Financial Services

Welcome to the Financial Services Community

Welcome to the Finance Community at Rice Business! Rice Business is ranked #5 Best MBA for Finance by Princeton Review and is the top MBA program for students seeking investment banking opportunities in Houston. We are here to keep you connected to what’s happening in the finance industry. If you are interested in learning about investment banking, corporate finance, investment management, private equity, or venture capital please see our resources. Welcome to the CDO!

Sample Companies Hiring Rice Business Students and Graduates

Investment Banks:
Private Equity/Venture Capital:

Bank of America Securities
B29 Investments, LP

Barclays Global Markets
Bazean

BMO Capital Markets
Buck Jack Capital

Citigroup Banking
Endeavor Energy

Credit Suisse
Global Energy Capital

Deutsche Bank
Hastings Equity Partners

Evercore
Launch Factory

GF Securities
Luminus Management, LLC

Goldman Sachs
Mercury Fund

Greenhill & Co.
Neon Liberty Capital Management

Jefferies & Company, Inc.
Nomad Energy Partners

JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Sage Equity Partners

KLR Group
Shell Ventures

Lazard

Moelis & Company

Morgan Stanley

RBC Capital Markets

Scotiabank
Investment Management/Private Wealth:

Simmons & Company

TD Securities
Dimensional Fund Advisors

Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.
Eagle Global Advisors, LLC

UBS Investment Bank
Goldman Sachs

Wells Fargo
Greenview Capital Group, LLC

J.P. Morgan Private Bank

Rice Angel Network

Teacher Retirement System of Texas

*Employment with a specific company is not guaranteed.
Sample Functional Roles

Analyst

Associate

Associate – Investment Banking

Associate – Investor Relations

Corporate and Investment Banking Associate

Equity Research Intern

Finance Analyst Intern

Investment Analyst

Investment Banking Associate

Investor Relations

Portfolio Analyst

Private Banking Summer Associate

Private Equity Associate

Private Wealth Management Associate

Summer Associate

*Employment within a specific job function or title is not guaranteed.
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Coinbase Ventures launched in 2018 on the heels of an unprecedented boom-bust cycle for bitcoin, which saw the currency’s price peak at nearly $20,000 before losing half its value in a little more than a month.

As a cryptocurrency trading …

By James Thorne

Wealth management firm Robertson Stephens expands into Houston with key hires

February 5, 2021

San Francisco-based wealth management firm Robertson Stephens recently established a Houston office with a series of new hires.

Robertson Stephens Wealth Management LLC announced the hiring of Christopher Knapp as managing director and principal of the firm’s Houston office on …

By Chris Matthews

25 Best Investment Banks to Work For in 2021

February 4, 2021

Today, we’re thrilled to release our 2021 Banking 25, a ranking of the best investment banking firms to work for in North America. The ranking is based on a survey of more than 3,000 banking professionals. Conducted this past fall, …

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Is Working Remotely the Future of Finance?

January 22, 2021

The pandemic forced a grand work-from-home experiment on finance. But is an all-remote team really the future?

In mid-March, retail cosmetics shop Ulta Beauty closed all 1,254 stores and CFO Scott Settersten and his 200-person finance team, like much …

By Russ Banham

Six Strategies For Digitally Transforming Finance In An Evolving Business Environment

January 22, 2021

One of the key business lessons that has come out of the Covid-19 pandemic is the critical need to digitize operations, with financial processes near the top of the list. Simple things like being able to pay suppliers and get …

By Mikko Hytönen