Actual May 2023 Prestige Rankings
In tier lists because ranking sequentially doesn't make sense. Tiers are in no particular order.
1A. Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, PJT, Qatalyst, Centerview
1B. Moelis, JPM, Lazard, BofA, PWP, Evercore
2. Barclays, Citi, Houlihan Lokey, Guggenheim, Jeffries, William Blair, UBS, Rothschild, RBC, LionTree, Raine
3. Greenhill, Piper Sandler Deutsche, HHW, FT Partners, WFG, Oppenheimer, Solomon Partners
4. Stifel, Raymond James, BMO, Cowen, Lincoln, Nomura, Mizuho
5. HSBC, BNP, KeyBanc, BGL, Truist
Other: Ducera, Allen & Co, Tidal, Ardea, DC Advisory
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Considering Raine’s massive WWE deal this ranking makes sense as a snapshot
Bro why is Ducera in other
Small boutique, didn't know a good place to rank. Other isn't below 5, obviously Allen and Co are better regarded than HSBC.
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why is it even on this list?
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There's no nonarbitrary metric for reputation. League tables change every year, exits vary on class, picking one of GS TMT/MS M&A/PJT RSSG/ etc is like picking which color M&M tastes the best.
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Too broad. Pussy tier list afraid to get MSd by butthurt bankers and incoming SAs.
if youre gonna bring toxicity to the website at least be bold about it!
Move DC Advisory to tier 1a please. I heard they are an elite global firm ranked very highly by vault.
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smbc?
What about SCIB?
What’s scib?
i guess this answers the original question
Bro Oppenheimer is trash. I do not understand why they are ranked above Cowen lol.
They aren’t that bad
Old title but Oppenheimer is much better than Cowen lol.
How is it better then Cowen?
Never seen EVR below top tier lol
Can you really put PJT in Tier 1 after it changed its logo?
Saw Baird was omitted - does this mean they're S-tier?
More like F-tier: forgot they exist tier.
Having BofA in a tier above Barc/Citi is just plain stupid
BofA on the same level as JPM or Evercore - or any other bank on that list - how fucking stupid are you? Were you dropped as a child? Even an insecure An2 at BofA should know better than to try to hide this blatant scam.
Why are you so upset? I see why some analysts would prefer an independent over a bulge in general but wanting a bulge bracket that is consistently #4 in M&A rankings also makes sense to me? Deallogic M&A rankings for this year below where they are #3 but they end up #4 every year.
Who in the world would pick BofA over J.P. Morgan? They are clearly on different levels. "Top BB" has long been defined as GS/MS/JPM in that order.
i could be wrong but at my school people take PWP over BofA.
People from every school in the United States take PWP and every other "1b" bank over BofA. Bro has a low-quality mid tier bank masquerading as on par with Evercore, JPM, Moelis - what a retard.
Macquarie?
Does Q exit well relative to the rest of 1A (or even 1B)? Feel like I don't see as many top exits, but could be wrong or could just be a function of class size/self selection
money
What are some examples/where have the last couple classes ended up?
Not in M&A but Q exits to literally whatever they want. It doesn't really have any peers.
this reminds me of greekrank when rushing in college lol
Where does Cantor rank in this?
Lol don’t give me MS I don’t even work there
Lazard should be 1a nerd
Raymond James should be in tier 3, they're better than a lot of those banks
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