Originally Posted by Unregistered

Try your best to ignore all the salty high finance wanna bes here, but here goes the Tier list!
Disclaimer: I work in the field but the info collated are only based on hearsay from my friends and people in the industry cuz obviously I only work in one of the firm

T1: GS (Just for the name, dealflow not the strongest in APAC but will still dominate in terms of dollar due to major deals), JPM/MS (Solid names, solid dealflow in APAC!), CS (Solid dealflow in APAC!)
T2: BofA (Pays high!), Barclays (Good deals and SUPERB CULTURE), HSBC (Pays highest base, but bonus so-so)
T3: Citi (Good deals, but culture cmi), UBS, Nomura
T4: DB, BNP
T5: SCB
T6: Maybank, local banks, CIMB, etc.

Boutiques
T1: Evercore (Magnus Keith is the GOAT)
T2: Lazard (Good name, but only have PCA/Debt advisory in APAC I think), Rothschild (MM focused but heard they're quite solid!)
T3: Rippledot, BDA
T4: ING, all the random boutiques

ONLY MY OPINION