Banking Employers Rankings 2012: Vault Banking 50

This VAULT BANKING 50 is compiled using a weighted formula that reflects the issues bankers care most about, combining quality of life rankings (such as culture, satisfaction, hours and compensation) with overall prestige. See methodology

VAULT RANKINGS

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2012 RANK	2011 RANK	CHANGE	FIRM	SCORE	LOCATION
1	3		J.P. Morgan Investment Bank	8.446	New York, NY
2	1		Goldman Sachs & Co.	8.439	New York, NY
3	22		Morgan Stanley	7.837	New York, NY
4	4		Credit Suisse	7.562	New York, NY
5	5		Houlihan Lokey	7.562	Los Angeles, CA
6	26		Greenhill & Co., Inc.	7.412	New York, NY
7	27		Evercore Partners	7.380	New York, NY
8	30		Perella Weinberg Partners	7.206	New York, NY
9	8		Centerview Partners	7.197	New York, NY
10	9		Jefferies & Company, Inc.	7.069	New York, NY
11	6		Moelis & Company	6.785	New York, NY
12	40		Nomura Holdings, Inc.	6.727	New York, NY
13	11		RBC Capital Markets	6.714	Toronto, Canada
14	35		Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc	6.697	Edinburgh, United Kingdom
15	15		Citi Institutional Clients Group	6.568	New York, NY
16	14		Sandler O'Neill + Partners L.P.	6.420	New York, NY
17	13		Robert W. Baird & Co. (Baird)	6.406	Milwaukee, WI
18	17		Piper Jaffray Companies	6.388	Minneapolis, MN
19	NR		Gleacher & Company, Inc.	6.195	New York, NY
20	10		William Blair & Company	5.896	Chicago, IL
21	18		Cowen Group, Inc.	5.721	New York, NY
22	21		SunTrust Robinson Humphrey	5.716	Atlanta, GA
23	19		FBR & Co.	5.384	Arlington, VA
24	2		The Blackstone Group	3.292	New York, NY
25	23		Lazard	2.831	New York, NY

2012 RANK	2011 RANK	CHANGE	FIRM	SCORE	LOCATION
26	24		Deutsche Bank AG	2.684	New York, NY
27	25		Barclays Capital	2.644	New York, NY
28	7		UBS Investment Bank	2.472	New York, NY
29	28		Bank of America Corp.	2.360	Charlotte, NC
30	29		Rothschild	2.205	New York, NY
31	31		Wells Fargo & Company	2.080	San Francisco, CA
32	33		Deloitte Corporate Finance LLC	1.971	New York, NY
33	32		HSBC North America Holdings	1.954	Mettawa, IL
34	34		BNP Paribas USA	1.891	New York, NY
35	37		Oppenheimer & Co.	1.884	New York, NY
36	NR		Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking	1.847	A Coruña, Spain
37	38		Macquarie Group (U.S.)	1.837	New York, NY
38	42		Allen & Company LLC	1.802	New York, NY
39	36		Bank of New York Mellon Corporation	1.710	New York, NY
40	41		BMO Capital Markets	1.668	Toronto,
41	NR		Cantor Fitzgerald	1.645	New York, NY
42	45		Lloyds Banking Group PLC	1.585	London,
43	47		Brown Brothers Harriman	1.582	New York, NY
44	48		Peter J. Solomon Company	1.559	New York, NY
45	46		Raymond James Financial, Inc.	1.544	St. Petersburg, FL
46	NR		Miller Buckfire & Co. LLC	1.535	New York, NY
48	50		Morgan Keegan & Co., Inc.	1.499	Memphis, TN
49	NR		Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank	1.452	New York, NY
50	NR		Susquehanna International Group	1.429	Bala Cynwyd, PA

source: http://www.vault.com/wps/portal/usa/rankings/individual?rankingId1=251&rankingId2=-1&rankings=1&regionId=0&rankingYear=2012&pageRange=1-25