2022 IB Prestige Rankings

title is pretty self explanatory. Given all recent news, recession factors, etc., where are people rankings all the investment banks nowadays by Prestige? My feeling:

EDITED:
Tier 1A: GS, MS, Centerview, Evercore, Qatalyst, PJT
Tier 1B: JPM, Moelis, Lazard
Tier 2A: BofA, Barclays, Credit Suisse, Greenhill, PWP, Allen & Co.
Tier 2B: Citi, Guggenheim
Tier 3: Deutsche, UBS, Rothschild, William Blair
Tier 4A: Jefferies, Houlihan Lokey
Tier 4B: RBC, Wells Fargo, Piper Sandler, Harris Williams, Baird, Mizuho
Tier 5: BMO, HSBC, Nomura

Just for fun. let the arguments begin...

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