Any other IB structured like GS where M&A is built into coverage group?

I'm in consulting looking to transition into banking. I may be wrong, but my understanding of Goldman's IBD structure is that M&A is not a separate team within GS but is part of the coverage team's scope. I'm trying to learn more about different investment banks and figure out which models I would be interested in and this, as a structure, seems very appealing to me. Are there other banks that structure their teams this way?

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If you are at an independent advisory firm (EB/MM/most boutiques), the coverage group generally runs their own M&A processes. My understanding, having talked with friends in the industry, is that most BBs have a separate M&A product group that "runs the model", with the exception of highly technical, niche industry coverage groups such as Real Estate or FIG

 

Many banks have certain groups run the model: FIG, Energy and Power, REGAL, sometimes Financial Sponsors. However, M&A is still there, they just don't "own" the model. Then there is a bank like Barclays that literally doesn't have M&A.

 

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