Are these groups considered IB?

Would the following groups be considered IB or closer to commercial banking? If you were to rank these which would you choose?

Export Finance Syndications/Private Placements Project Finance ECM/DCM (I know this is IB but wanted to throw this in the mix to rank)

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The only REAL investment banking groups are Goldman Sachs TMT and Morgan Stanley's M&A. You have 700+ banana points, you should know this.

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I'd go: 1) GS TMT 2) MS M&A

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