0 Houlihan Lokey - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
+23 IB Training resources 12 5y
0 Most important use of Outlook? 2 5y
0 Citigroup - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
+4 Sweatiest Banking in London? 1 5y
0 JPM FT London 2021 application deadline 0 5y
0 Tech investment banker - VP or strong associate 0 5y
0 How to find FDD deals? 2 5y
0 UBS AG - Salary & Bonus - Debt Capital Markets Data 5y
+6 How many weeks is training and how much variance is there between banks? 5 5y
+10 FT Partners vs. RBC vs. Truist 13 5y
+7 BB Coverage Question 6 5y
+2 Banker Bags? 1 5y
+8 Avoiding Taxes 6 5y
+15 Got my bonus and it's lower than my peers 15 5y
+9 MD stock compensation? 17 5y
+23 Going from IB *to* Fed Reserve? 21 5y
0 Scotiabank - Salary & Bonus - Corporate Banking Data 5y
+7 BB Asset Based Lending Exit Opps? 2 5y
+12 Investment banking for an outsider 0 5y
+5 Comp at EB vs PE 2 5y
+12 Questions to ask your manager in performance review 1 5y
+10 CS Major at Top School -> Investment Banking 7 5y
+18 Should I Pass/Fail Classes?? 16 4y
+9 Networking/Developing Relations With Clients 0 5y
0 OFF CYCLE JULY 2021 3 5y
0 Jefferies - Interview - Industrials Data 5y
+4 Dating girl to get internship 13 5y
0 Scotiabank - Salary & Bonus - Corporate Banking Data 5y
+7 How much does your minor matter? 11 5y
0 Could Starting a Drug Policy Reform Club at school hurt my odds during the i-banking recruitment process 3 5y
0 Which offer to accept for summer internship 0 5y
+245 Would you move to a 'tier-2' city? 168 2y
0 Summer 2021 Bonus 0 5y
0 What does 'live deal' mean in IBD? 4 5y
0 Perella Weinberg Partners - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
0 JPM IBD vs Mckinsey 2 5y
+39 Current Take on FT Partners 33 3y
0 Modeling Courses (Wall Street Prep etc.) for SA Recruiting? 2 5y
0 Which of the smaller top boutiques (DBO, M Klein, Incenteum, Foros, etc) tend to promote internally? 2 5y
+11 Is Baruch College a good college to break into IB? 10 5y
0 Stout Risius Ross - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 FT Drug Tests 0 5y
0 Stout Risius Ross - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
+9 Digital Investment Banking 0 5y
+16 signing bonus, what to do with it. 14 5y
0 OC Recruiting 3 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 5y
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+3 Houlihan Lokey TMT 0 5y
+9 PE Recruiting Preparation Approach 0 5y
0 Unpaid Boutique IBD Sophomore SA - Worth it? 3 5y
0 JPMorgan - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
+7 IB interview simulator 2 5y
0 Piper Sandler - Salary & Bonus - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Data 5y
0 Piper Sandler - Review - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Data 5y
+3 JP Morgan Sophomore Summer Internship 2021 1 5y
+1 Elite Boutique vs PE 5 5y
0 Please describe JP Morgan's culture (what makes it unique) 8 5y
+16 How to build real modeling skills?..because my shop sucks. 8 5y
+41 NYC $3 Delivery Tax 15 5y
0 BG checks... updated resume 4 5y
0 JPM London strongest groups 2 5y
+3 Debt Advisory Boutique Case Study 8 1y
+14 Help!! JP Morgan MMBSI vs William Blair ER vs Aberdeen Standard Investments 8 5y
+18 Dubai: Still a Place to Work in High Finance & Build Wealth? 1 5y
0 Harris Williams Richmond 3 5y
0 Menlo Park & Palo Alto Banks - Where to live? 4 5y
0 Moelis & Company - Review - NA Data 5y
0 Moelis & Company - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 5y
+11 Project Finance Advisory (KPMG)? 5 3y
+26 Credit Suisse Group Culture 43 3y
+4 IB Associate with only 2 years experience? 4 5y
0 Variner Recruiting Firm? 2 5y
0 Lower MM M&A or Leading Middle Market ECM 2 5y
0 Growing IBs 0 5y
0 Credit Suisse - Review - Debt Capital Markets Data 5y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Debt Capital Markets Data 5y
+9 Pub Fin Exit Opps/Overall Thoughts 2 5y
0 PE Valuations or BB DCM? 0 5y
+23 Do people ever leave buy side to go back to sell side? 40 5y
+179 What’s the first day like as an IB analyst? 43 5y
+2 Who breaks the news about the offer? HR or the group? 4 5y
+14 "Modelling" and false precision 5 5y
+10 Berenberg International Grad 7 5y
+1 Anyone willing to ship any finance books? 1 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Different city than significant other 3 3y
0 Credit Suisse - Review - NA Data 5y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 5y
0 IBD SA 2022 Forum 1 5y
0 Credit Suisse - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 FocalPoint Partners LLC - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 FocalPoint Partners LLC - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Thoughts on Lazard's Boston Group? 1 5y
+61 Capital One Leveraged Lending / Leveraged Finance (Cash Flow Underwriting) 36 1y

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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