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With how much fund sizes have grown in the past couple years I think the following categorization (in terms of latest fund size). Like IB rankings there are general truths (i.e. GS > UBS) but not clear cut. After going through interviews (and seeing how interviewers categorize themselves) I'd say:

LMM: 500mm

MM: 2bn

UMM: 8bn (honestly this starts getting murky) 

MF: 8-10bn+ 

 

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