BB M&A groups ranked by exits
Obviously, the top is JPM and MS, but who is number 1? Who wins out Citi or Bofa??? D vs. UBS? I'm curious to see what everyone thinks. Thank you!
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Honestly quite the same for JP and MS but a slight advantage for MS I would say
Don't know for the rest
I'm curious in the next 5 years do you think JPM will pull head of MS?
IMO JPM has a very good trajectory but MS is excellent as well. You will always have the holy trinity GS-JPM-MS. No one really cares about the raking between the 3 (even if GS is above).
Eh the dominance of GS really isn't there anymore JPM HC is the clear number 1 MS Menlo is hotter than GS MS C&R is number 1(arguable) and JPM FIG and DI are coming for GS. THe sun is setting on the golden empire. But any clue on Citi vs Bofa?
This is mostly true.
HC - JPM HC is and has been the best HC shop for years now, but GS is also good
Tech - MS Menlo has a huge edge over GS TMT given GS's senior departures; both are miles ahead of JPM and the rest
M&T - GS/MS stronger than JPM
Industrials - quite even, no clear-cut leader here unless you group by sub-verticals
C&R - quite even, no clear-cut leader like in tech
REGL - GS/MS/JPM aren't the clear-cut leaders here, Citi/BofA both strong
O&G - top BB's aren't the clear-cut leaders here
Tech is by far the most top-heavy sector here with MS (and GS to a lesser extent) holding a significant share of the large-cap tech M&A market. Among the other sectors, you'll see the non-MS/GS banks holding a fairer share of the market, and even be at the top in some years.
On a per-capita basis, MS is still well ahead than JPM given that MS runs much leaner than both JPM and GS. Wouldn't use league tables as a fair comparison here since that would be like saying BofA > CVP since BofA ranks much higher in deal volume.
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