SF IB Group Rankings
What is the rough ranking of IBs and groups based in SF? This is for downtown SF, not including Menlo Park or other CA cities.
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1.RBC
2. Q and CVP
BMO are some top dogs there. RBC is shaking in their boots
Not including Menlo Park, imo:
1) Qatalyst
2) CVP
3) GS
4) JPM
5) Lazard
6) Citi
7) Moelis
8) PWP
9) FT Partners
10) Jefferies
11) Rothschild, RBC, Guggenheim, Barclays, PJT, DB, Union Square Advisors, etc. (order feels somewhat irrelevant at this point)
Mostly tech banks, CVP SF is a big healthcare shop though, as well as GS and JPM including their healthcare shops
citi and FT partners are way too high lol
Congrats on Jef, above PJT really??
Congrats on Shitty!
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