Informative IB Rankings for Recruiting
With recruiting szn around the corner, here is a pretty standard list of "tiers" so you are informed and can make a good decision about where to spend time recruiting. Again, not a dick measuring contest, just some purely informative insight. Pls don't throw monkey shit if I offended you, this is just my opinion of course. PLEASE take this with a grain of salt, but from my understanding these are pretty close and agreed upon, besides maybe the MM.
Bulge Brackets: Tier 1: GS, MS, JPM Tier 2: BAML, Barclays, Citi, CS Tier 3: UBS, DB
Elite Boutiques: Tier 1: EVR, CVP, PJT, (Q if tech) Tier 2: PWP, MOE, LAZ Tier 3: GUG, Roths, GHL, Allen Tier 4: LT
Middle Markets/"Other Category": Tier 1: HL, JEFF, RBC Tier 2: HW, RJ, Piper, PJ, BMO, Blair, Cowen, Macquarie
Feel free to share thoughts & opinions and good luck to all prospects recruiting.
This is inaccurate. Please for the love of god do not listen to this post—it’s going to be group dependent and situation dependent. Only undergrads and insecure kids who hate their job rank banks.