Boutique Bulge Bracket Capital Market 
Mergers and Inquisitions
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
I never expected to revisit the topic of bulge bracket banks so quickly because the full list changes slowly, and we updated it a few years ago. What is a “Bulge Bracket Bank”? The name “bulge bracket” (BB) comes from the prospectus for an IPO or debt issuance, which lists all the banks underwriting the deal.
Mergers and Inquisitions
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Even though we’ve covered industry groups vs. product groups and teams such as M&A , ECM , DCM , and Leveraged Finance , we continue to get questions about capital markets vs. investment banking. The questions usually go like this: Are capital markets teams (ECM, DCM, and LevFin) “real” investment banking?
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Mergers and Inquisitions
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
After an initial slowdown when the pandemic first struck in early 2020, banks have generated record-high fees from M&A and capital markets deals. Meanwhile, some elite boutique banks , such as Centerview, went up to $130K for Year 1 Analysts (!). What Happened to Investment Banking Fees? at some smaller firms.
Mergers and Inquisitions
MAY 10, 2023
The basic difference is that the international bulge bracket banks tend to be stronger in M&A advisory and weaker in equity and debt capital markets. Among the elite boutiques , Evercore has the strongest presence in Singapore, and Rothschild also works on many deals, mostly in the middle-market space.
Mergers and Inquisitions
JULY 17, 2024
based bulge brackets (GS, MS, JPM, Citi, and BofA) are the strongest international banks, and Avendus, Kotak, JM Financial, ICICI, and Axis are the strongest domestic firms. Among the bulge brackets, the U.S.-based Of the middle-market banks , only Jefferies seems to have much of a presence.
How2Exit
MAY 23, 2023
Richard grew up in the suburbs of New York City and went to college, later working for a boutique investment bank. He then worked for what are called bulge bracket investment banks, mostly in the capital market space. After four years, in 1990, the economy was slow and the deal flow was slow.
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