[2026] *Revised Unbiased Prestige Rankings
S+++ (God Tier): PJT RSSG, EVR RX, MOE RX, HL RX, PWP RX, CVP RX, LAZ RX, GUGG RX
S++ : EVR M&A, GS TMT, CVP HC, Q
S+ : GS FIG, MOE LA, MS MENLO/M&A, CVP (rest)
S : MOE HC, JPM HC/M&A, GS (classics)
S- : PWP HC, PJT M&A, MOE (rest), Lazard PE&I/HC, JPM (rest), MS (rest), Lazard (rest), GS (rest), Allen&Co
A+ : BofA FSG/M&A, Barc PU&I/TECH/HC/FSG, Citi M&A/IND/FSG, PWP (rest)
A : BofA REGL, LionTree, Gordon Dyal, Ducera
A- : BofA (rest), Citi (rest), Barc (rest)
B+ : Guggenheim, UBS GIG/LevFin/IND, Jefferies, Greenhill, Macquarie IEC, RBC PU&I
B : Rothschild, DB FSG/LevFin/REGL/IND, BMO M&M/M&A, RJ CR (Financo), DB (rest), William Blair HC, UBS (rest), RBC, Macquarie
B- : Cain Brothers, Wells Fargo, BMO (rest), Piper Sandler CR
C+ : Piper Sandler (rest), Harris Williams, TD Cowen HC/TECH, RJ (rest), Baird, FTP
C : Solomon Partners, KBW FIG, Oppenheimer & Co., TD Cowen (rest), Nomura, BNP Paribas,
D : KBW, Lincoln International, HSBC, Cantor Fitzgerald, Mizuho, Stifel, MUFG, KeyBanc
F : BGL
not even surprised this ranking was done by a Intern in IB - Restructuring
Why the need to "prestige rank" everything ?
What's prestige based on ? Deal flow ? Comp ? How smart the average team is ? Or is your "prestige" ranking only based on what the average joe in your finance class thinks ?
I've never understood people who are obsessed with prestige rankings. Obviously everyone wants to go to a great bank, myself first, but I wouldn't create S+++, S++, S+, S, S- tiers for fucking specific groups at specific banks.
Land an offer before you frenetically rank every subteam you can think of.
The RX glaze in this forum is actually insane
Congrats on Moelis
Does S+++ stand for Super Saiyan 3? If that is so, we should add an extra category for Ultra Instinct. We can move up PJT RSSG to this one. Thanks.
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