May 2023 prestige rankings

Below are the most prestigious investment banks in order for May 2023. 

1- Goldman Sachs

2- Centerview

3- Evercore

4- Morgan Stanley

5- PJT

6- Moelis

7- JPM

8- Lazard

9- BAML

10- Qatalyst

11- Barclays

12- PWP

13- Citi

14- Guggenheim

15- Greenhill

16- Houlihan Lokey

17- UBS

18- William Blair

19- Allen & Co

20- Jefferies

21- Baird

22- Rothschild 

23- RBC

24- LionTree

25- Piper Sandler

26- Raymond James

27- Harris Williams

28- Deutsche Bank

29- FT Partners

30- Wells Fargo

31- TD Cowen

32- Macquarie

33- Ducera

34- BMO

35- Oppenheimer

36- Stifel

37- HSBC

38- Raine

39- Solomon Partners

40- Lincoln International

41- Truist

42- Nomura

43- BNP Paribas

44- KeyBanc Capital Markets

45- Ardea Partners

46- Cantor Fitzgerald

47- Stephens

48- Mizuho

49- Miller Buckfire

50- Brown Gibbons Lang

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He’s at a top 50 bank. (Think Goldman Sachs, Centerview, Evercore, Morgan Stanley,  PJT, Moelis, JPM, Lazard, BAML,  Qatalyst, Barclays, PWP, Citi,  Guggenheim, Greenhill, Houlihan Lokey, William Blair, Allen & Co, Jefferies, Baird, Rothschild , RBC, LionTree, Piper Sandler, Raymond James, Harris Williams, Deutsche Bank, FT Partners, Wells Fargo, TD, Cowen, Macquarie, Ducera, BMO, Oppenheimer, Stifel, HSBC, Raine, Solomon Partners, Lincoln International, Truist, Nomura, BNP Paribas,  KeyBanc Capital Markets,  Ardea Partners, Cantor Fitzgerald, Stephens, Mizuho, Miller Buckfire, Brown Gibbons Lang)

 

Idk anyone taking Barclays over PWP. That’s at least from my school though. 

 

Moelis should be 1. I heard their exit opps are so good that some go straight to heaven and meet jesus.

 

It's just that one guy who got an internship at Barclays and now creates an account every other day to show Barclays as one of the top 5 BBs. Hope he gets a return from Barclays for all his efforts.

 

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