2026 UNBIASED PRESITGE RANKINGS FEBRUARY UPDATE
S++ : PJT RSSG, EVR M&A, GS TMT, CVP HC, Q
S+ : GS FIG, MOE LA, MS MENLO/M&A, CVP (rest), EVR RX
S : MOE/RX/HC, JPM HC/M&A, GS (rest)
S- : PWP HC/RX, PJT M&A, MOE (rest), HL RX, Lazard PE&I/HC, MS (rest), Allen&Co
A+ : BofA FSG/M&A/TMT, Barc PU&I/TECH/HC/FSG, JPM (rest), Citi M&A/IND/FSG, PWP (rest), Lazard (rest)
A : BofA REGL, LionTree, Gordon Dyal, Ducera, MS FIG, UBS LevFin
A- : BofA (rest), Citi (rest)
B+ : Barc (rest), Guggenheim, Jefferies, UBS GIG/IND, Macquarie IEC, RBC PU&I, TD Cowen TECH
B : Rothschild, DB FSG/LevFin/REGL/IND, BMO M&M/M&A, Greenhill, RJ CR (Financo), DB (rest), William Blair HC, RBC
B- : Cain Brothers, BMO (rest), Piper Sandler CR, Macquarie
C+ : Piper Sandler (rest), Harris Williams, TD Cowen HC, UBS (rest), Wells Fargo, 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, BofA EGRC
F : BGL, SMBC, All Capital Markets groups that are not LevFin
Congrats on Cain Brothers!
UBS LevFin intern spotted
Wells being below half of the mms is wild lol
True^
Is this just a UBS LevFin cirlcejerk post? It's a good LevFin franchise but it's still LevFin. They just do credit work and internal memos all day. When did this whole UBS LevFin is their best group at UBS start? Has to be recent as even ~4 years ago it was Tech and then the combined LevFin/Sponsors group as reflected by both flow and exits.
congrats on UBS ecm!
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People here don’t seem to understand their privilege, even at a D-tier bank they’re already in the top 1% income bracket.
Do we really need a monthly update on this 😂
Yes because GS (rest) including random financing groups is better than PWP and HL RX
they are lmaooo
UBS way too high
ING is S*** tier, or Shit tier.
Congrats on internship at GS / MS / UBS / JPM
Congrats on KPMG!
Congrats on SMBC!
EVR M&A over EVR RX makes zero sense. 5x as many spots and worse exits
Why isn’t Truist A-Tier? Come on guess let’s get a grip!
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Where is normal EVR groups, you only included EVR M&A
This poster has to work at BMO.
The fact BMO is getting this many splits vs. other B5 banks and that BMO M&M is even considered B vs. other banks where I have seen MF exits from is ridiculous.
ur right best mining group in the world is too low to be considered b-tier, big yahu come palantir drone this guy
BofA TMT in A+ tier is insane lmao IND and REGAL clears
Touch grass
Congrats on Liontree!
Why UBS GIG/IND is above Wells Fargo when Wells Fargo poached UBS's head of GIG last year and has landed the largest IND deal last year?
Agreed, Wells Fargo should be at or above UBS (rest), DB (rest), RBC, William Blair
2026 "LevFinBiased" Prestige Rankings February Update
UBS too high, LAZ too low, EVR M&A>EVR RX is wrong (need to separate by group, some groups are crushing and have much better exits), MOE HC > GS makes no sense, Gordon Dyal and Liontree too high as well. PJT low too
Fix pls this is not great
dyal isnt too high, agree with liontree
dont know as much for dyal besides ridiculous comp but fair
MOE/PWP lower. LAZ higher. Really small EBs here for whatever.
Del
Anyone making these posts probably struck it out in the recruiting process, yet thinks they have the credibility to make a post ranking banks that they never stood a chance at
FTP too high bring it down
pretty good ranking
Congrats on BofA TMT!
Jeff and Wells are best MMs; move down RBC PU&I and move up Wells
I work at a D firm here and per hour I probably make 2x anyone else above me lmao. Close lots of deals, live in a dope city, wlb awesome, nice colleagues, etc. Have fun selling your soul!
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