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+8 Thoughts on KBRA 5 9mo
0 JPMorgan - Interview - Investment Research Data 9mo
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+9 ER Associate Timeline at EB 3 9mo
0 Asset Management MO vs. IB regional boutique for FT ER? 1 9mo
0 Rothschild - Review - Equity Research Data 9mo
0 Rothschild - Salary & Bonus - Equity Research Data 9mo
0 Robert W. Baird & Co. - Review - Equity Research Data 9mo
+13 Ai is Infecting All of ER 6 9mo
0 TD Securities - Salary & Bonus - Equity Research Data 9mo
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Macro Data 9mo
+28 Trading prestige for sanity…worth it? 6 9mo
0 How to best break into ER 1 9mo
+3 Oppenheimer Interview ER 5 9mo
0 Mizuho - Salary & Bonus - Industrials Data 9mo
+17 Trading things other than stocks and bonds. 7 9mo
0 Questions to Expect in First Round 30min Interview 1 9mo
0 UBS Sophomore Programs and UBS/Lazard ER SA 2026 1 9mo
+25 Non-conventional exits from ER 4 9mo
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+25 Including Stock Thesis in Email 12 9mo
0 Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research Off-cycle London conversions 1 9mo
0 Pareto Securities - Interview - Credit Research Group Data 9mo
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0 UBS AG - Review - Equity Research Data 9mo
0 UBS AG - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 9mo
+10 Reach out to Analyst? 6 10mo
0 William Blair - Interview - Equity Research Data 10mo
0 Raymond James Financial Inc. - Interview - Generalist Data 10mo
+3 Fidelity ER SA 2026 11 10mo
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 10mo
0 RBC Equity Research Phone Interview 1 10mo
0 Wolfe Consumer Research Role 2 10mo
0 Weiss Asset Management - Interview - Risk Management Data 10mo
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0 I built an AI copilot to kill the “10-K weekend grind.” Want to sanity-check it? 3 10mo
+3 Deutsche Bank Equity Research Superday 10 10mo
0 DB company research graduate program 3 10mo
0 CIBC World Markets - Interview - Metals and Mining Data 10mo
0 DBS Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 10mo
0 JPMorgan - Review - Investments Data 10mo
0 JP Morgan Securities - Salary & Bonus - Investments Data 10mo
0 Wolfe Research Technical Analysis Team? 2 10mo
+7 Stay in boutique ER or move to ranked II BB team to get to buyside 4 10mo
0 5 interviews with GS, no response heard 1 10mo
0 BMO Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - Global Markets Data 10mo
0 BlackRock - Review - Sales and Trading Data 10mo
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0 Redburn - Interview - Sales Data 10mo
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0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Macro Data 10mo
+15 Evercore Modeling Assessment 3 10mo
+3 Fidelity ER AC Updates 4 10mo
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+11 Internship: BB ER in Tokyo vs L/S in NY 4 10mo
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0 BTIG LLC - Review - Generalist Data 10mo
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+18 Sector coverage - specialist vs generalist 6 10mo
+39 ER graduate/AN1 comp in London 42 10mo
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0 HSBC - Interview - Equity Research Data 11mo
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0 Fidelity Investments - Salary & Bonus - Equity Research Data 11mo
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+22 RE > ER 7 11mo
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Career Advancement Opportunities

September 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.3%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 03 98.9%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.3%

Professional Growth Opportunities

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • JPMorgan No 97.3%

Total Avg Compensation

September 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Associates (53) $259
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (28) $184
  • Intern/Summer Associate (15) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
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