Quantitative Trading rankings

How would you rank different quant-bent trading groups/programs at different companies? Here's my (not entirely informed) view of things:

Tier 1: Goldman Sachs FICC Algo desk Goldman Sachs GSAM QIS Jane Street Capital Getco Morgan Stanley PDT Citadel

Tier 2: SIG DRW Trading Citi Quantitative Trading and Analysis Wolverine Trading Jump Trading

Tier 3: Chicago Trading Company Spot Trading Knight IMC Market Optiver

Tier 4: A bunch of obscure Chicago prop shops

What would you disagree with/agree with on my list?

Could someone let me know how the quant trading groups/programs at JPMorgan, Barclays, Credit Suisse, UBS, DB, BoA, other Morgan Stanley groups fit into this list? I've not heard much of them.....

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