0 Citigroup - Review - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Data 3y
0 Canaccord Financial - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3y
+12 How likely is IB from Berkeley (Non-Haas)? 7 2y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Financial Sponsors Data 3y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Financial Sponsors Data 3y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Oil & Gas Data 3y
+3 Deal Flow Estimate 1 3y
+14 Corporate Banking Total Comp Thread 2023 19 2y
+79 Corporate banking on the rise? 42 1y
+142 Chillest Banks? 74 1y
+5 What to do? 2 3y
0 Robert W. Baird & Co. - Salary & Bonus - Public Finance Data 3y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 3y
+3 Outsourced PPT 4 1y
0 Piper Sandler - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 3y
0 BMO Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 3y
0 Founders Advisors - Interview - Generalist Data 3y
0 Leerink Partners - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 3y
0 Leerink Partners - Review - Investment Banking Data 3y
0 Lazard Freres - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 3y
0 Lazard Freres - Review - Generalist Data 3y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3y
0 JPMorgan - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3y
+11 Winning deals as an MD 7 3y
+11 Equity from Affiliates 4 2y
+3 Premium on Cash 1 3y
0 Chardan Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 3y
0 Moelis & Company - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 3y
+11 Evercore modeling test 15 3y
0 William Blair - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3y
+5 Best / easiest way to invest earnings 3 3y
+10 CS layoff notice in LDN 16 2y
+118 Is it difficult at all to become a Managing Director in IB? 58 9mo
+13 How to make my internship sound sexy? 5 2y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Investment Banking Data 3y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 3y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 3y
+12 Associate Banker Barclays? 5 2y
+18 DCM career help 8 3y
+5 Help need for IB Resources 2 3y
+9 Taking the Series 79 … Feeling a bit uneasy 7 3y
0 BNP Paribas - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 3y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 3y
0 BNP Paribas - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 3y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Data 3y
0 Citigroup - Review - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Data 3y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Interview - Investment Banking Data 3y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Risk Data 3y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Debt Capital Markets Data 3y
0 Credit Suisse - Review - Debt Capital Markets Data 3y
+173 Second Year Analyst is Paradise 20 2y
+7 Need to take both the Series 79 and Series 82 before the beginning of September: NEED ADVICE 3 3y
+3 Buying case studies? 1 3y
+5 Cash 1 3y
+155 Everyone is a tryhard but I don't want to be 49 2y
+41 The Stress of Micromanagement 11 2y
+21 How do I get better at slide design? 11 3y
+60 Networking: Bankers, how many cold emails do you get from students? 6 3y
+6 Who’s quitting in the next month? 4 3y
+3 Lazard GC leaving before new CEO takes reigns 1 3y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Review - Healthcare Data 3y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Salary & Bonus - Healthcare Data 3y
0 Deutsche Bank - Review - Investment Banking Data 3y
0 Deutsche Bank - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 3y
0 HSBC - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 3y
+23 Anxiety over starting IB role. How to cope? 7 3y
+76 When did you realize IB was far from glamorous? 25 2y
+4 Can a firm make you not serve your notice period when you resign? 3 3y
+9 Upward feedback thoughts 1 3y
0 Cowen Group - Review - Investment Banking Data 3y
+9 Burned out M&A banker moving to Corporate (FP&A, strategic finance, corp dev type role) 1 3y
+20 IB Risk at JPMC, need help choosing which team to pursue. 15 3y
0 Debt vs CF vs M&A 1 3y
+6 Hello everyone 1 3y
+11 Confusion over IRR calculation 1 3y
+16 Please Advise - Top 5 Tech Groups in 2023-24 Recruitment Cycle 9 2y
+15 AI outmoding Investment/Corporate Banking? 11 3y
+6 Remittance_Materialized Ideas for High Value Resilient Economy 1 3y
+22 anyone else like IB more than college? 18 3y
+51 How much of the stress from IB comes from poorly optimized business processes? 10 2y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - Investment Banking Data 3y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 3y
+8 Navigating interest in finance and politics 2 3y
+3 LatAm RX Shops NYC 2 3y
+17 Summer Analyst 4 3y
+7 London TMT Groups 3 3y
+17 IB Media Leaks - What Drives Them? 4 3y
+4 Latest on Lazard 6 3y
+11 Answered 2 3y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3y
0 D.A. Davidson & Co - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 3y
0 D.A. Davidson & Co - Review - Investment Banking Data 3y
+49 Poor Salaries at Oppenheimer & Co. in NYC 19 2y
+5 Wells fargo hires head of Healthcare services and Technology MD from Barclays and Citigroup 8 3y
+18 Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 16 3y
+9 Valuation Methods Used In Investment Banking 1 3y
+107 UPDATE - Director wants to “chat” about my model as an intern. Wtf? 8 3y
+48 Diversity programs are over ?? 28 2y
+3 How much does undergrad school prestige matter after your first job? 1 3y
+231 Unpaid Internship is Paradise 21 2y

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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