0 National Bank Financial Markets - Review - Infrastructure Data 4y
0 National Bank Financial Markets - Salary & Bonus - Infrastructure Data 4y
+3 Evercore Diversity program 1 4y
0 Shea & co - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
+4 How to tell who the rainmakers are? 1 4y
+6 Offer letter 1 4y
0 Integrity Square - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 7 Things I Hate About BofA 2 4y
+18 Pay Cut Jumping To CorpDev/Strategy 8 4y
+37 Best of the Worst PCA Secondary Advisory 3 3y
+57 Era of the New Banker? 15 4y
+6 Career change? 1 4y
+6 Will Comp Come Down for VPs and Above? 1 4y
+3 Why the BofA hate? 1 4y
+8 PWP SF Tech - Updated Views 2022 3 4y
+8 Paying back Signing Bonus 11 4y
+9 4th stage interview - not sure what to ask 1 4y
+7 Background check - job title discrepancies 4 1y
+57 How to deal with WLB in banking 18 4y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Generalist Data 4y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+10 What happens to your personal stock/ETF holdings when you start working in IB full time? 1 4y
+14 Compass Point: Any reviews / anecdotes? Is it FBR's successor firm? 1 4y
+3 Hate sitting at a desk in Investment Banking 3 4y
+3 Any thoughts on TD Securities IBD TMT M&A 2 4y
+8 Maturing on WSO 4 3y
0 FocalPoint Partners LLC - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
+3 DELETE 1 4y
+7 Objectively Ranking the Top 50 Banks by Prestige 14 4y
+14 How to work on the side? 4 4y
0 AGC Partners - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 KeyBanc Capital Markets - Interview - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Deutsche Bank - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Leerink Partners - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
0 Maxim Group - Salary & Bonus - Life Sciences Data 4y
0 HSBC - Salary & Bonus - Infrastructure Data 4y
+5 Weird shit MD's do 3 3y
0 Is working on sub $100M deals "real finance" 7 4y
+15 Credit Suisse guilty in COCAINE CASH LAUNDERING Case 8 4y
+13 IB in Europe; Positioning of Barclays, BNPP, Deutsche, Soc Gen, HSBC, ING etc. 1 4y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Interview - Restructuring Data 4y
+11 IB to Diplomatic Job 8 2y
+4 Emerging Leaders Series 2022 Goldman Sachs 13 3y
0 Student Loan Repayment 2 4y
0 Student Loan Repayment 1 4y
+3 How often do users become certified? 5 4y
0 LBO doubt 1 4y
0 What's in Morgan Stanley's Fixed Income Division? 4 4y
+424 The Hardest Pill to Swallow About Investment Banking 88 4y
0 London- Morgan Stanley or JP Morgan? 2 4y
0 Oberon Securities - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Scotiabank - Interview - Investment Banking Data 4y
+21 Are you happy? 20 3y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+9 Staffer Tools 1 4y
+3 Calculating PV in excel 4 4y
+51 which EBs are known for drugs... 21 4y
+9 How to balance IBD as a possible choice for a Software Engineer career changer? 1 4y
+9 Growth and Exit Opportunities: Real Estate Sales at a Middle Market Investment Bank 1 4y
0 DNB Markets - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
+12 Citi is killing it! 12 4y
0 DNB Markets - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
+3 Where are you invested? 2 4y
+6 M&A Fees for MegaCap Deals 0 4y
+175 IB sucks compared to SWE if you are smart 136 1mo
+6 What is the salary gap between IB and PE? 1 4y
+6 Recession job security in IB vs ER? 1 4y
+16 Farewell to WSO 5 3y
+10 4th stage interview - not sure what to ask 2 4y
+2 Recession and Return Offers..... 2 4y
0 Barclays - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
+10 Enterprise Valuation Technical Question 2 4y
+3 Are EB IB hours that bad? 2 4y
+3 London BB Credit risk salaries 3 4y
+21 Military reserves while in banking? 14 3y
+4 Return offer calculus 6 4y
0 BDA Partners - Review - Generalist Data 4y
0 BDA Partners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+3 Cab Policy 2 4y
+16 VP Ass 14 4y
+26 JPM CIB Risk Division Placement 9 2y
0 TD Securities - Interview - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
+7 4th of July Hours 8 4y
0 Cascadia Capital LLC - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
+3 Means to break into Corporate finance/ Leverage finance 3 4y
+18 Why the Barclays Hate?!? 3 4y
+3 Del 3 3y
0 League Tables 6 4y
+6 Why the Barclays Hate? 2 4y
+5 Mark Moran 7 4y
+8 Pets in Investment Banking 10 4y
+44 Why do London bankers make so little compared to US bankers? 45 4y
0 HSBC - Interview - Investment Banking Data 4y
+32 MM IB vs BIG 4 M&A 27 4y
+7 Roast my UK non-target IB SA CV 10 4y
+16 Rent in London 16 3y

Career Advancement Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • Guggenheim Partners No 97.2%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.3%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.7%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.2%

Professional Growth Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.2%

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 (81) $150
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (73) $101
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