Ultimate investment bank rankings UK/ London
Because tier lists are safe and boring, and it’s fun to rile up people working 80+ hours a week by telling them they don’t work at a top 30 firm
- GS
- MS
- JPM
- PJT
- Lazard
- BAML
- Evercore
- Roths
- Citi
- PWP
- CVP
- Barclays
- UBS
- DB
- Houlihan
- Jefferies
- RBC
- BNPP
- HSBC
- Moelis
- Nomura
- Greenhill
- Macquarie
- SocGen
- Blair
- Santander
- Mizuho
- MUFG
- Guggenheim (?)
- Standard Chartered
- Berenberg
- RBS/Natwest
- ING
- Baird
- Cantor
- Stifel
- Wells
- TD Securities
- Natixis
- Unicredit
- BMO
- Numis
- BBVA
- Mediobanca
- Scotia
- Peel Hunt
- CIBC
- CACIB
- SMBC
- Lincoln
- Commerzbank
- Alantra
- Deloitte
- PwC
- EY
- KPMG
if you’re in capital markets (outside of levfin) add 15 to your number
Look forward to being accused of working at any firm I remotely overrated
Left boutiques out because they’re wildcards
Please find my comments below:
- BAML should be listed as 4
- Rothschild should be listed as 5
- Lazard should be listed as 6
- Citi should be listed as 7
Imagine you spent years at this forum and landed a position at the prestigious Moelis just to find out it's ranked lower than HSBC in Europe...
I don't know why, but I'm shocked BofA does well in Europe. I feel like people would avoid it just because of the name.
Uhm... what? BoA has consistently ranked top 5 in both global and European M&A league tables over the last few years. For 2022, it even ranked third in Europe after GS and JPM.
From what I'm hearing, they also have a pretty good culture in London and do not suffer from the immense cultural problems that MS / Citi has. I doubt that anyone would "avoid" BoA unless they have an offer from GS / MS / JPM but some might even choose BoA over a place like MS given the extreme cultural problems there. BoA is without a doubt one of the best places you can land at. I don't work at BoA myself though, so please correct me if I'm wrong about the culture.
- Intern
KPMG analyst detected
Just as a warning to all the interns out there basing their recruiting efforts on this list - the ranking of a bank depends on what the purpose is. Is it a ranking in terms of prestige, exit opportunities, WLB, salary, or experience gained?
For example, if you want to join a tech-focused growth equity firm after your analyst years, you would probably be better off doing TMT at Barclays than doing Natural Resources at GS. Similarly, you would probably have more prestige working at Evercore than at Deutsche Bank given the strength of Evercore in the US, but your exit opportunities from Deutsche Bank would likely be better as it's much more well-known in Europe.
I agree, Barclays is the best and have some super strong teams! (think FIG/P&U/ESG)
Congrats on Barclays P&U!
Did Alantra dirty lol