0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Finance Data 8y
+7 Houlihan Lokey (Houston) 3 6y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Citigroup - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+12 Transition from Passive Fund to IB ? 1 8y
+18 Public Finance Vs Valuation group! Decision! 6 6y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+47 IU to Stanford? 27 4y
0 Credit Suisse - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Back Office Data 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Back Office Data 8y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Debt Capital Markets Data 8y
0 HSBC - Salary & Bonus - Sales and Trading Data 8y
+24 Recent Graduate Job Hunting 9 6y
+35 Emerging Markets Investment Banking 22 8y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Review - Restructuring Data 8y
+3 Sophomore Resume Critique Request 3 8y
0 Anyone in office today? :( - Review - Generalist Data 7y
0 Anyone in office today? :( - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
+6 New Analyst switching offices after a year 5 6y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Finance Data 8y
+43 Social media and investment banking 33 8y
+3 how useful is the wso ib guide 1 8y
+7 Citi FIG M&A 5 7y
0 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey STRH - Salary & Bonus - Credit Risk Data 8y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+32 Centerview Tech vs Goldman Tech ? 18 7y
0 JPMorgan - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
+23 Firm not paying for interview flight and hotel 10 8y
0 Credit Suisse - Review - Financial Sponsors Data 8y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Financial Sponsors Data 8y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Generalist Data 8y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Deloitte - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
+14 Lazard NYC vs Rothschild NYC 6 6y
+10 Private Banking Meeting 4 8y
0 Foundation Markets - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Citigroup - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Citigroup - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 BNP Paribas - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Société Générale - Review - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 8y
0 Société Générale - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 8y
+8 Corp Banking Associate Comp - Canada/USA 4 6y
+9 Working at a venture backed company after IB 1 8y
+12 Share appreciation rights SAR - Dilution 1 8y
+12 Broadcom & Qualcomm Merger -> Largest-EVER tech deal 1 8y
+21 Exit Opps for IBD Strats? 7 8y
+61 With age comes wisdom!!! 19 8y
+13 Omitting Non-Target Undergrad on Profile? 1 8y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Review - Oil and Gas Data 8y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Salary & Bonus - Oil and Gas Data 8y
+50 Will I ever wear a $2000 suit ? 23 6y
+12 Is this possible/feasible: REPE --> BB IB? 4 8y
+21 Review Solar Power Project Finance Model 1 8y
+24 The Difference Between Good and Great Investors and Traders 1 8y
+22 Citi London teams compared to other BB 12 4y
0 Echelon Partners - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Rothschild - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Rothschild - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Stephens Inc - Interview - Generalist Data 8y
+15 Gauging boutiques and middle market groups 6 5y
0 Deutsche Bank - Review - Consumer - Retail Data 8y
0 M&T Bank - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Deutsche Bank - Salary & Bonus - Consumer - Retail Data 8y
+5 Mid career salary? 4 8y
+51 Bad networking experience - MD/Partner - coffee chat - went wrong? 22 6y
0 Anyone in office today? :( - Review - Industrials Data 8y
0 Anyone in office today? :( - Salary & Bonus - Industrials Data 8y
+3 Spring Insight Resume- Include this summer's position?? 2 8y
+3 WSP Crash Course in Bonds 1 8y
+5 Unfunded pension liabilities 3 6y
+8 EXAMPLE - BETA OF 1? 3 8y
+23 WACC - MULTINATIONAL COMPANY 6 6y
0 HSBC - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
+9 40k€ in my bank account, what should I do? 1 8y
0 Evercore - Interview - Generalist Data 8y
0 RBC Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 RBC Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Deloitte - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+4 RAISING EQUITY - IMPACT on P/BV ratio 2 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Barclays - Salary & Bonus - Operations Data 8y
0 Coady Diemar Partners - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+24 Would like to talk with a Canadian investment banker 5 6y
0 HSBC - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Bank of the West - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+171 Minimum Time Before Lateralling? 60 2y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+12 Lateral from Boutique to MM/BB after 2 Full Years 2 8y
0 KeyBanc Capital Markets - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 KeyBanc Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+11 BAML Capital Markets Rates and Currencies IBD? 10 4y

Career Advancement Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.7%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.1%

Total Avg Compensation

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (46) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (80) $150
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (73) $101
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