+2 So Juneteenth (6/19) is officially a federal holiday. Does that mean we're getting a surprise bank holiday tomorrow? 3 5y
+9 LinkedIn PE Recruiters 1 5y
+9 Bloomberg Analytics and Sales Assessment Centre 2 4y
+1 Working at BB as SA but have offer from EB for next Summer 4 5y
0 Hearing back from background check? 1 5y
0 IT Groups IB 3 5y
+18 In 1 sentence or less, what Finance subfield do I have a shot in? 14 5y
+4 Never Heard Back from a Superday 3 5y
+287 If You Lose Your Spot to a Diversity Candidate You Probably Suck Anyway 91 5y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 5y
+5 Excel and Bloomberg Help 9 5y
+58 LevFin League Tables 42 4y
0 Brown Gibbons Lang and Company - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
0 Cowen Reputation 2021? 3 5y
0 When is the mandatory return to the office date for Scotiabank? 1 5y
+3 Oppenheimer Email Format 4 5y
+3 How does "one firm" approach at Centerview Partners work 3 5y
+16 Does bank prestige matter if you don' want to do PE/HF after? 11 5y
+10 Is there a way to determine in an excel tab has any dependents in other tabs? i.e., how can I determine if deleting the sheet will cause problems? 2 5y
+15 Origination vs Capital Markets 12 5y
0 Nontargets suck 29 5y
+7 Operating leases as debt? 6 5y
+12 London Rent Zone 1 7 5y
0 Mr. Gorman wants you to back to the office 3 5y
0 How long does it take for your team to draft a CIM? 1 5y
+4 Can someone give an overview of HK/China banking scene? 8 5y
+25 Future of Investment Banking | Outlook Beyond 2021 15 5y
0 Umbrella Advisors - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 5y
0 Is fairfax search a legit headhunter? 5 3y
0 UBS AG - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 2022 SA MTS Health Partners 1 5y
0 Miller Buckfire - Review - Restructuring Data 5y
0 Miller Buckfire - Salary & Bonus - Restructuring Data 5y
0 William Blair - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Moelis & Company - Interview - NA Data 5y
+8 Letter of credit - when do you have to pay it back? 4 5y
+14 Am I taking way too long on tasks? 4 5y
0 Deutsche Bank - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Delete 1 4y
+78 Most prestigious foods? 60 5y
+4 Interns/analysts - How much downtime do you have? 5 5y
0 RBC Canadian Office SA 2022 1 5y
0 JPM Analyst I Bonus 4 5y
+5 What is bonus like for Canadian Big 5? 50% of base? 100%? 11 5y
0 RA Capital Advisors - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 5y
+4 Morgan Stanley email about Diversity exclusive sophomore SA exposed on Reddit thread - thoughts? 11 5y
+11 Struggles of a lateral hire 8 5y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
+44 Just got fired for cost cutting reasons, and told to sign severance package (no bonus, which I would have gotten in a month). What do I do? 34 5y
0 RBC Royal Bank of Canada - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
+1 BMO Chicago good/bad? 2 3y
+14 Future of RBC Technology Group (NYC) 16 5y
0 Canaccord Genuity - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
0 Canaccord Genuity - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Lloyds Banking Group - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Canaccord Genuity - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Leveraged Finance Data 5y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Leveraged Finance Data 5y
0 Greenhill - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
+3 CS IB Houston Exit Opps 2 5y
+5 GS/MS/JP Discount? 11 5y
0 RBC Capital Markets - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 RBC Capital Markets - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 RBC Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
+20 BofA Return Rates 2021 21 4y
+8 LevFin and Other Product Groups as Post MBA Associate 11 5y
+13 Speaking to Head of BB/UMM? What to ask? 16 4y
+15 For WFH, is it okay to wear a suit top half & sweatpants? 21 5y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 UBS AG - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 UBS AG - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 CLSA - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Piper Sandler - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
+3 Goldman Sachs Healthcare? 5 5y
+17 Asking for a weekend of WFH as an intern 32 3y
0 Wimpy Slave boy Gets Demoted at Lazard and forced to suck on lateral offer from Wells Fargo 7 5y
+3 Clubhouse ? 9 5y
+26 Best groups at Moelis NY? 26 1y
+8 Would you take a top group at HL or UBS/WF/DB 15 5y
0 Citigroup - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
+16 M&A Modeling Question 5 5y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
+9 Urgent Valuation question!!!! 5 5y
0 Jefferies - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 UBS Financial Services - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 5y
+21 Dealing With ADHD In IB/ High Finance Jobs 5 3y
+5 FTP SA 2022 58 4y
0 Truist Securities - Review - Securities Underwriting Data 5y
0 Truist Securities - Salary & Bonus - Securities Underwriting Data 5y
0 What do you like about consumer / retail? 1 5y
+7 Financial sponsors group technicals? 6 5y
0 Brown Gibbons Lang and Company - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
+1 Barclays Natural Resources Banking 1 5y
+11 MORGAN STANLEY - tells US staff to be back in office in September 4 5y
0 Which companies do banks use for internship training? 4 5y
0 Barclays - Interview - NA Data 5y

Career Advancement Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Morgan Stanley 08 97.8%
  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.2%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.3%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.8%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.2%

Professional Growth Opportunities

August 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

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (47) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (24) $180
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (82) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (73) $101
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