Honest House Rankings 2019

Banks in each tier are interchangeable depending on group/location:

Top:
GS: on the rise since 09 crisis. Lots of blow, like to name drop, mediocre pay

MS: growing house, not as much clout as GS, cool guys, try too hard to be top

EVR: cool guys from ivies but get weird Kelley kids once in a while, overtook Laz as the small haus king the last few years

PJT: a lot of money, still not blackrock

Qatalyst: tech nerds, smart house, limited exits, unlimited pay

Bottom top/uppermid:
CVP: “3 year clawback doesn’t matter”, “management is actually supportive of exit opps now”, ridiculous self ranking on wso but pretty good otherwise

Laz: kicked off campus and was on serious decline but finally upped pay, bad hazing, trajectory uncertain

JPM: leads a lot of league tables but literally has 3x as many guys as the next guy, “I turned down GS/MS because of culture”

Moelis: LA class carries the house, beat otherwise

Mid:
CS: contrary to popular opinion it is not a top tech group, literally the only relevant full-service European bank

Greenhill: idek if they’re good or not anymore, had decent rep but quiet recently, hazing issues?

PWP: doing well and slowly improving, still not PJT, or top for that matter

BAML: pretty much the definition of average

Lower-mid:
Barclays: “capital markets has the same exit opps as m&a”

Houlihan: RX top, m&a sad

Citi: declined quite a bit, don’t really haze

Jeff: “my name is Jeff,” imitating the big boys balance sheet, growing house, not as good as they believe

UBS: I’m just gonna leave this here

Roth: Europe lit, US pit

DB: Not sure how long they’re gonna stay here, in trouble with school administration

RBC: on the rise, but idk what the rise even means

Wells Fargo: fancy name, pretty beat on most fronts

Bottom:
Stifel, Laz mm, Blair, Keybanc, etc.