Top Dallas Investment Banks

Good Evening,

I'm currently in my senior year and looking for advice on the best small to midsize investment banks in Dallas/Fort Worth. I missed out on bigger banks and would love to get my foot in the door whatever way possible.

Thanks!

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Houlihan and Stephens have decent-sized offices. But besides that, the rest of Dallas is lower MM or energy-focused boutique shops.

Overall, if you're looking to get into IBD, particularly at a BB, Houston is much better. Dallas has more HF and PE shops, but on the transaction side, Houston clowns Dallas.

 
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Second everything Shaniqua said. Dallas is much bigger in the asset management scene, much less so in banking (mm, bb or otherwise). MHT used to office right down the hall from me but then moved across the street. Know they picked up an ex-Bear or two. Other than the above, JPM has a mid-corp group, Jefferies has a small energy team I believe.

hell might as well list the bulges along with these, as there just aren't that many. BAML has a small generalist office, JPM has a single guy doing MLP's, the aforementioned mid-corp group, and a retail IB team.

 

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