CS is gone - 9 BB’s down to 8, who will step up

Now that CS has merged with UBS, will it open a gap for another industry player to step up and become the next BB?

The likes of Wells, RBC or maybe even Jefferies one day come to find - hell, maybe even FT Partners.

Jokes aside, is the consensus we are now looking at 8 BB or is there gunna be a new kid on the block soon?

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Jefferies has a larger average transaction size than RBC or Wells and better LevFin/ECM groups and trading platforms and a typically higher fee share than either (also higher fee share than UBS/DB in most groups)

Post GFC “bulge bracket” has become synonymous with balance sheet bank but that wasn’t really true historically. I don’t think anyone will graduate into BB status. Wells and RBC would need to buy an investment bank and Jefferies doesn’t have the balance sheet.

 

Personally think the word BB will carry less significance as more people realize that even the largest banks can fail, as proven multiple times in history.

 

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