Redoing Vault Top 50 Rankings By Prestige From Ex-W, Ex-CVP, Ex-PE MF & current Tiger Cub IP

1. CVP

2. Allen & Co

3. PJT

4. Q

5. LAZ

6. JPM

7. EVR

8. PWP

9. GS

10. MS

11. GUGG

12. Rothschild

13. BofA

14. GRNHL

15. Citi

16. Barclays

17. M&CO

18. RBC

19. JEF

20. UBS

21. DB

22. HL

23. WFS

24. BMO

25. HW

26. WB

27. Piper Sandler

28. LionTree

29. Baird

30. HSBC

31. Stifel

32. BNP Paribas

33. FTP

34. Macquarie

.... Doesn't really matter past #25-30, can't be bothered ranking the rest

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