A leader — like Ken Moelis — is ultimately responsible for the firm’s growth, as demonstrated by its financial performance, capacity for self-renewal, and character. And character, in turn, can only be measured by reputation. Enter Moelis & Company — A Benchmark for Excellence in Investment Banking.

Moelis & Company — A Benchmark for Excellence in Investment Banking presents the results of a global field study on the reputation of this well-known investment bank. A distinguished group of C-suite executives and senior managers from Fortune Global 500 and Forbes Global 2000 companies evaluated Moelis & Company across six key dimensions: [1] client focus, [2] external engagement, [3] competitiveness, [4] leadership and employee quality, [5] innovation, and [6] business model efficiency and effectiveness.

Interestingly, most of the performance variance among investment banks cannot be explained by objective measures. Individual firm characteristics are paramount. Many evaluations of investment banks tend to be very ‘reputational’. Reputation truly is the ‘net performance’ of Moelis & Company.

COMING SOON [December 2025].