0 Evercore - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 7y
0 Evercore - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 7y
+9 database 1 7y
+9 Macquarie - Chicago Office (and General US Presence) 1 6y
0 MHT Partners - Review - Generalist Data 7y
0 MHT Partners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
+83 MBA IB Associate - Sponsorship 26 5y
+13 BB/MM/EB vs MM Private Equity 4 6y
0 Alantra - Review - Generalist Data 7y
0 Alantra - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
+17 3 years strategy consulting across Asia, looking to move into IB / ER in USA 4 6y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Review - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 Alpha Capital Holdings - Interview - Investment Banking Data 7y
+80 Investment Banking MBA Associate Starting Salary - 2019 27 6y
+13 Investment Banking / Buy Side in Hong Kong 3 7y
+3 GroupMe for the 2019 Goldman Sachs Pride Summit 1 7y
+3 Intern/Job opportunities 3 5y
0 Société Générale - Review - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 HSBC - Review - Generalist Data 7y
0 Société Générale - Salary & Bonus - Leveraged Finance Data 7y
+16 MS GCM vs CS IBDM 6 7y
0 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey STRH - Salary & Bonus - Portfolio Management Data 7y
+13 Amortization Question 3 7y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 7y
+25 Master in Finance Profile Evaluation or get a job directly out of undergrad? Really want to get to New York!!! 8 6y
+5 How much VBA do you use at work as an Analyst? 3 7y
0 BNP Paribas - Review - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 BNP Paribas - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Oil & Gas Data 7y
+16 Non-Target applying for SA Position with no connections? 9 6y
+9 Boutique to Lateral Analyst 1 6y
+38 Rothschilds (LDN) vs. Lazard (LDN) vs. Barclays (LDN) 17 6y
+101 Making it in IB cheating all through college? 38 3y
+3 Dyal Co 2 7y
+25 IBD Culture in London - specifically EB's 9 6y
0 Deutsche Bank - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 7y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Review - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 HSBC - Review - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 RBC Royal Bank of Canada - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 7y
0 RBC Royal Bank of Canada - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 7y
0 Rothschild - Interview - Generalist Data 7y
0 Lincoln International - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 7y
0 Needham & Company - Interview - Generalist Data 7y
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+47 Should I transfer from my T20 semi-target to a stronger target? 21 6y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Interview - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 Citigroup - Review - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 Brown Gibbons Lang and Company - Interview - Generalist Data 7y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 Morgan Stanley - Interview - Equity Capital Markets Data 7y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 7y
+12 Net Debt to Equity or Debt to Equity 1 7y
0 Deutsche Bank - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 7y
+3 What to expect from a 6h Case Study? 1 7y
+10 What advantages do Investment Bank with Balance Sheet have? 5 7y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Review - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 Deutsche Bank - Review - Corporate Development Data 7y
0 Deutsche Bank - Salary & Bonus - Corporate Development Data 7y
0 Western Reserve Partners - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 7y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 7y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 7y
0 UBS AG - Interview - Generalist Data 7y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Salary & Bonus - Technology Data 7y
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0 Deutsche Bank - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 7y
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0 Goldman Sachs - Review - NA Data 7y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 7y
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0 JP Morgan Securities - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 7y
+19 IBP Exam - Early Pricing Ends in Less Than 24hrs 1 7y
0 MUFJ Morgan Stanley Securities - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 7y
+4 Does our firm dividend payout ratio depend on other companies in the same sector? 1 7y
+22 UBS no longer sponsors or offers return offers to those who need a sponsorship 32 6y
+12 Processing fee for gold loan 1 7y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - Investment Banking Data 7y
+29 Prestige Rankings London 14 5y
+9 BAML Diversity Programs 6 6y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 7y
+18 Does anyone else think that insanely early IB recruiting is incredibly unfair to undergrad kids? 3 3y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 7y
+9 How to study technicals 1 7y
0 RBC Capital Markets - Review - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 RBC Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 7y
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+25 Big 4 M&A over Tiny Boutique? Please help 8 7y
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+3 Non Target IB 2 7y
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Career Advancement Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Guggenheim Partners 02 97.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • JPMorgan No 97.4%

Total Avg Compensation

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (57) $264
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (28) $184
  • Intern/Summer Associate (16) $161
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (76) $101
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