+3 Equity Initiation Reports For $$ 1 4y
+3 Trading in personal account 1 4y
0 Rutgers University Endowment - Interview - Investments Data 4y
+9 Anyone did Mercer Investment before? 3 4y
+13 To start a career, try for a big fund or a small fund? 4 4y
+18 Engineer looking for advice 3 4y
0 Prudential Financial - Review - Investment Research Data 4y
0 Prudential Financial - Salary & Bonus - Investment Research Data 4y
+7 software for fund selectors: MorningStar, eVestment, Bloomberg? 6 4y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Investment Management Data 4y
+6 Where to find good academic papers 2 4y
+18 Institutional Sales & Client Relations - interview info wanted 10 4y
0 Aon - Review - Investments Data 4y
0 Aon - Salary & Bonus - Investments Data 4y
+24 2020 Salary Thread 7 4y
+13 Practical applications of CFA 1 4y
0 PwC - Review - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Data 4y
0 PwC - Salary & Bonus - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Data 4y
0 Hall Capital Partners LLC - Review - Investments Data 4y
0 Hall Capital Partners LLC - Salary & Bonus - Investments Data 4y
+3 Financial Models used by AM analysts 4 4y
+12 MS FAA Program - Next steps 1 4y
0 UBS Private Wealth Management - Review - Private Wealth Management Data 4y
0 UBS Private Wealth Management - Salary & Bonus - Private Wealth Management Data 4y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Fixed Income Data 4y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Fixed Income Data 4y
0 Citigroup - Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 4y
+12 Emailing CIO I've met in unusual circumstance - should I mention this in the email? 1 4y
0 JPMorgan Chase - Salary & Bonus - Distressed Debt and-or High Yield Data 4y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Investment Management Data 4y
0 The Vanguard Group - Review - Retail Banking Data 4y
0 The Vanguard Group - Salary & Bonus - Retail Banking Data 4y
0 Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan - Review - Quantitative Research Data 4y
0 Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 4y
0 Fidelity International - Interview - Equity Research Data 4y
0 Evercore - Interview - Restructuring Data 4y
0 PanAgora asset management - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 4y
0 HSBC - Review - Asset Management Data 4y
0 HSBC - Salary & Bonus - Asset Management Data 4y
0 PNC Financial Services - Interview - Asset Management Data 4y
0 Nuveen Investments - Review - Mutual Funds Data 4y
0 Nuveen Investments - Salary & Bonus - Mutual Funds Data 4y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Private Wealth Management Data 4y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Private Wealth Management Data 4y
0 Waddell and Reed - Salary & Bonus - Investment Management Data 4y
0 AXA Advisors - Review - Private Wealth Management Data 4y
0 Schroders - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 4y
0 HSBC - Salary & Bonus - Asset Management Data 4y
+60 AM vs ER vs IBD 15 4y
+12 Market Risk in Banks versus Investment Risk in Pension Funds 1 4y
0 RBC Royal Bank of Canada - Review - Operations Data 4y
0 RBC Royal Bank of Canada - Salary & Bonus - Operations Data 4y
+41 Research Analyst Comp Structure at Small RIA 9 4y
0 Wellington Management - Review - Corporate Finance Data 4y
0 Wellington Management - Salary & Bonus - Corporate Finance Data 4y
0 Ernst & Young LLP - Review - Restructuring Data 4y
0 Ernst & Young LLP - Salary & Bonus - Restructuring Data 4y
+10 Moving to buy side from SS ER 1 4y
0 National Securities Corporation - Review - Generalist Data 4y
0 National Securities Corporation - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
0 BlackRock - Interview - Investor Relations Data 4y
+26 How was your 1st Year in the RE industry? 11 4y
0 RBC Dominion Securites - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
0 First Republic Bank - Review - Private Wealth Management Data 4y
0 First Republic Bank - Salary & Bonus - Private Wealth Management Data 4y
0 TD Securities - Interview - NA Data 4y
0 HSBC - Interview - Wealth Management Data 4y
0 BlackRock - Review - Generalist Data 4y
0 BlackRock - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+1 Capital Group in LA? 1 4y
0 UBS Private Wealth Management - Salary & Bonus - Private Banking Data 4y
0 Dimensional Fund Advisors - Review - Sales Data 4y
0 Dimensional Fund Advisors - Salary & Bonus - Sales Data 4y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Review - Asset Management Data 4y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Asset Management Data 4y
0 Robert W. Baird & Co. - Interview - Wealth Management Data 4y
0 Sberbank CIB - Review - Credit Risk Data 4y
0 Sberbank CIB - Salary & Bonus - Credit Risk Data 4y
+4 Final Round.. But a Phone Interview? 1 4y
0 Fidelity Investments - Salary & Bonus - Equity Research Data 4y
+3 GSAM Client Business? 1 4y
0 PGIM Fixed Income - Review - Fixed Income Data 4y
0 PGIM Fixed Income - Salary & Bonus - Fixed Income Data 4y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
+3 AM vs IB out of undergrad? 1 4y
0 Northwestern Mutual - Salary & Bonus - Financial Planning and Analysis Data 4y
0 CPP Investment Board - Interview - NA Data 4y
+10 "GOODBYE,HUMAN FUND MANAGERS" 1 4y
0 MFS Investment Management - Review - Trading Data 4y
0 MFS Investment Management - Salary & Bonus - Trading Data 4y
0 Putnam Investments - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
0 BlackRock - Review - Equity Research Data 4y
0 BlackRock - Salary & Bonus - Equity Research Data 4y
+23 Working in AM vs IB out of undergrad? 4 4y
+3 Smart asset managers with solid AUMs? 3 4y
0 HSBC - Salary & Bonus - Private Banking Data 4y
0 Northwestern Mutual - Salary & Bonus - Advisory Data 4y
0 Northwestern Mutual - Salary & Bonus - Advisory Data 4y
0 Qatalyst Partners - Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 4y
0 Dimensional Fund Advisors - Interview - Quantitative Research Data 4y

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  • Goldman Sachs 19 98.8%
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  • Lazard Freres 02 97.7%
  • JPMorgan Chase 04 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

May 2024 Investment Banking

  • Harris Williams & Co. 18 99.4%
  • JPMorgan Chase 10 98.8%
  • Lazard Freres 05 98.3%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.7%
  • William Blair 03 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

May 2024 Investment Banking

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  • Jefferies & Company 02 98.8%
  • Goldman Sachs 17 98.3%
  • Moelis & Company 07 97.7%
  • JPMorgan Chase 05 97.1%

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  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (14) $181
  • Intern/Summer Associate (33) $170
  • 2nd Year Analyst (67) $168
  • 1st Year Analyst (205) $159
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