Investment Banks as PE firms

Goldman Sachs - Blackstone

JPM - KKR

MS - Apollo

Evercore - Carlyle

Lazard - Warburg Pincus

Rothschild - TPG

Moelis - Bain Capital

Deutsche Bank - Ardian

Citi - CVC

Credit Suisse - No clue

Too lazy to finish this list. Take this as satire to how ridiculous this trend has become - investment banks as cars, investment banks as hookers, whatever. Investment banks as PE firms

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