RBC vs BofA for exit opps?

Which one has better exit opps (specifically vanilla PE MF and UMM), I understand RBC may have a marginally stronger brand name in recent years but BofA has a stronger legacy (courtesy of ML).

I've heard anecdotally that BofA has been messy internally with a lot of bloat at the junior and mid-level, resulting in less impressive exit opps compared to their historical performance, while RBC is rapidly on the rise and has placed a number of analysts into APO/BX/KKR this cycle.

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I know I'm on this forum too much when I can tell who OP is from the title...

 

Isn't BofA like Moelis where its really a MM firm? RBC only competes with CVP to my knowledge. This is like deciding between Harvard and Oxford. 

 

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