Which Are The Most Preferred Banking & Finance Campus Recruiters? – InsideIIM Recruitment Survey 2017

Who are the most sought after Banking and Finance recruiters of 2017? How do they fare this year as compared to last year's report? What is the Brand Perception of these recruiters in the minds of MBA Aspirants? Are top rated brands such as Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank etc. going to maintain their superiority over other brands? This report answers these questions and more. The rankings are based on an extensive survey, and take into account the perception of over 900 Post - MBA Professionals, Current Students, and Aspirants who are also InsideIIM Users. Some points to be observed:

- The preferences of aspirants are largely influenced by the word-of-mouth referrals and the visibility of brands. Placement reports also provide them with an insight into the big companies that recruit from B-Schools across India. Therefore, this category is included in the report to bring out an unbiased brand perception of the recruiter companies.
- Current students generally base their opinions on the experiences of Alumni. Besides this, they also do a lot of research on the job market and companies that come to hire in the Summer and Final Placement seasons. For students, the preference criteria come down to two factors: The package offered and the job description.
- Alumni preferences are based on the actual experiences that they have as employees of the brands mentioned below.

The recruiter companies are ranked in descending order of preference. BFSI

Aspirants
Although MBA aspirants may have limited or little knowledge about the dynamics of recruitment processes related to Finance and Banking, their opinions bring out the visibility of a Brand.

The year's aspirants' preferences consist of all global leaders and well-recognized brands. J.P. Morgan stands at the top of the list. Word-of-mouth referrals and access to placement reports may also influence brand awareness for aspirants.

Current Students
Goldman Sachs maintains its position at the top as the most preferred Finance and Banking Recruiter. Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan have switched places.

Deutsche Bank has dropped down 2nd to 6th from 2015 and is now in 9th place. Current students could have possibly been put off by the recent series of fines the German bank has faced for money-laundering and other fiascos, which now reflects in our results for this year. BNP Paribas does not feature in the top-10 of 2017 and has been replaced by Nomura, who featured in the 2015 report as well. Besides this, the list is quite similar to that of 2016.
None of the Indian recruiters feature in this list, which could be due to the higher remuneration that foreign brands give. They offer front-end profiles and more interesting job roles, as opposed to back-end jobs offered by their Indian counterparts.

Post  - MBA Professionals
The preferences of Alumni working in these organisations can help Current Students and even Aspirants structure an opinion. The evident observation here is how the Carlyle Group, which didn't feature in 2015 or 2016, has shot up to the top of the list in 2017. Notably, Avendus Capital is the only Indian recruiter which has broken through into this list of big global names. Goldman Sachs has plummeted by 5 places on the list. Can this be attributed to the fact that Clients of Deutsche Bank deserted them after the Bank was fined by the US Department of Justice?

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Aspirants
SBI, HDFC and ICICI belong to the Big-4 Banks of India. SBI was in the news in 2017, as it merged with five of its associate Banks and became one of the 50 largest banks in the world. YES Bank, again, is a very well known brand across the country and features in this list for aspirants. A point to be reiterated again is that while Avendus Capital has topped the lists in the other two categories, it is missing from the list for Aspirants, which goes on to show that the visibility of the brand is one of the major deciding factors for them.

Current Students
Amongst Indian Banks, Avendus Capital is almost at par with the likes of HSBC, Nomura, Wells Fargo etc. After it was acquired by the Private Equity firm KKR & Co., Avendus Capital has been expanding, bringing in industry veterans and building business verticals, which has been noticed by students. Edelweiss Capital has edged over SEBI, with Kotak Mahindra taking its place. YES Bank entered the list in 2016 and topped it, but has dropped to 4th place in a year. Besides the switch in rankings, the top-5 remains the same.

Post - MBA Professionals
Here, the preferences of Alumni resonate with those of Current Students, with Avendus Capital replacing PayTM to become the most sought-after Finance organisation to work for.  The Aditya Birla Group, who did not feature in the lists of 2015 nor 2016, have entered the top-5 of 2017. PayTM finds itself absent from the list of 2017.

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Aspirants	Desirability on a scale of 0 to 100	Current Students	Desirability on a scale of 0 to 100	Post - MBA Professionals	Desirability on a scale of 0 to 100
J.P.Morgan	93.81	Goldman Sachs	87.42	Carlyle Group	79
Goldman Sachs	90.29	Morgan Stanley	86.9	World Bank	77.5
World Bank	84.59	J.P.Morgan	84.54	Morgan Stanley	77.38
Morgan Stanley	83.81	Barclays Capital/Bank	82.14	J.P.Morgan	76.12
Barclays Capital/Bank	78.55	World Bank	80.07	Citi/CitiBank	75.38
American Express	77.78	Citi/CitiBank	79.78	Bank of America Merrill Lynch	75.25
Deutsche Bank	76.6	Bank of America Merrill Lynch	78.64	Credit Suisse	74.88
Bank of America Merrill Lynch	75.64	Credit Suisse	75.67	Avendus Capital	74.62
SEBI	74.6	Deutsche Bank	75.32	Goldman Sachs	73.5
Development Bank of Singapore	72.67	Nomura/Nomura Securities	73.93	Barclays Capital/Bank	73.38

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ASPIRANTS	Desirability on a scale of 0 to 100	CURRENT STUDENTS	Desirability on a scale of 0 to 100	POST - MBA PROFESSIONALS	Desirability on a scale of 0 to 100
SEBI	74.6	Avendus Capital	71.68	Avendus Capital	74.62
HDFC Bank/AMC/Securities/Standard Life Insurance	70.12	Edelweiss Capital	68.11	Aditya Birla Capital	69.38
Yes Bank	68.71	SEBI	64.85	Edelweiss Capital	67.88
SBI Capital	67.34	Yes Bank	63.9	SEBI	67.62
ICICI Bank/ICICI Securities	65.4	Kotak Mahindra Bank/Kotak Investment Bank/Kotak Securities	61.89	Kotak Mahindra Bank/Kotak Investment Bank/Kotak Securities	66.75

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