What’s a solid transaction volume for debt placement shop?

Joining a team that’s on track to do 2.5 B this year and I’m not sure if that’s solid or if there’s teams doing 10x that. It’s not a brokerage btw. They are affiliated with a bank. Thanks!

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100% depends on the broker and staff headcount.  Assuming an average % fee of 35bps that's ~$9MM of revenue.  Most large brokerages (JLL/CBRE/C&W) take a 50% cut off the top which leaves ~$4.4MM of revenue for the brokers.  If it's 1 - 4 guys that's pretty good but if there are like 10 broker mouths to feed that's not great.  You really have to look at it from $ / broker basis.  You also have to look at staff count / broker to get a sense on how much fat is left over as analyst bonuses.

 

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