+4 Credit Suisse ‘Lifestyle Bonuses’ after Archegos 10 5y
0 Moelis & Company - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 Citigroup - Interview - NA Data 5y
0 CREO Montminy & Co. - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 JPMorgan - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 Deloitte - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
+30 University of Miami VS Fordham 24 4y
0 UBS AG - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 CB Capital Partners - Review - Generalist Data 5y
+4 PWP top groups? 9 5y
0 CB Capital Partners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
0 Drake Star Partners - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 A2A Bonus Clawback 2 5y
0 Corporate banking - Dubai 5 3y
+6 Too early to lateral? 1 5y
+117 Will “diversity” hurt promotions? 55 5y
0 Interviewing with someone you networked with 2 5y
+8 Is the lateral market really that hot? 8 5y
+15 Goldman Sachs Insight Days - Resume without Employer Names 6 5y
+12 BofA WFH Update? 3 5y
0 GS Laptop for SA? 4 5y
0 Deutsche Bank - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Deutsche Bank - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
+4 LinkedIn Cold Message - Follow up? 3 5y
+12 Is it messed up to leave a capital markets team that I just started for a boutique IB that recently offered me as well? 6 5y
0 Evercore - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 Evercore - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
+3 Gordian Group Comp 4 5y
0 Goldman Sachs Public Sector & Infrastructure Summer Analyst Virtual Insight Day 1 5y
0 AGC Partners - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 AGC Partners - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 What is the most inclusive bank? 12 5y
+6 Would hours improve post covid? 1 5y
0 Business Acquisition and Merger Associates - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 Business Acquisition and Merger Associates - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
0 Timeline for Post-Bonus Lateral 1 5y
+29 Places to live in Chicago 36 3y
0 Zoom Placement Day 1 5y
+7 Vandy MSF to IB BB? 1 5y
+25 Cambridge vs UChicago undergrad for IBD? 22 5y
+6 Breaking into Investment Banking from MAcc 1 5y
+6 Junior Summer 2022 Recruiting 2 5y
0 Workout/Recovery Credit Risk 1 5y
0 Internship Extension Request 1 5y
0 Stifel Nicolaus and Company, Inc - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Need advice 1 5y
+1 IB recruiting tests: SHL/Pymetrics... 1 5y
+17 Transferring Offices, Same Group 3 5y
0 Macquarie Group Limited ABN - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Momentum Cybersecurity Group, LLC - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 Macquarie Group Limited ABN - Review - Energy Data 5y
0 Macquarie Group Limited ABN - Salary & Bonus - Energy Data 5y
+18 Moelis SA NY or Houston 6 5y
+2 Biz insider: Drug testing stops on Wall Street 4 5y
0 FP&A v.s. Internal Audit 1 5y
+12 Help on Interview Question 7 5y
+14 O&G IB Ranking 7 5y
0 Mizuho Securities - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
+24 International Students - 2021 SA Internship 5 5y
+6 What to do with "optional" return to office offers to incoming SAs 7 5y
0 KeyBanc Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 5y
+30 Operations Summer Internship offer : accept it or not ? 7 5y
+7 How to tell group you’re lateraling? 10 5y
0 Interest expense line item? 4 5y
0 European Fairness Opinions/ Solvency Opinions database 1 5y
+29 London SA2021 which banks have confirmed virtual - list 5 5y
0 BNP Paribas - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
+71 IB Weekends 38 5y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
+29 New York THC/Marijuana Drug Testing Laws for IB Lateral 16 4y
+57 FT Recruiting after SA Advice 35 4y
+21 Transferring from East Coast to West Coast? 1 5y
+15 Why do you subtract capital gains and add capital losses to GAAP net income in REITs? 1 5y
+1 Goldman TMT SF vs NYC 1 5y
+18 Is It Worse 1 5y
+17 Houston Exit Ops 5 5y
+3 HL CF vs UBS vs Rothschild 4 5y
0 Société Générale - Review - Information Technology (IT) Data 5y
0 Société Générale - Salary & Bonus - Information Technology (IT) Data 5y
+29 Can’t get a graduate job 15 4y
+12 Tesla lease accounting 1 4y
+14 Succeeding in this industry as a bit of an awkward guy 5 5y
0 Stifel Nicolaus and Company, Inc - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
+18 Healthcare Exits 16 4y
0 Macquarie Group Limited ABN - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 Macquarie Group Limited ABN - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
+8 Did anyone hear back from SVB Leerink SA22 1st Round 112 4y
+15 William Blair SF/Tech exit opps and reputation? 12 5y
+4 IB communities 5 5y
0 BB NYC FT Aug 2021 Starting In-Person or Virtual? 1 5y
+53 Does RX silo you? 37 4y
0 While recruiting, did you hold a job? 1 5y
+12 Quebec LMM - MM I-Banks 3 5y
0 How long do banks keep intern records? 5 5y
0 FF News: Omar Abdulla and Shar Rukh Khan to 'feature,' in Airline Disaster...?? 1 5y
+11 How long to stay in valuation? 3 5y
+10 Super day - technicals 5 1y
+3 Toothbrush in the office 3 3y

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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