Are signing bonuses typical in Equity Research?

I am interviewing with MM equity research shops (think Blair, RBC, Jefferies, etc.) for a Research Associate position and I am curious if there is typically a signing bonus involved for this type of position. If so, what is a typical/average signing bonus and when would it be paid? I have been working in equity research for 3 years, but with much smaller firms that were unable to offer me a signing bonus. Thanks for any help.

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sorry, had some trouble getting this up. will be more thorough.

I am currently an associate at one of the largest asset managers in the country, non-NYC based. have been very successful here and want to try my hand at something different (also would like to move to NYC). Was offered a job as a senior associate at a BB in ER. The guy i will work for said the comp range is 150-200k which i assume is a 100k base and a 50-100% performance based bonus. Wondering though if there is any signing/relocation bonus for these types of jobs or do they not usually do that in an attempt to keep people from just jumping around all the time?

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haha, i was so excited during the meeting i had that i forgot to ask

my (future) boss said he was going back to HR to iron out comp and a start date so i imagine I will found out soon, i'm just restless

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