2023 Analyst Bonus Thread (IBD)

Well gents, it’s that time of year again. You know what to do. Good luck!

Year: [AN1/AN2/AN3] 

Bank: [Name or BB/MM/Boutique]

Group: [Coverage/M&A/Product]

Ranking: [Top/Mid/Low]

Bonus: $$$ / All-In: $$$

New Base: $$$

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It comes out at the end of the summer like most other places. But comp is usually high

 
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Wow that’s a lot of confidence. I hope you’re right. From last year looks like the order of analyst bonus announcements from June to August was:

Mizuho (An1 Mid $55k)

Truist (An1 Mid $70k)

Harris Williams (An1 Mid $105k)

Stephens (An1 Mid $35k)

SocGen (An1 Mid $34k)

Barclays (An1 Mid $45k)

Cannacord (An1 Mid $130k)

BMO (An1 Mid $50k)

Cain Bros (An1 Upper Mid $105k)

RBC (An1 Mid $55k)

UBS (An1 Mid $60k)

Morgan Stanley (An1 Mid $45k)

Oppenheimer (An1 $85k)

Credit Suisse RIP (An1 Mid $60k)

BofA (An1 Mid $50k)

Wells (An1 Mid $70k)

Houlihan (An1 Top $70k)

JP Morgan (An1 Mid $40k)

TD (An1 $90k)

Deutsche (An1 Mid $60k)

Piper (An1 Mid $55k)

Evercore (An1 Mid $75k)

Moelis (An1 $95k)

Goldman (An1 Mid $65k)

Citi (An1 Mid $60k)

Stifel (An1 Mid $47.5k)

Nomura (An1 Mid $75k)

Rothschild (An1 Mid $75k)

Cowen (An1 Mid $45k)

BGL (An1 Mid ~$50k)

Jefferies (An1 Mid $50k)

Looked like MMs/Boutiques paid consistently better than BB last year. 

 

Truist has unfortunately delayed the bonus time line. They used to communicate numbers last week of June and then it’d hit the bank account June 30…Now they’ve delayed it to where it is communicated the first week of August and will pay out August 15…the analysts are not happy about it. Leadership said the delay was “to get a feel of what the street was paying”

 

Feel like that number is off. Way too high

Source worked at TD and have many friends at TD

 

From what I am hearing sounds like HW was $150K-$170K all-in for AN1 and $180K-$205K for AN2. It sounds reasonable given the macro environment but also down from last year when HW paid top-market bonuses 

 

Great number and congrats on the promo. Curious what bucket that was?

I didn’t realize SocGen was a 3 year analyst program. Is that a true 3 years on desk or more like 2.5?

I was a lateral into a bank with a 2 year program but the timing on the desk didn’t work for promotion at the true “2 year” mark. So have technically been at my bank over 2.5 years. Asking because I’m pushing for a higher bonus given I’ve spent the past 9 months staffed in the associate role but paid as an A2.

 

Thank you. Worked really hard for this job and it's great to see all that paying off. I wasn't communicated what bucket it was. But I know my performance reviews were very positive.It's 3 years. My understanding is it is a French thing. Could be Euro but I'm told it's French. Don't know anyone at my French competitors to confirm tho. If you start FT in July 2023, then you'll most likely see your associate promo become effective July 2026. Give or take a month or two.

As for your associate staffing despite being an AN2, that just shows your superiors believe in you highly and they just have to follow procedure with promoting you. They would’ve if they could’ve. But you’re killing it!

I think I did this right
 

What are analysts in Nat Res/O&G groups expecting this year? I presume just as good as last year given record revenue numbers

At most banks, analysts in busy groups essentially subsidize slow groups when it comes to bonuses as they are standardized.  The way being 'busy' ends up benefitting a team is that they get more top bucket allocations to hand out.

 

What are analysts in Nat Res/O&G groups expecting this year? I presume just as good as last year given record revenue numbers

At most banks, analysts in busy groups essentially subsidize slow groups when it comes to bonuses as they are standardized.  The way being 'busy' ends up benefitting a team is that they get more top bucket allocations to hand out.

Agree - applies to associates too and maybe VP at BB (ex. All or most juniors with exception to Jefferies houston with that setup)

 

RJ bonuses dropped about two weeks ago - 

Top bucket, A2 bonus

$70k bonus so total comp of $180k

I believe most of the A1 and A2 bonuses were between ~$50k and ~$65k

 

Thanks! A1 top bucket last year was ~$70-75k so bonuses are roughly down $5-10k which isn’t too bad. But our group still got wrecked with pretty consistent 90+ hour weeks so didn’t feel like a down year

 
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Lots of BMO mis-info here …

Analyst 1 Bonus: 10 bottom / 30 middle / 50 top

Analyst 1 - 2 Base:  110 to 125

Analyst 2: 25 bottom / 45 middle / 70 top

Seems to be uniform across IB groups

 

"Lots of BMO mis-info" ... proceeds to basically agree with what has already been said...

These buckets seem broadly true from what I have heard as well, though obviously not set in stone (I've heard 37.5 for first year, 60 for second)

Some additional info:

An3 base is 135k

A not insignificant portion of An2s had their promotion delayed. Unsure what the number is firm wide, but was about 50% in my group, and have heard similar for M&A.

 

Rbc analyst 3, $100,000 bonus

i was told mid bucket. Haven’t heard anything about other third years and curious what the range was? For context our base is 110 so I’m surprised to get such a high % of base in the current market environment, and also considering I got 85k middle bucket last year but am hearing middle bucket this year is only 60-65

 

An2

RBC

Coverage

Mid bucket

65K Bonus / 170 all in

Fuck this bank. Still one of the only banks at 100/105 for base. Below street on base yet the seniors say they try to match "total compensation" by giving us a larger bonus, which clearly is a lie

Top bucket A2 pulled in closer to $95k bonus at RBC, there was a big spread between buckets this year

 

holy fk dealing with that MS culture to get slapped in the face with 20k. Are you in one of the sweaty groups?

 

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