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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