FT Partners

Each Analyst and Associate is matched with both a Peer Mentor and a Senior Mentor. Cycle-specific Summer Analyst roles (current postings include the 2026 Strategic Insights Summer Analyst and the 2027 Investment Banking Summer Analyst) are posted through the firm's Greenhouse job board, based out of the firm's San Francisco, New York, and London offices. With a firmwide headcount of roughly 250, intakes are small relative to bulge-bracket programmes – a candidate building an IB summer list typically applies here alongside larger generalist banks rather than relying on it as a single seat.

The firm was founded in 2001 by Steve McLaughlin, formerly a senior banker in Goldman Sachs's FinTech and Financial Institutions groups in San Francisco, and per the Wikipedia entry accepts only one to three new clients a year and earned a record advisory fee of approximately $250 million on a 2019 transaction per Dealogic. For an applicant choosing where to apply, the path here is FinTech-only M&A and capital-raising from day one rather than a generalist coverage rotation – distinct from a bulge-bracket programme rather than a substitute for one.