Piper SF vs Stifel NY vs HL ATL vs Citi Capital Markets NY vs RJ Boston

Just wanted to hear some thoughts on these banks. I don't know much about how deal flow/exits/lateral opportunities are, but from my conversations I've definitely found that in terms of culture Stifel NY > Piper SF > HL ATL = RJ Boston > Citi NY and in terms of personal location preference NY >> SF > Boston >> ATL. 

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Can't speak about RJ Boston but definitely would not take Citi Capital Markets if you want to do IB, all those MM banks offer better IB lateral opportunities than Capital Markets. HL ATL's business services group is very solid, don't know much about Piper's SF office but I definitely liked a couple of guys I met there, and Stifel's ECM deal flow is very strong while their advisory practice is solid, but likely slightly below HL ATL.

 

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