多家大型银行，包括花旗、摩根大通和高盛，正在收紧针对私募股权公司挖角初级银行家（即“pe poaching”）的招聘行为。花旗要求新入职的初级银行家披露是否已接受其他公司的未来工作邀约，此举旨在营造公平透明的招聘环境，并吸引和留住顶尖人才。摩根大通此前已宣布将解雇接受未来工作邀约的初级银行家，其CEO杰米·戴蒙更公开批评此过程“不道德”。高盛则通过提供内部私募股权职业发展路径来留住年轻人才。此举也促使部分私募股权巨头调整了招聘时间表，例如阿波罗、General Atlantic和TPG宣布将推迟2027年候选人的面试。

📈 银行加强对初级人才的保护：花旗、摩根大通、高盛等银行正采取措施，以防止私募股权公司提前挖角初级银行家。这些措施包括要求新员工披露未来工作邀约，以及提供内部职业发展机会，旨在留住人才并维护公平的招聘环境。

⚖️ 花旗要求披露未来工作邀约：花旗银行向一年级投资银行家发送备忘录，要求他们完成一份声明，披露是否已接受来自其他雇主的未来工作邀约。银行表示将“逐案评估”每位分析师的情况，以期“为所有分析师和花旗营造公平透明的环境”。

🚫 摩根大通CEO批评“不道德”挖角行为：摩根大通CEO杰米·戴蒙公开表达了对私募股权公司提前招聘初级银行家行为的“鄙视”，认为这一过程“不道德”。摩根大通此前已宣布，将解雇那些接受了未来工作邀约的初级银行家。

🌟 高盛提供内部发展路径以留住人才：高盛采取了多种措施防止年轻人才流失，包括向“选定”的年轻银行家提供内部私募股权职业发展路径，以阻止他们跳槽。此外，高盛也要求年轻银行家签署文件，披露可能已同意的任何未来雇佣关系。

⏳ 私募股权招聘周期提前引发行业调整：近年来，私募股权行业的招聘周期“on-cycle”变得异常激烈，初级银行家甚至在开始银行工作之前或刚开始工作不久，就已面试并接受了近两年后入职的 buyout firms 的工作邀约。此现象促使一些私募股权公司（如阿波罗、General Atlantic和TPG）宣布将推迟2027年候选人的面试，以应对银行方的反挖角措施。

Citi on Monday welcomed its incoming junior bankers by asking them to disclose future job offers.The attestation is aimed at the private equity industry's recruiting practices.JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs have also implemented measures to protect against PE poaching.

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Citi became the latest bank to impose guardrails against private equity firms poaching junior bankers for future-dated roles — a practice that can cut early banking careers short before they've properly begun.

The bank on Monday sent a memo to first-year investment bankers, welcoming them to the firm and informing them that they will have to "complete an attestation disclosing whether they have accepted any future employment offers from other employers."

The bank said each analyst's situation will be assessed on "a case-by-case basis," adding that the measure "is intended to foster a fair and transparent environment for all."

"We believe this proactive approach will benefit both our analysts and Citi, allowing us to attract and retain top talent while mitigating potential risks," said the memo, which was first reported by Bloomberg.

Goldman Sachs has also taken measures to protect against private equity poaching of young talent. Last week, the bank offered "select" young bankers an internal private equity career path to deter them from jumping ship. Goldman has also asked its young bankers to sign documents disclosing any future employment they may have agreed to, Bloomberg reported earlier this month.

These are just the latest dominoes to fall in this year's private equity recruiting tradition. It started with JPMorgan announcing in June that it would fire junior bankers who had accepted future-dated job offers. JPMorgan's CEO, Jamie Dimon, has publicly expressed his contempt for the "unethical" process.

Several private equity giants, including Apollo, General Atlantic, and TPG, have since announced they will not begin interviews for 2027 candidates until next year.

The announcements were unprecedented moves in the uber-competitive recruiting process known as "on-cycle," which in the past several years has meant that junior bankers were interviewing and signing job offers at buyout firms nearly two years in advance of their start date, and often before or shortly after they'd even begun their banking jobs.