Bulge Bracket Sales and Trading rankings

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1. GS    2. JPM  3. MS

4. Citi  5. BofA

6. Barclays 7. UBS 8. Deutsche

What's going on with Citi didn't even recruit this year. Is UBS on its way over Barclays with Credit Suisse acquisition

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In short, it basically depends on what specific desk/product you are looking at - did you have a specific one in mind? Some banks are great at some products and terrible at others. Also, people move around which means that strengths and reputations of the banks change over time. Sure, there may be some bank which objectively has the highest sum of P&Ls comparatively, but that would only matter if you were a senior person running the business. 

 
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I bet you work at SocGen cuz ain’t no way you just put that bank among everyone else. 

 

If comp is the question, depending on the product, nomura (as surprising as it might sound) is very close to the top as they pay the old school way, very close to formula payouts (HF style) for senior traders
GS is great for commodities, JP is the most well rounded, HSBC is for FX (especially EM), soc gen for equities derivs, DB and Barclays for anything E-Trading.
Really pointless to do ranks for the whole bank because in « prestige » terms I can guarantee you that a China FX trader from HSBC is going to be seen by any serious fund or bank as the most « prestigious and best » china FX trader even vs JP GS candidates… Same exact story for a commodity trader from GS.
This is especially true for juniors, as when late talking or moving to buy side, the reputation of your desk and senior trader is significantly more important than the name of your bank.

 

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