+33 What happened to the employees/juniors at Lehman Brothers? 13 4y
+11 Is full time/summer analyst for IB over? 20 4y
+6 Spring programs for Juniors (like Harris Williams) 4 3y
+6 How to Teach Monkeys? 2 4y
0 Nomura Holdings - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
+3 Which one is the best? 1 4y
+3 Blackrock/Bloomberg Experience 2 3y
+3 Microsoft Outlook & Team's Tip are invited 1 4y
+7 NYC to Toronto Transfer 7 3y
+3 Citi Investment Banking (SA) London 1 4y
+6 US IB to Canada buyside exits? 1 4y
+5 Nomura LevFin first round interview (SA) in London 3 4y
+6 FIG A&A’s - Resources? 2 4y
+72 Incoming Analyst at CS, should I rescind my offer? 59 4y
+13 Truist Coverage Groups 12 3y
+4 Best IB Lateraling HHs 3 4y
+44 First Year Analyst at CS, screwed in event of crisis? 40 4y
0 TD Securities - Interview - Credit Data 4y
+6 GS Sophomore SA IBD Superday on 9/28 1 3y
+3 Modeling Debt - 3 Statement Model 1 4y
+19 Credit Suisse Going Down Under 15 4y
+3 Switching from Accounting/Consulting to IB 1 4y
+9 Risk interview questions? 6 1y
+4 How do meal stipends work? 14 3y
+12 NYC IB and Gym 15 2y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Interview - Investment Banking Data 4y
+14 How will MM M&A turn out in a recession? 6 4y
+3 [London] Barclays Associate 1 Salary? 6 3y
+91 Analyst brought his wife to networking chat? 31 4y
+5 CREDIBLE SOURCE SAYS A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT BANK ON THE BRINK -ABC AUSTRALIA 3 4y
0 Nomura Holdings - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Nomura Holdings - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Evercore - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Evercore - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
+330 Credit Suisse the Next Lehman? 160 3y
+14 Leave Big 4? 6 4y
+1 PWP London FT Analyst 2023 12 3y
0 Carnegie Investment Bank AB - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Carnegie Investment Bank AB - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Titles/Progression at Moelis? 1 4y
+15 What makes an analyst top bucket 6 1y
+1 Derivatives pay? 2 3y
+7 Piper Sandler - TRS Advisors 7 3y
+9 Slightly over a year in at non-elite botique 1 4y
+1 Around when do An1s start being a net positive? 3 4y
+8 UK undergraduate finance degree for ib: University of Manchester vs Univeristy of Warwick vs KCL 10 2y
0 Huron Consulting Group - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
+14 Subpar excel skills 5 4y
0 Interview Question 1 4y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Morgan Stanley Soph GCM Superday 3 4y
+3 London Layoffs 1 4y
+20 I actually suck at my job 6 4y
0 Regional Boutiques or Consulting 1 4y
0 Guggenheim Partners - Interview - Restructuring Data 4y
0 Lehman Brothers - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
+51 What are starting M&A analyst salaries these days? 31 4y
0 Completely Bombed Credit Suisse Numeric Test for IB 2023 Internship 3 4y
+7 Stop saying “High Finance”, it’s cringe. 2 4y
+9 Question about structuring a transaction 5 4y
0 Prairie Capital Advisors - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
+36 Annoying AN1 in group driving me crazy 21 4y
+2 What to do on personality test? 2 4y
+10 Bank Connected with me on Suited; Next steps? 5 4y
+34 The Despairing Endeavour Of Self-Respect 2 3y
0 Evercore - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
0 How do bonuses work if you start in February instead of the summer? 1 4y
+13 Regressing in work quality 3 4y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 How easy is to move from Corporate M&A to IB M&A? 1 4y
+16 Australian Finance and Banking student in uni adelaide 6 4y
+11 What to do with a domain and a brand? 6 4y
+185 London 2023 Progress Megathread 833 3y
0 Cantor Fitzgerald - Interview - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
+1 RBC VS BNPP London IBD SA 1 4y
+35 First year analyst or startup 8 4y
+7 How to understand finance at a deep intuitive level? 4 3y
+19 Which team in Chicago have the best life style? 24 1y
+3 William Blair & Gugg SA 2023? 2 4y
0 Bain Capital - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
0 EC Mergers and Acquisitions - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
0 EC Mergers and Acquisitions - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
0 FocalPoint Partners LLC - Review - Generalist Data 4y
0 FocalPoint Partners LLC - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+4 Why don't other careers have hardo culture 16 4y
+29 Citizens M&A Advisory Thoughts? 28 3y
+6 What’s up with PJT’s stock price? 6 4y
+9 CIM charts/graphs 1 4y
+7 How to prepare for analyst role? 3 4y
+18 Layoffs at EVR 14 3y
+3 Nomura (New York) vs Truist (Charlotte) 1 4y
+3 Houlihan Psychometric Exam 2 3y
+12 US project finance groups that work on emerging- / middle-income- economy infra financings? 3 4y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y

Career Advancement Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • 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

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (57) $264
  • 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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