Most Prestigious Color?

Light Blue - Used by GS, Barclays

Blue/Dark Blue - Traditional "business" color, used by pretty much every company/bank in the world

Brown - Used by JPM

Purple - Color of royalty, used by KKR

Green - Used by Apollo, BCG

Black - No-nonsense color, used by BX, Moelis

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Kiwi Green.  It grows on ya.  It's The right way to invest.

The only difference between Asset Management and Investment Research is assets. I generally see somebody I know on TV on Bloomberg/CNBC etc. once or twice a week. This sounds cool, until I remind myself that I see somebody I know on ESPN five days a week.
 

Black

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 
johnny-mnemonic

In addition to the classic purple and gold shades.

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"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

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