+25 Why is IB in London paying so much less than IB in New York or Frankfurt? 33 4y
0 Bad resume? 33 4y
+52 List of Dead Banks 42 4y
+16 Which of These 2 IB Group Would You Take? 5 4y
+87 IB in Continental Europe: Paris to Vienna to Moscow 34 4y
0 Entry level IB in Switzerland - Possible without being fluent in German? 1 4y
+18 Need to decide on M&A offer (EMEA) 13 4y
+61 LevFin in London 22 4y
0 Studying in Germany, need internship 3 4y
0 JPM to shift up to 1000 jobs abroad 3 4y
+21 IB LONDON - full time recruiting or off-cycle? 7 4y
+72 Could the banks halve their London work force due to Brexit? 46 4y
+10 Which offer should I take? (London) 6 4y
+17 they say networking networking networking, but how? especially in Europe 5 4y
+77 Investment Banks as European Football (Soccer) Teams 60 4y
+348 What are your thoughts on people with pronouns in their signatures? 83 4y
+6 Jefferies IBD Frankfurt 1 4y
+3 Insight on Financial Sponsors IB in Toronto 2 4y
+18 What are the banking equivalents of working in fast in food? 23 4y
+3 Credit Suisse - Private Growth Markets (ex-IBA), opinions? 1 4y
+3 MiM ESCP or Master in Finance EmLyon for IB in UK, US or Germany?? 1 4y
+11 What's up with craziness in here? 7 4y
+1 Equity infusion 1 4y
0 Webinar Rewind - Investment Banking Recruiting in India + Q&A 0 4y
+15 Prestige Ranking of Rankings and Ranking League Tables 6 4y
0 MIF in WHU/FSFM/LBS 1 4y
+1 Finding cool people in Frankfurt 5 4y
+3 Untitled topic 1 4y
+6 UBS M&A Group 1 4y
0 Valuation shops / Salariers in FFM 2 4y
+12 German IBD Offer Selection: DB vs BofA 6 4y
+5 jcncnxjjsjdkdncncnncnccnncnc 10 4y
+17 Policies Worse than Diversity Hiring 28 4y
+9 London calling, Frankfurt balling?.. How to make the step 2 4y
+74 Q&A: EMEA Senior Investment Banker 45 4y
+49 How To Kill a Bank (Part 1 of 3) 27 4y
+9 LG Display creates screen company email list like sheet of paper 3 4y
+20 How to know which doors are leading to target-balls ? 1 4y
0 Investment Banking in FFM 1 4y
+4 WSO equivalent around the world ?? 5 4y
0 Bonus Clawback Credit Suisse 6 4y
+31 Working in Zurich as an American 20 4y
+10 London Jefferies (AN1) vs. Paris/Frankfurt EB (Intern) 4 4y
+43 How vital do you think having perfect teeth is to landing a prestigious entry level job? 22 4y
+6 J.P. Morgan: 2022 Markets - Sales Internship Frankfurt Assessment Centre 8 4y
+12 CS London Best Teams 21 4y
+5 Citi London Best Teams 9 4y
+9 Ok to use weighted CRPs for Cost of equity? 1 4y
+12 M&A/ECM A2 at top BB - Feel free to ask me questions. Also wonder, as I am moving to DCM - will I primarily use Factset or Bloomberg? 3 4y
+2 William Blair Frankfurt 1 4y
+3 Compensation in Europe 2 4y
+13 Credit Suisse Frankfurt 9 4y
+16 Lincoln International Frankfurt 11 4y
+9 MO/BO Options 1 4y
+3 Investment Banking Headhunter 1 4y
0 Will this be URM/Diversity Hire in Continental Europe 1 4y
+21 Ways of Underperformance - and how to avoid them (Part 1) 3 4y
+6 FT Tier 2 (BNP, SocGen, Mizuho, Nomura etc.) Frankfurt orOff-Cycle Tier 1 (Barclays, DB, Credit Suisse) BB Dubai 8 4y
+11 LDN vs NYC vs FFM 1 4y
+3 Vacations in M&A 1 4y
+7 KPMG M&A vs. Deloitte M&A (Corporate Finance Advisory) 5 5y
+3 Hire View Questions JP Morgan 2022 1 5y
+56 European IBs & Commercial Banks 28 5y
0 Investment Banking in... Qatar? 4 5y
+3 Compensation Continental Europe 1 5y
0 How is DB Frankfurt? 5 5y
+25 Frankfurt M&A Market 19 5y
+12 FT Tier 2 bank in NYC (SocGen/Mizuho/BNP) or Off-Cycle Internship at BB (GS/MS) in Frankfurt 22 5y
+13 Breaking into IB as 33 yo 4 5y
+6 secondary school grades for IB 1 5y
+6 Excel Plug-ins During Modeling Tests? 3 5y
+7 Is the UK going down in flames? 7 5y
+6 C1 in language enough to work in the office? 10 5y
0 Tier 3 NYC or T1/T2 Frankfurt 1 5y
+5 Berenberg London Graduate Program vs Nomura M&A Analyst Frankfurt? 5 5y
0 Selling a company 1 5y
+9 Jefferies London Industrials 3 5y
+9 Starting Full Time in IB with MS Finance in US as a German student 1 5y
+16 M&A in Frankfurt 18 5y
+37 BB vs EB a comparison between US and Europe 18 5y
0 Evercore in FFM 2 5y
0 How much does location actually matter? 1 5y
0 WSO UK + EMEA Resources 0 5y
+20 Engineering PhD into IB 10 5y
+3 Signing Bonus in Europe 1 5y
+6 Compensation in Paris / Frankfurt 5 5y
+6 Nomura or Lincoln Internship in London/Frankfurt? 7 5y
+30 Deutsche Bank New CEO, a BB dying? 16 5y
+81 Germany Sucks 18 5y
+16 DCM at Big Bank or M&A at small boutique? 22 5y
+2 Nomura or Baird 1 5y
0 Hallo German monkeys, I need a piece of advice! 3 5y
0 Breaking into IB Spain/Germany 1 5y
0 PSL / Paris Dauphine - Opportunities in Europe? 1 5y
+7 How to start 1 5y
0 Berenberg London vs Frankfurt vs NYC 1 5y
+1 Exit opportunities 1 5y
+17 M&A Product Groups in London 6 5y
+72 DC Advisory (ex Close Brothers) 78 5y
0 Too many internships 2 5y

Career Advancement Opportunities

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Morgan Stanley 08 97.8%
  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.2%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

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  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.3%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.8%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.2%

Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
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  • Associates (47) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (25) $178
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  • 1st Year Analyst (83) $151
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