What are the top/most prestigious smaller boutiques/kiosks?

What are the top/most prestigious smaller boutiques/kiosks? How are their exits into PE and B-School? How is their comp? Would you consider them over MM, mid tier BBs, or perhaps even some larger/more well known boutiques?

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WSO isn’t letting me post the link, but there was a recent thread on a similar topic. Some of the comments on the thread directly address your questions, so you might find it helpful.

Look up: “Will "Rising EBs" Ever Become EBs? Do They Even Want To Become EBs?”

 

Had a bunch of friends that interviewed w them and after they presented on campus I asked friends in the industry about them (I didn’t land an interview probably bc I have a low gpa). Most people in the industry know who they are and they’re extremely respected bc of the massive deals they’ve been able to land. The analyst experience itself from a learning experience seems incredible bc of their deals and how close you’ll be to some of the top rainmakers. The exits for the few analysts they’ve had have been very good (Ares, Carlyle, etc). For all these reasons I wldve been willing to give up a more well known name/the option to do corporate dev unless that known name really was JP, MS, GS, etc (especially considering how random group placement can be).

 

People have given me Morgan Stanley for this but Fernando Taylor Partners is getting there. Solid platform with a lot of great deals consistently.

What do you guys think? Def not M. Klein but still pretty good.

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Lol their social manager would not say "Def not M. Klein".

I am chilling while writing this. I just want people to know that we are doing well as a firm. Nothing to say anything wrong about it. Let me know if you want to know more. I'd be happy to assist you wiht the proces.

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Yo, I am one of the most influential analysts on this forum. There are no other solid analysts that have contributed as much as I have. If you can, name any analysts that have done anything for this community and no, they can't be anon.

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No response to me, huh? I try to be unbiased but sometimes I have to mention banks that work best in certain sichies.

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