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0 WF CLT Bonus Insight 1 1y
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+217 European Bankers Aren’t Bankers 34 1y
0 My associate wants to use all of his PTO... 5 1y
+6 Another AI Post 3 1y
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0 2028 Recruiting... Tips 1 1y
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0 JP Morgan Securities - Review - Generalist Data 1y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 1y
0 Peakstone Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 1y
0 Rabobank Group - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 1y
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0 Help with this interview question 4 7mo
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0 WFH Recs 3 1y
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0 UK Corporate Banking Comp 1 1y
+4 International Students: Which majors have given you STEM OPT extensions before? 8 1y
+18 Greenhill Tech vs Lincoln Tech 9 1y
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+6 Internship Cold Email Help 2 1y
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0 What brought me to WSO 2 1y
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0 Houlihan Lokey - Interview - Valuation Data 1y
0 TD Securities - Interview - Debt Capital Markets Data 1y
+15 Networking Advice to Transfer After Summer Internship 3 1y
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+21 DB Sponsors? 26 1y
0 PJT Partners - Interview - Generalist Data 1y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Review - Research and Development Data 1y
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+6 Renege or Postpone My FT Offer? 1 1y
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0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 1y
0 Banco Sabadel - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 1y
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+11 Accounting and IB. 6 11mo
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0 RBC Royal Bank of Canada - Interview - Investment Banking Data 1y
0 Nomura Holdings - Interview - NA Data 1y
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Career Advancement Opportunities

June 2026 Investment Banking

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

Overall Employee Satisfaction

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.8%
  • Evercore 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.7%
  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.1%

Total Avg Compensation

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (14) $434
  • Associates (44) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (79) $150
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