+5 Leveraged Finance vs ECM 2 3y
+30 Networking: zero response rate 14 3y
+10 REGAL Groups 6 3y
+4 Cash & Enterprise Value 10 3y
0 PNC Financial Services - Review - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Data 3y
0 PNC Financial Services - Salary & Bonus - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Data 3y
+11 Best Groups at Citi 13 3y
+3 Hype around exit options 1 3y
0 JPMorgan - Interview - Investment Banking Data 3y
0 Imperial Capital - Interview - Generalist Data 3y
+12 Difficulty getting exits/laterals from IB 2 3y
+14 Networking Contacts Silent After Interview - What Do I Make Of This Situation? 2 3y
+4 Which job would be better to move to CIB? 1 3y
+26 When to tell leadership you’re going to PE? 10 3y
+6 Conservative investing is cringey when you’re 28> 7 3y
+3 PIPER SANDLER FT 2023 NYC CAP ADVISORY GROUP 1 3y
+3 Do Citi, MS and JPM still sponsor? 2 3y
+40 Discussing mental health during performance review 12 3y
+20 Raise Complaint to MD? 7 3y
+11 Q Advisors?? 3 3y
+52 Evercore M&A Update? 65 2y
+11 Alternatives to M&A 3 3y
+12 Breaking out of ops: MSF, MBA, or neither? 4 3y
+8 GS IB bonuses cut 40% 5 3y
+6 WF 2023 SA Housing Thread? 1 3y
+202 Most Overhyped Investment Banks On WSO 2022 88 3y
+60 Hypothetical - 6 Months to Do Whatever You Wanted 28 3y
+3 BB off-cycle AC Dubai 2 3y
+3 A2A Conversion Rate 0 3y
+7 BB Corporate Banking SD 17 3y
+3 SocGen/BNP pay London 1 3y
+7 Transferring to personal laptop 12 3y
+4 ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA, AIA and CIPFA which is better for IB, consulting or working in the Finance department in the UK? 2 3y
+24 High Finance in Austin? Grow up. (Texas Chili Parlor is Paradise) 2 3y
+7 My entire class wants to stay in banking? 5 3y
+12 Mizuho 2023 Sophomore Women in Banking Program 6 1y
0 Performance Trust Capital Partners - Interview - Investment Banking Data 3y
+48 I’m so bad at this job 10 3y
+27 PJT Compensation Megathread 32 3y
+450 Tipping MD in 2022 88 3mo
+8 What are the UMM/MF funds that people in top IB groups would immediately accept offers from? 16 3y
0 Citigroup - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3y
0 JPMorgan - Interview - Restructuring Data 3y
0 Perella Weinberg Partners - Review - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Data 3y
0 Perella Weinberg Partners - Salary & Bonus - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Data 3y
+9 Lazard Venture & Growth Banking thoughts? 5 2y
+3 Best Second Language for Int’l IB? 1 3y
+3 Hamilton Placement 1 3y
+3 Chimp 1 3y
+5 Ranking Investment Banks - Quality of Service 1 3y
0 RBC Royal Bank of Canada - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3y
0 Jefferies & Company - Review - Generalist Data 3y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Investment Banking Data 3y
+21 Jefferies 8 3y
+25 GPA Fuck Up After Accepting SA Offer 17 3y
+4 When do intl students apply for h1b lottery? 2 3y
+42 BX REPE vs BB IBD 20 3y
+76 Anyone else hate the holiday shakedowns on junior bankers for the staff bonuses? 63 3y
+12 Is working in Finance/Real Estate the way to prosperity? 5 3y
+12 HELP!!! Leveraged Finance Internship BNP vs ING 13 3y
+6 Raymond James PIC 1 3y
+11 Thoughts on DBO Partners (now part of PSC) vs Code Advisors 6 3y
+33 Most badass MD stories? 18 3y
+5 Fixed income trading vs ER. Which pays more? 4 3y
+5 Tulane Placement 4 3y
0 MS Early Insights 3 3y
+9 BNY Mellon AM vs. Point72 Fundamental Research 1 3y
+4 Guggenheim Tech vs Jefferies Tech 8 3y
+3 Investor Relations Exit Opp 6 3y
+6 Del 5 3y
0 Truist Securities - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 3y
+15 Language fluency for investment banking? 6 3y
+9 Bonus and corporations 3 3y
+39 How to practice religion in IB 18 3y
+7 Evercore Compensation Megathread 23 3y
+6 Griffin Gaming Partners 1 3y
+21 Closest thing to structured finance desk - loans capital markets? 12 3y
+12 2022 Associate Bonuses (IB) 24 3y
+8 Moving internally from risk to IB 17 3y
+386 2022 Bonus Megathread (IB Only) 448 3y
+13 Future at Stake from Delayed Start 8 3y
+3 Piper Sandler MedTech 2023 1 3y
+6 PWP Tech New York 4 3y
+8 IB or AUM, WSO or WSM ? 1 3y
+7 Is ACG Prestigious? 3 3y
+27 Piper Sandler Minneapolis HCIT Group 12 2y
+5 Low Performance Rating 9 3y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Generalist Data 3y
0 Accenture - Review - Investment Banking Data 3y
+80 Buy-Side vs. Sell-Side M&A 29 3y
+3 DE Shaw fundamental research analyst intern vs PWM at Goldman Sachs 1 3y
+8 Acquisition paid in stock, which date/ stock price is picked for the transaction? 4 3y
+3 Wealth Management Question 1 3y
0 Evercore - Review - Investment Banking Data 3y
0 DelMorgan Co - Review - Generalist Data 3y
0 DelMorgan Co - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 3y
+4 Hrhrhrhehrjrj 2 3y
+3 JPM industrials exit 5 3y
+10 Corporate Banking VS IB Comp 16 3y
+6 How to make is through a sh**** deal? 1 3y

Career Advancement Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.9%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

October 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

October 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

October 2026 Investment Banking

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  • 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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