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The VAULT BANKING 50 is compiled using a weighted formula that reflects the issues banking professionals care most about, combining quality of life rankings (such as culture, satisfaction, work/life balance, training, and compensation) with overall prestige.
Survey Methodology

When Vault asks banking professionals what matters most to them in choosing an employer, they continually tell us that although prestige is important, it's not the only determining factor. As a result, Vault has compiled a weighted formula that reflects the issues job seekers care about most. We believe that this formula showcases those banking firms deemed the Best to Work For.

The Vault Banking 50 is based on the following: 40 percent prestige, 20 percent firm culture, 10 percent compensation, 10 percent business outlook, 10 percent overall satisfaction, 5 percent work/life balance, and 5 percent training.

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2017 Vault Banking 25

#1
SCORE 8.310
2016 Rank 2

Goldman Sachs & Co.

Goldman Sachs provides a wide range of investment banking, securities, and investment management services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments, and individuals. Widely...

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#2
SCORE 8.187
2016 Rank 3

Morgan Stanley

New York-headquartered investment banking giant Morgan Stanley is divided into three main businesses: institutional securities, investment management, and wealth management. Institutional securities includes M&A advisory, restructuring, real...

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#3
SCORE 8.169
2016 Rank 5

Centerview Partners

In 2006, UBS Vice Chairman Blair Effron had dinner with his friend Robert Pruzan, a veteran investment banker and former CEO of Wasserstein Perella. The two men decided to capitalize on the lucrative M&A boom by going in to business...

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#4
SCORE 8.109
2016 Rank 4

Evercore

Founded in 1995 by Blackstone and U.S. Treasury veteran Roger Altman, independent investment banking advisory firm Evercore went public in August 2006 with an $83 million initial public offering. Since then, the firm has grown into an elite...

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#5
SCORE 7.758
2016 Rank 8

J.P. Morgan

J.P. Morgan provides asset management, investment banking, treasury and securities services, private banking, and commercial banking services to some of the world’s largest clients. J.P. Morgan is headquartered in New York, and has international...

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#6
SCORE 7.562
2016 Rank 11

Bank of America Corp.

Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Bank of America is one of the world’s largest financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small and middle-market businesses, and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset...

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#7
SCORE 7.546
2016 Rank 7

Greenhill & Co., Inc.

Greenhill calls itself “a unique investment banking firm,” and to be sure, it follows a model quite unlike the structure of its behemoth competitors. At Greenhill, independence is the guiding philosophy; because it’s not part of a larger...

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#8
SCORE 7.487
2016 Rank 9

Perella Weinberg Partners

Founded in June 2006, Perella Weinberg Partners provides strategic and financial advisory services as well as energy securities research, underwriting, and trading services. Its advisory business includes mergers and acquisitions, strategic...

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#9
SCORE 7.400
2016 Rank 16

Moelis & Company

Moelis & Company provides financial advisory services to corporations, institutions, and governments worldwide. In addition to New York, Moelis has offices in Amsterdam, Beijing, Boston, Chicago, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Houston, London,...

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#10
SCORE 7.281
2016 Not Ranked

PJT Partners

PJT Partners is an advisory-focused investment bank headquartered in New York, with additional offices in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London, Madrid, and Hong Kong. The firm was created in October 2015 after Blackstone’s...

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