VAULT RANKINGS
2011 RANK | 2010 RANK | CHANGE | FIRM | PRESTIGE SCORE | LOCATION |
1 | 1 | ![]() | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 8.708 | New York, NY |
2 | 2 | ![]() | The Blackstone Group | 8.144 | New York, NY |
3 | 4 | ![]() | J.P. Morgan Investment Bank | 8.140 | New York, NY |
4 | 3 | ![]() | Morgan Stanley | 7.973 | New York, NY |
5 | 7 | ![]() | Credit Suisse (Investment Banking Division) | 7.212 | New York, NY |
6 | 5 | ![]() | Lazard | 7.011 | New York, NY |
7 | 9 | ![]() | Deutsche Bank AG | 6.905 | New York, NY |
8 | 11 | ![]() | Barclays Capital | 6.796 | New York, NY |
9 | 6 | ![]() | Greenhill & Co., Inc. | 6.696 | New York, NY |
10 | 14 | ![]() | UBS Investment Bank | 6.344 | New York, NY |
11 | 8 | ![]() | Evercore Partners | 6.198 | New York, NY |
12 | 21 | ![]() | Bank of America Corp. | 6.122 | Charlotte, NC |
13 | 16 | ![]() | Jefferies & Company, Inc. | 5.803 | New York, NY |
14 | 10 | ![]() | Rothschild | 5.736 | New York, NY |
15 | 12 | ![]() | Perella Weinberg Partners | 5.701 | New York, NY |
16 | 13 | ![]() | Moelis & Company | 5.557 | New York, NY |
17 | 19 | ![]() | Wells Fargo & Company | 5.425 | San Francisco, CA |
18 | 15 | ![]() | Houlihan Lokey | 5.319 | Los Angeles, CA |
19 | NR | ![]() | HSBC North America Holdings | 5.136 | Mettawa, IL |
20 | 32 | ![]() | Deloitte Corporate Finance LLC | 5.069 | New York, NY |
21 | 25 | ![]() | RBC Capital Markets | 4.976 | Toronto, |
22 | 17 | ![]() | Citi Institutional Clients Group | 4.889 | New York, NY |
25 | 39 | ![]() | Bank of New York Mellon Corporation | 4.660 | New York, NY |
2011 RANK | 2010 RANK | CHANGE | FIRM | PRESTIGE SCORE | LOCATION |
26 | 24 | ![]() | Oppenheimer & Co. | 4.648 | New York, NY |
27 | NR | ![]() | Macquarie Group (U.S.) | 4.581 | New York, NY |
28 | 28 | ![]() | Chase Commercial Bank | 4.578 | New York, NY |
29 | 23 | ![]() | Piper Jaffray Companies | 4.564 | Minneapolis, MN |
30 | 41 | ![]() | Citi Consumer Banking | 4.562 | New York, NY |
31 | 26 | ![]() | Nomura Holdings, Inc. | 4.340 | New York, NY |
32 | 48 | ![]() | BMO Capital Markets | 4.332 | Toronto, |
33 | 38 | ![]() | William Blair & Company | 4.318 | Chicago, IL |
34 | 34 | ![]() | Centerview Partners | 4.224 | New York, NY |
35 | 20 | ![]() | Allen & Company LLC | 4.184 | New York, NY |
36 | 36 | ![]() | Robert W. Baird & Company (Baird) | 4.088 | Milwaukee, WI |
37 | 35 | ![]() | Keefe Bruyette & Woods, Inc. | 4.006 | New York, NY |
38 | 56 | ![]() | Lloyds Banking Group PLC | 3.990 | London, |
39 | 43 | ![]() | Raymond James Financial, Inc. | 3.976 | St. Petersburg, FL |
40 | 40 | ![]() | Cowen and Company LLC | 3.939 | New York, NY |
41 | 54 | ![]() | TD Securities | 3.909 | Toronto, |
42 | 42 | ![]() | Brown Brothers Harriman | 3.783 | New York, NY |
43 | 45 | ![]() | Peter J. Solomon Company | 3.777 | New York, NY |
44 | 53 | ![]() | PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 3.749 | Pittsburgh, PA |
45 | 49 | ![]() | Morgan Keegan & Co., Inc. | 3.728 | Memphis, TN |
46 | 55 | ![]() | Scotiabank | 3.723 | Toronto, |
47 | 44 | ![]() | Sandler O'Neill + Partners L.P. | 3.677 | New York, NY |
48 | NR | ![]() | Miller Buckfire & Co. LLC | 3.600 | New York, NY |
49 | 50 | ![]() | BB&T Corporation | 3.581 | Winston-Salem, NC |
50 | 51 | ![]() | FBR Capital Markets | 3.560 | Arlington, VA |