0 Baird (WI) vs. Harris Williams (VA) or Keep Recruiting for NYC 1 2y
+13 Lazard Layoffs 2024 21 2y
+15 Any advice on dealing with associate and multiple analyst dynamic? 3 2y
+6 TU Delft BB IB 0 2y
0 Ubs layoffs are pretty brutal(update) 2 2y
0 Macquarie Insight Day Thread 2 2y
0 Piper Sandler - Interview - Investment Banking Data 2y
0 Morgan Stanley - Interview - Financial Sponsors Data 2y
0 Greenberg Advisors - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 2y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 2y
0 Distressed/Special Sits Exit Ops from Traditional M&A/Coverage Banking? 1 2y
+10 .. 7 2y
+10 I suck at my current role (M&A) 5 2y
+13 Layoffs, downsizing and job prospects 7 2y
+20 Moelis: Technology and Industrials Groups 74 2y
0 Analysts offer to connect you with people at other banks? 1 2y
+6 Deleted 1 2y
0 Energy Techniclas 3 2y
+3 Is Jefferies Houston even recruiting for 2025 SA? 6 2y
+3 2023 M&A League Tables - US 0 2y
0 How to become commercially aware? 1 2y
0 EDHEC MSc Corporate Finance & Banking 0 2y
+11 Too soon to lateral? 4 2y
+3 Technical question help 1 2y
+6 2025 SA interview timeline 3 2y
+7 Country/Regional Coverage Banking 3 2y
+3 How do Ratings work at BofA 3 2y
+7 Investment Sales to Debt Underwriting (Advice Needed) 1 2y
+135 Full-Time Hail Mary Attempt 54 1y
0 BDA Partners Summer Internship in London 1 2y
+30 2023 Goldman Sachs Bonus Thread 17 2y
+19 Bank requires CFA level 1: need help preparing 9 2y
0 Wells Fargo Mobility 1 2y
0 Project Finance and Infrastructure Folks - Inframation & IJGlobal website login 3 2y
0 CFA membership fees 2 2y
0 Private Banking vs IB? 2 2y
+23 Working in Greece 16 1y
+38 Corporate banking compensation for analysts 40 1y
0 SA networking 1 2y
0 Stifel Nicolaus and Company, Inc - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 2y
+53 Which firms tend to recruit more students from nontarget schools? 38 2y
+9 Internship, help me decide 2 2y
+15 Baird - have people received their bonuses for 2023 yet? 7 2y
0 Piper Sandler - Review - Investment Banking Data 2y
0 Piper Sandler - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 2y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 2y
0 Greenhill - Interview - Restructuring Data 2y
0 Best way to study brain teasers 1 2y
0 DZ Bank AG - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 2y
+26 SA 2025 Recruiting Update 14 2y
+25 Putting modified GPA on resume - stupid or no? 23 2y
+14 Petrie Partners - IYKYK 13 1y
0 Basic Financial Accounting Book 2 2y
+57 Catch more errors reviewing work than doing? 10 2y
+15 What determines bonus numbers for analysts and associates? 2 2y
+19 Canadian Bonuses 2023 32 2y
0 UBS vs Citi? 1 2y
+9 IRR of an endless schedule of cash flows versus terminal value 2 2y
+3 JPM IG Finance Group 2 2y
+9 Should I start a M&A society ? 6 2y
+3 Engineering soph @ Princeton - too late for IB? 4 2y
+123 UBS Layoffs? 267 10mo
+27 Sponsorship at Lazard for FT - group-dependent or HR? 14 2y
0 RBC SD 1 2y
0 DZ Bank AG - Review - Investment Banking Data 2y
+14 Charlotte Poker 5 2y
+14 Sent out 15 emails today and got zero responses. What am I doing wrong? 18 2y
+1 Investment Banking Internship Modelling Test - What to expect? 4 2y
+76 Baird Bonuses 2023 60 2y
0 Cash Flow modelling for ABS & CLO’s 1 2y
+53 Citi Bonus 48 2y
+11 Internal Mobility at PJT 10 5mo
0 Eurocurrency 1 2y
+1 An unconventional IB lateral? 2 2y
+20 UBS these days 36 11mo
+9 Which internship should I choose and why? 1 2y
0 PLZ help out a fellow aspiring Finance student get into Investment Banking. 1 2y
+4 Relevant Experience for Rx? 7 2y
+16 Different RX Exits 6 2y
0 Interview Question 3 6mo
+9 Panmure Gordon and Liberum merger: thoughts? 11 2y
+9 Best way to break into IB from Trading 1 2y
+5 Vanderbilt for IB 3 2y
+6 Corporate Banking / Similar Finance Roles in Austin 1 2y
+339 IB MD is a job for LOSERS, not BSD’s 86 2y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Debt Capital Markets Data 2y
0 Mizuho - Review - Investment Banking Data 2y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 2y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Consumer - Retail Data 2y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Review - Consumer - Retail Data 2y
0 Banco Santander - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 2y
+11 Easiest Rx group to lateral into? 5 2y
+3 Barclays Placement Process 5 2y
0 Corp Dev Exit Opps 1 2y
0 KippsDeSanto as a boutique ADG? 3 1y
+19 JPM PB Comp 2024 4 1y
+37 BGL New York 9 2y
0 Morgan Stanely & RR Donnelley 1 2y
+9 Finish 4 2y
+29 Starting Own Business After Investment Banking 5 2y

Career Advancement Opportunities

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.9%
  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.9%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • JPMorgan No 97.4%

Total Avg Compensation

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (56) $261
  • 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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