Investment Banking Rankings Top 30 (Informative)
Yes, it’s annoying, yes I’m bored, yes this is mainly for the traditional finance hardo path and not to look cool in front of girls at bars. I’m already anticipating monkey shit, but I’m hoping this can be used for informative purposes for those recruiting/lateraling and not as a dick measuring contest. Much love!
- Goldman Sachs
- Evercore
- Morgan Stanley
- JP Morgan
- PJT
- Centerview
- Perella Weinberg
- Lazard
- Moelis
- Bank of America
- Credit Suisse
- Barclays
- Citi
- Guggenheim
- Greenhill
- Allen & Co
- Qatalyst
- Jeffries
- Rothschild
- UBS
- Houlihan Lokey
- RBC
- William Blair
- Deutsche Bank
- LionTree
- BMO
- Macquarie
- Cowen
- PJ Soloman
- Raymond James
Pretty accurate honestly
This guy Accretionszn's entire post history is him sucking off PWP/Lazard (hes clearly an incoming analyst/SA at PWP) while for some reason shitting on Citi in every single post/comment.
He also began with EB or BB posts that he made before recruitment began. Now instead of making EB > BB threads all he does is post about how EB > BB no matter the situation on every forum where someone is asking what offer they should take.
Before recruitment all his posts were about PWP > all. This dude has no life lmao. This guy has fully lived a complete life-cycle of a WSO incoming SA.
Laughable
Which part
Everything you fucking virgin
LionTree should be teens. Raine deserves appearance as well. JPM way too high. MS 2-3 spots too high. Disagree on GHL. CS below other Barclays and Citi. Your lower MM grouping is SHIT
comes down to personal preference, but it's BofA -> Barc -> Citi -> CS in my eyes. Also, UBS over Rothschild.
Why are all interns jerking off to Barclays? Seriously, they have one good year and that is all you consider. Who would seriously pick an offer from Barclays over one from Citi, assuming you know nothing about which group you will end up in? Living in the UK, the brand is also not nearly as good as many other BBs as it is seen as more of a standard consumer bank, and not an investment bank per se.
think its the cachet of the name like Barclays Center or smth
agree that in uk barclays is turd
In the US… BAML/Barclays > Citi > CS
Bro for real the interns are beating their meat to Barclays.
I saw a whole thread on here sucking off their tech team (which is widely known as a bad group) and I literally know an analyst who just left and said that the group is trash and their MDs can’t win deals, they rely on product and other industry guys (e.g. FIG brings in a fintech, RE brings in a real estate tech) for business
bro I'm an incoming analyst, not an intern anymore. Splitting hairs at that point, but know many people that would pick Barclays over Citi. Better overall exits, nicer people, cooler logo/name, and more prestige in the U.S...Citi is seen as a consumer bank in the US btw, not sure what your point is on that.
Barclays has the coolest name of the mid BBs
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Something like this is pretty hard to take seriously when you spell Jefferies wrong and you put RBC so high but don't even include a direct comp like Wells Fargo
Jefferies did ~$10mm more than wells in IB fees last quarter, Wells was one behind them in league tables…RBC not T10 in tables...OP is apart of the RBC thing here I guess. For prospects, this thread is basically worthless.
Aren’t these the vault rankings?
Nope, Centerview is #1 in Vault and GS pretty low.
"used for informative purposes" yet contains zero useful information or explanations.
Perella and Lazard are slightly too high. Allen and Greenhill are DEFINITELY too high. Rothschild is too Euro focused, they're too high. Remove Cowen and Lion Tree.
Baird should be neck and neck with Blair, they're the two best Chicago shops, agree on putting both above DB (just being honest).
Add Wells below DB.
Remove Macquarie, not a force yet in the US.
Pls fix spelling on Jefferies.
Also, why is Setter Capital not on this list!? :)
Good call, Al
Love investment banking rankings. Let's get some more in here.
Damn, is BofA really better than Citi? Based on my interactions with Citi they seemed amazing. I ended up taking another offer a firm also on the list, but for me it was XXX > Citi > BofA.
If you liked the culture at Citi more then that’s awesome and definitely important. Overall though with WSO rankings most people rank BofA as the #4 BB after GS/MS/JPM and before CS/C/Barc
Baird, Piper, and HW should be tiered above BMO / Macquarie / Cowen...
And RayJay
Done Qatalyst & Liontree dirty
Fr those two should be 13 and 14 at least
No Tobin & Co -> fk off
FYI, in case potential undergrads read this—anyone that has done an analyst stint knows how nonsensical rankings are.
Groups, specific culture, deal flow, exits, etc. all are going to vary inside firms. Also, your decision should be based on where you plan on exiting to. Further, many of these you actually could get an identical experience/ your deals will look exactly the same.
If you want to do industrials and live in the Midwest, qatalyst is not ranked higher than Baird. If you plan on building a life in SF, your optimization should be different than someone who wants to be in NY. If you want to go to a megafund, you likely should optimize different than a future growth investor who someone who wants to be a career banker.
Should do it by a group rather than by whole ass banks.
Perella is currently #10 on LT for YTD WorldWide M&A and is way way smaller than most banks. Kinda nuts
This guy Accretionszn's entire post history is him sucking off PWP/Lazard (hes clearly an incoming analyst/SA at PWP) while for some reason shitting on Citi in every single post/comment.
He also began with EB or BB posts that he made before recruitment began. Now instead of making EB > BB threads all he does is post about how EB > BB no matter the situation on every forum where someone is asking what offer they should take.
Before recruitment all his posts were about PWP > all. This dude has no life lmao. This guy has fully lived a complete life-cycle of a WSO incoming SA.
RBC strikes again!
congrats on PWP!
What’s OP’s beef with Qatalyst?
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