Swf-coverage banker: Joining the cool club

Wall Street’s cool club tends to shift with the prevailing winds. Tech bankers, just a short time ago, ruled the roost. When the tech bubble burst and the leverage boom took hold, financial sponsors guys grabbed the crown. Then, when the private equity and hedge funds found themselves awash in profits from all those deals they did and assets they managed, they started eyeing their own IPOs. That, in turn, spawned a new type of coverage officer to look after their interests. Not surprisingly Wa...