Best Investment Banks in 5 Years?
What will be the most sought after Investment Bank in 5 Years (best deal flow, most competitive, prestigious, etc)?
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Same ones that were prestigious 20 years ago, which are the same from 50 years ago, which are mostly the same from 75 years ago. It's always the same.
Probably Goldman Sachs and Evercore.
Right? Bear and Lehman are always going to be top 5. Don't forget Drexel is still killing it.
RBC boi.
I think JP Morgan is getting stronger and stronger. Obviously the other American BBs will be still strong, I’m less sure about European banks...
Thoughts after talking to couple MDs during recruiting/coffee chats etc
GS will still be top but JPM will be tied with MS for second if not ahead. One of the senior partners at GS jumped to JPM and told me that because of JPM’s balance sheet its easy to see how they can get even better the next couple of years.
Barclays (assuming activists don’t change it) should be top (if not already) european IB firm and will be on par with the likes of BAML/Citi
LOL at insecure JPM analysts claiming they are on par with MS / GS. JPM have had their balance sheet for years, yet don't manage to top M&A league tables. There is a reason for that.
why does it matter if you'll leave within 2-3 years anyways
Well it's highly relevant considering the average poster on here is like 17 these days