+9 Quant to Systematic Credit Pivot – cracking the recruiter network? 1 2w
+29 Regional Commercial Banking into CRA Corporate Ratings 15 2mo
+6 Ares Commercial Finance 1 2mo
+15 Booth vs Columbia for Rx IB to Special Sits 11 2mo
+4 Chicago PC WLB 5 2mo
+9 Joseph Siprut / Kerberos (KCM): delinquent and a $31M maturity wall 1 3mo
+12 high school senior (rising Northwestern freshman) interested in credit 8 4mo
+19 CB to PC? 14 5mo
0 LAGO Innovation Partners 2 6mo
0 Chicago distressed debt/Rx shops? 4 6mo
+14 Chicago Private Credit Compensation 14 7mo
+103 London - Private Debt / Credit scene 91 9mo
+2 STRS OH Private Credit Analyst 4 10mo
0 Manulife | Comvest? 0 11mo
0 Help out a clueless junior on recruiting timelines for FT2027 1 12mo
+12 Thoughts on Victory Park Capital 5 1y
+187 Overview of Special Sits 24 1y
0 Career Advice Requested 1 1y
+103 Distressed publicly traded credit - case study help needed! 37 1y
+5 Chicago lev fin teams 7 1y
+6 Comvest Credit? 21 1y
+50 Restructuring --> Direct Lending / Private Credit 24 1y
+14 Consulting to Private Credit 19 1y
0 Chicago Atlantic Advisers 1 1y
0 Monroe Capital 2024 3 1y
+51 BofA Wholsale Credit vs Credit Risk 32 1y
0 2025 Chicago Opportunities 1 1y
+27 Worst (struggling) Credit Funds? 33 1y
+11 Varde Partners - Anyone familiar? 4 2y
0 HPS Core Senior Lending Team 1 2y
+22 Renewables Project Financing to a Credit Fund? 17 2y
+15 Do Private Credit Providers Pay Advisory/Origination Fees 6 2y
+19 Where do you find private credit roles? 10 2y
+24 BigLaw restructuring associate - MBA path to distressed debt? 8 2y
+27 Blackstone Credit vs Bain Capital Credit 34 2y
+13 Private credit funds in Canada? 15 2y
+12 Future Career Path with Sell-Side Private/Structured Credit 5 2y
+6 Minneapolis private funds/distressed credit/mezzanine debt 1 2y
+38 MM PE to distressed credit HF/ hybrid HF/PE in London? 28 2y
+16 Structured Credit funds 12 2y
+16 Sponsor Finance Credit Analyst -> MM Direct Lending? 8 2y
0 Private Credit / Mezzanine Funds and Recruiting Process 2 2y
0 Comp for Credit Analyst? 2 2y
+97 Life as a Private Credit Analyst 80 2y
+129 Private Credit vs Private Equity 42 2y
+90 Private Credit / Direct Lending Comp 174 2y
+38 Private Credit Comp 39 2y
+9 Commercial Credit Analyst desperately looking to find something else 1 2y
+6 Direct Lending Internship Superday 4 2y
+10 Chicago PC/DL firms 9 3y
+263 Credit Analyst Q&A 129 3y
+33 Feedback on Private Credit offer 37 3y
+24 Didn't get Rotational Program but Suggested to Apply for Commercial Credit Analyst Position 8 3y
+26 Private Credit out of undergraduate? 13 3y
+1 Deerpath Capital? 1 3y
0 lowering a synthetic credit rating 3 3y
0 How to Break Into a Credit Fund from BB Industry Group? 1 3y
0 Got Promoted to Credit Analyst at work. Will this help me position myself to Get Into IBD 1 3y
0 BB Credit Risk vs BB S&T vs Fortune 100 Investment Analyst 12 3y
+17 Commercial Credit Analyst to REPE...experience advice? 4 3y
+192 Q&A - Commercial Banking Credit Risk SVP in Southeast USA 67 3y
+72 PE credit fund compensation 120 3y
+194 Q&A: Credit hedge fund analyst at MF, former BB trader 73 3y
0 Credit Trading or Credit Research 4 3y
+10 Private Credit / Direct Lending Comp and Progression 24 3y
+5 Is the pay in Plano any different? Credit Risk JPM Salaries. 12 3y
+8 Owl rock opportunistic credit? 6 3y
+6 Carlyle Credit Comp 17 3y
+2 What does the Credit group at TD do? 8 3y
+62 2021 Private Credit Year End Comp 206 3y
+23 Private Credit League Tables 16 3y

Career Advancement Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.2%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.3%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.7%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.7%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.2%

Total Avg Compensation

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (46) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (80) $150
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (73) $101
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