the work gets done is just as important as getting the work done…We want every team member to be able to say, "I chose the right company. I’m valued. I’m rewarded. I’m recognized. We work hard, but we have fun, too. I can improve my professional skills here. I can reach my career goals. I enjoy my work."


Western Asset is one of the world’s leading fixed-income managers with over 50 years of experience. With a focus on long-term fundamental value investing that employs a top-down and bottom-up approach, the firm has nine offices around the globe and deep experience across the range of fixed-income sectors.

Founded in 1971, Western Asset has been recognized for delivering superior levels of client service alongside its approach emphasizing team management and intensive proprietary research, supported by robust risk management. To learn more about Western Asset, please visit www.westernasset.com. Western Asset is an independent specialist investment manager of Franklin Templeton.


School Partners

Explore top-rated graduate business programs from the following schools under our undergraduate pipeline spotlights.

Boston University (Questrom School of Business) • Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper School of Business) • Columbia Business School • Duke University (The Fuqua School of Business) • Harvard Business School • INSEAD • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan) • Northwestern University (Kellogg School of Management) • Pennsylvania State University (Smeal College of Business) • Rice University (Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business) • Southern Methodist University (Cox School of Business) • University of California - Berkeley (Haas School of Business) • University of Chicago (Booth School of Business) • University of Minnesota - Twin Cities (Carlson School of Management) • University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler Business School) • University of Pennsylvania (The Wharton School) • University of Rochester (Simon Business School) • University of Virginia (Darden School of Business) • Yale School of Management