Top Houston Banks
Hello all,
I was wondering other than TPH, CITI, and Jefferies what are the top banks in Houston. What are y’all’s top 10 rankings?
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GS is King Kong right now having led two megadeals this year
GS on both mega deals recently announced so that is a good argument for them being a top bank
MS also having a good year with several chunky deals announced
RBC has also had a lot of success recently in private-to-public M&A
Very difficult to have a top 10 ranking for energy banks given how different a lot of the transactions are but generally lump them as follows.
- Have's: GS, MS, RBC, Citi
- Doing alright: EVR, Jefferies, WF, TPH, JPM
- Have not's: everyone else
What has WF done?
Putting Jefferies / EVR and WF in the same tier is embarrassing.
WF has never been top or anywhere near top*
*unless filtering deals between 300mm and 500mm in the DJ basin announced on Wednesdays
What about Moelis Houston>
Who?
Goldman literally walked in and whipped it out
What about Guggenheim adding Trauber? I’d argue Citi is no longer relevant given their woke anti oil & gas crusade and ousting of their rainmaker.
I thought Trauber retired?
He did. Laghari went to Guggenheim. He wasn’t a core piece of the Citi franchise
MS killing it this year
Any info on WF?
They do smaller deals. Their office is also very big.
Big in # of employees?
What about HL?
They are in Houston?
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You are delusional if you think they are making anywhere near 1% on those transactions.
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