The Rainmakers of 2010

And will 2011 be the year of the banker?

Rainmaking, as defined by Wikipedia refers to the act of attempting to artificially induce or increase precipitation, usually to stave off drought. This is usually done by cloud seeding, dances, or prayer.

But this is Wall Street Oasis, we do a different kind of rain dancing here.

Institutional Investor magazine has released their Rainmakers of the Year list and surprise, surprise, the top two came from boutiques.

Blair Effron of Centerview topped the list after advising PepsiCo on a $15.5 billion buyback, followed by Antonio Weiss of Lazard, who did the Kraft-Cadbury takeover.

The BB's then came in starting with James Lee Jr. of JP Morgan in 3rd while surprisingly, Pawan Tewari of Goldman’s TMT group came in at 8th, behind Ben Druskin of Citi at 4th and Eduardo Mestre of Evercore at 7th.

So much for GS TMT or bust?

Anyway, here’s the list:

Rainmakers of the Year

1 Blair Effron and Team Centerview Partners

2 Antonio Weiss and Team Lazard

3 James Lee Jr. and Team JP Morgan Chase

4 Ben Druskin and Team Citigroup

5 James Elliott and Team JP Morgan Chase

6 Ravi Sachdev and Team Deutsche Bank

7 Eduardo Mestre, Michael Price and Team Evercore Partners

8 Pawan Tewari and Team Goldman Sachs

9 Joseph Modisett and Team Morgan Stanley

10 Steve Miller and Team BofA Merrill Lynch


Another interesting notion was their outlook on 2011, especially when you compare it to S&T as they did.

Perhaps just as important, life has gotten more difficult for the securities trader, the rainmaker’s perennial rival for power and influence on Wall Street.

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act appears destined to curb the decadelong dominance of traders and push old-fashioned relationship banking to the forefront.

Paul Parker, global head of <abbr title=mergers and acquisitions>M&amp;A</abbr> at <span class='keyword_link'><a href=/company/barclays-capital>Barclays</a></span> Capital:
“Twenty-eleven is going to be an action-packed year... Our anticipation is for deal volume to grow up to 15 percent, to reach a total of $3 trillion or more.”

Stefan Selig, executive vice chairman of global corporate and investment banking at <span class='keyword_link'><a href=/company/bank-of-america-merrill-lynch>Bank of America</a></span> <span class='keyword_link'><a href=/company/bank-of-america-merrill-lynch>Merrill Lynch</a></span>:
“With record levels of cash on corporations’ balance sheets and historically attractive debt markets with record-low interest rates, all of the catalysts to do deals are in place for a strengthening M&A market.”

With the Volcker Rule putting the squeeze on trading and with LBO titans like Rubinstein and Schwarzman saying that buyouts should be picking up next year, all signs point to 2011 being a

.

How about you guys?

What do you see in the coming year?

Will the bankers take over the bonus pool over the traders?

What's on the horizon for S&T?

Either way, here's to all that deal flow translating into more jobs for the prospective monkeys out there.

Have a good one WSO.

 

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I am permanently behind on PMs, it's not personal.
 

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- Only time will tell....
 

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One of those lights, slightly brighter than the rest, will be my wingtip passing over.

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