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About fifty quid
is 50k quid for IBD or CB?
slightly under £50k for CB, and the other commentor is correct with £60k base for IB, HSBC is known to underpay
IBD is £60k for A1 with 5k bumps per analyst year then £105k for Ass1
What is the starting salary for CB?
Not sure exactly but I think only £5k less
Was at HSBC for a year before I moved to BB. Left in a hurry.
Honestly corporate banking is shit. Braindead work and most of the personnel there are mentally subnormal. Worked alongside them sometimes.
I was in M&A or "Advisory" as its known there.
As others said, in IBD (or AIBC as its known for non ECM / LAF etc) for analyst its 60-65-70 base. Then AS is 105-120-135 base.
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