TD Securities
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TD Securities is a global investment banking powerhouse based in Toronto, with offices in major financial centers around the world. TD offers interns hands-on live deal experience and exposure to senior bankers and clients. Full-time junior bankers get access to a structured training program, an “apprenticeship” learning model, and many wellness benefits.
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TD Securities is ideally looking for intelligent, curious, motivated team players who are unafraid to ask questions and are a cultural fit. For students, TDS runs a valuable internship program. Interns are treated like first-year analysts and get a lot of live deal experience and exposure to senior bankers. TDS also offers many networking opportunities to interns, allowing them to connect with one another. For its full-time junior bankers, TDS offers extensive growth opportunities, including significant deal experience, great internal mobility options, and merit-based promotions.
Work/life balance can be achieved at TDS, which focuses on providing a good quality of life for its junior bankers. Professionals are encouraged to use all their PTO and able to fully di...
About the Company
TD Securities is the investment banking arm of TD Bank Group, the second largest bank in Canada. TD Securities has offices in 32 cities worldwide and more than 7,000 employees. Headquartered in Toronto, TD Securities regularly enjoys critical acclaim and annual showings on the major investment banking league tables.
TD Securities provides investment banking products and services to corporate and government clients throughout Canada, the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Australia. Services include M&A, equity capital markets, debt capital markets, leveraged finance, corporate banking, prime brokerage, , research, , and more. The firm's investment bankers deliver these offerings out of particular industry groups, including communications and media, consumer and retail, energy & energy transition, financial institutions, fi...
Employee Reviews
- “Great work/life balance. Encouragement to use all vacation and take well-needed breaks. Occasional work from home remains to help with managing family responsibilities, medical appointments, etc.”
- “Very open to giving people the time they need for personal commitments. There is a lot of focus on promoting a collaborative culture and protecting the junior bankers.”
- “TDS is good about using PTO and, when you are on PTO, allowing you to actually be on vacation/away fr...
- “Great work/life balance. Encouragement to use all vacation and take well-needed breaks. Occasional work from home remains to help with managing family responsibilities, medical appointments, etc.”
- “Very open to giving people the time they need for personal commitments. There is a lot of focus on promoting a collaborative culture and protecting the junior bankers.”
- “TDS is good about using PTO and, when you are on PTO, allowing you to actually be on vacation/away from your computer. Additionally, I have not had many weeks where I am working crazy hours.”
- “Our protected Saturdays are actually protected. You don’t even have to reply to direct messages if you don’t want to. However, vacations can and sometimes do get blown up if deal work or a pitch comes up.”
Getting Hired Here
- “Ideally looking for intelligent, passionate team players with a curiosity for banking and the ability to walk through their thought process.”
- “We want a self-starter who is motivated and won’t need to be dragged along. We need people who aren’t afraid to ask questions.”
- “The ideal candidate that the firm is seeking is someone who goes above and beyond academics.”
- “We are much more focused on fit. We know we can train anyone in technicals but can...
- “Ideally looking for intelligent, passionate team players with a curiosity for banking and the ability to walk through their thought process.”
- “We want a self-starter who is motivated and won’t need to be dragged along. We need people who aren’t afraid to ask questions.”
- “The ideal candidate that the firm is seeking is someone who goes above and beyond academics.”
- “We are much more focused on fit. We know we can train anyone in technicals but can't train ‘good’ bankers as easily.”
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