Status of the Bulge Brackets?

After a few tumultuous years in dealing with making, it seems the bulge brackets have been stirred the most.

  1. Credit Suisse - maybe the strongest European bank fell

  2. UBS - seems to be chaos??

  3. Barclays - seems like they fired 99% of their US investment bankers? Seems like some Lehman rainmakers left for other banks? Unsure where these guys stand

  4. Deutsche - thought this bank was on the out. Was my understanding they were the weakest BB but have since went on a hiring spree trying to revive themselves, still trash? (Relative to others)

  5. Shiti Bank - still low bonuses with people getting cranked?

  6. Bofa - what is even going on here

  7. GS/MS/JPM - all seem sturdy relative to others. Seems like JPM may have given up the top 2 spot back to MS

Pretty ignorant to the current landscape, I’m a MM banker looking at moves and want a good understanding of status

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