What was the worst sell side team you’ve seen on a buy side? (PwC, Deloitte, EY, KPMG, BDO, RSM, GT, A&M)

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Dangerous game you’re playing, even when I’ve seen sell-sides where they made mistakes or the quality was poor you have to have some empathy because it’s only a matter of time before you’re the one who makes a mistake that buy-side teams identify. You’re bound to be on both sides of the coin at one point or another in FDD

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Agree, extrapolating one bad sellside to an entire firm doesn't make sense. I've seen good quality from all of the ones I've worked with.

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Goldman Sachs

Or as my first year keeps writing “Goldman Sacks”.

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