Vault Guide to the Top 50 Banking Employers, 2019 Edition

THE VAULT BANKING 50

The VAULT BANKING 50 is compiled using a weighted formula that reflects the issues banking professionals care most about, combining quality of life rankings (such as culture, satisfaction, work/life balance, training, and compensation) with overall prestige.

2019 Rank: 2018 Rank: Change: Company: Score: 1 1 - Goldman Sachs & Co. 8.431 2 2 - Evercore 8.372 3 3 - Centerview Partners 8.286 4 4 - Morgan Stanley 8.014 5 6 ↑ Greenhill & Co., Inc. 7.885 6 5 ↓ Moelis & Company 7.805 7 8 ↑ Perella Weinberg Partners 7.802 8 20 ↑ Guggenheim Securities 7.729 9 9 - Bank of America Corp. 7.687 10 7 ↓ Lazard 7.597 11 11 - Houlihan Lokey 7.446 12 12 - William Blair 7.271 13 13 - PJ SOLOMON 6.839 14 NR - Harris Williams 6.756 15 15 - Cowen, Inc. 6.407 16 26 ↑ UBS 6.284 17 17 - Loop Capital Markets 5.722 18 18 - J.P. Morgan 3.244 19 16 ↓ Credit Suisse 2.491 20 19 ↓ Barclays Investment Bank (Americas) 2.392 21 10 ↓ PJT Partners 2.263 22 23 ↑ Citi Institutional Clients Group 2.258 23 24 ↑ Jefferies 2.204 24 21 ↓ Rothschild 2.203 25 25 - Allen & Company LLC 2.131 26 22 ↓ Qatalyst Partners 2.098 27 26 ↓ Deutsche Bank AG 2.025 28 29 ↑ RBC Capital Markets 1.887 29 28 ↓ Wells Fargo & Company 1.870 30 30 - Macquarie Group (U.S.) 1.792 31 31 - Piper Jaffray Companies 1.759 32 32 - BMO Capital Markets 1.703 33 33 - Oppenheimer & Co. 1.687 34 14 ↓ Baird 1.682 35 37 ↑ Deloitte Corporate Finance LLC 1.674 36 35 ↓ BNP Paribas USA 1.651 37 34 ↓ Nomura Holdings, Inc. 1.650 38 36 ↓ HSBC North America Holdings 1.616 39 39 - Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 1.611 40 42 ↑ LionTree Advisors, LLC 1.609 41 38 ↓ Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc 1.606 42 43 ↑ Cantor Fitzgerald 1.568 43 41 ↓ Raymond James Financial, Inc. 1.546 44 40 ↓ Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. 1.523 45 46 ↑ Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking 1.510 46 47 ↑ Stifel Financial Corp. 1.493 47 45 ↓ EY LLP (Financial Advisory Services) 1.491 48 44 ↓ Brown Brothers Harriman 1.454 49 48 ↓ CIBC World Markets 1.428 50 NR - Lloyds Banking Group PLC 1.372

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