0 Barclays - Review - Investment Banking Data 6y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 6y
0 Barclays - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 6y
+21 Life as an IB 25 5y
0 Deutsche Bank - Interview - Information Technology (IT) Data 6y
+11 How is life at a MM Investment Bank? 5 6y
+10 PJT Partners 3 6y
+22 Transfer rejected from Columbia and Cornell. How to rebound? 13 6y
+12 IR vs. FP&A - Reformed Banker 1 6y
+26 How big of a pay bump for you to go to an unknown boutique? 6 6y
+6 Shit cGPA Looking For Full Time - Game Plan? 1 6y
+28 Senior employee asks your opinion just to tease you? 11 6y
0 HSBC - Review - Investment Banking Data 6y
0 HSBC - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 6y
+10 KPMG M&A vs CorpFin 2 6y
+4 MSF Advice 1 6y
+3 MTS Health SA 2020 1 6y
+6 capital structure optimization in simplest terms 1 6y
0 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey STRH - Review - Consumer - Retail Data 6y
0 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey STRH - Salary & Bonus - Consumer - Retail Data 6y
+3 Which email to put on put on resume? 5 6y
+10 Schwab TD Ameritrade Deal 6 6y
+3 Thoughts on Raymond James 1 6y
0 Moelis & Company - Review - Investment Banking Data 6y
0 Moelis & Company - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 6y
+9 WACC equity value vs. DCF's output equity value 3 6y
+20 Private company WACC equity weighting 4 6y
0 Jefferies - Interview - Generalist Data 6y
0 Moelis & Company - Review - Generalist Data 6y
+49 Renege BB PB Offer For MM IB? 33 5y
0 Moelis & Company - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
+38 Is it hard to try and move to Los Angeles after analyst years? 18 5y
0 China Securities - Review - Investment Banking Data 6y
0 China Securities - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 6y
+12 Consulting -> Transaction advisory -> Investment Banking 1 6y
+92 Finance clubs are a scam 54 2y
+3 Poker games in NYC area 1 6y
+3 Poker games in NYC 2 6y
0 Ondra Partners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Interview - Restructuring Data 6y
+12 Wells Fargo Public Finance Superday 8 6y
0 Stephens Inc - Interview - Investment Banking Data 6y
+25 M&A/Career Advice for somebody who is ADHD/Generally Ineffective 3 6y
0 BMO Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - Corporate Banking Data 6y
0 Credit Agricole - Review - Investment Banking Data 6y
0 Credit Agricole - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 6y
+18 BB Corporate Banking prospects? 10 6y
0 Perella Weinberg Partners - Review - Investment Banking Data 6y
0 Perella Weinberg Partners - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 6y
0 JLL - Interview - Investment Banking Data 6y
+7 Coaching Assembly test? (qatalyst etc.) 5 6y
+9 Associate in 2 years - London 1 6y
+41 2020 San Francisco Summer Housing 59 5y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - Equity Capital Markets Data 6y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets Data 6y
0 UBS Financial Services - Review - Investment Banking Data 6y
0 UBS Financial Services - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 6y
+10 S&T SA Transition To Full Time Buy Side Trading 2 6y
+3 Testing. 2 6y
+18 Are investment bankers “smart” 20 6y
+12 Boutique IB vs MM PE Internship 1 6y
0 Cain Brothers - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 6y
0 Cain Brothers - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 6y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Leveraged Finance Data 6y
+3 BAML IBD Off-Cycle London - Is there any onboarding training? 1 6y
0 Credit Suisse - Review - Investment Banking Data 6y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 6y
+33 Tips for dealing with hours and stress 2 4y
+30 London SA 2020- Waiting List? 8 6y
0 Citibank (Hong Kong) - Review - Generalist Data 6y
0 Citibank (Hong Kong) - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
0 Macquarie Group Limited ABN - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 6y
0 Stifel Nicolaus and Company, Inc - Review - Investment Banking Data 6y
0 Stifel Nicolaus and Company, Inc - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 6y
0 BNP Paribas - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 6y
0 Barclays - Review - Technology Data 6y
0 Barclays - Salary & Bonus - Technology Data 6y
0 RBC Royal Bank of Canada - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 6y
0 Ducera - Interview - Restructuring Data 6y
+3 Resume Inclusion - Interests and Activities 2 6y
+5 SA living 1 6y
+17 xsskskskskks xsskskskskks xsskskskskks 14 6y
+3 Unlevered and levered IRR 2 4y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Investment Banking Data 6y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 6y
0 Rothschild - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 6y
+3 Was trading that much preferable to IB back in the 80s/ 90s? 1 6y
+7 BAML Sophomore Forums Fall 2019 4 6y
+6 Spektrum Capital 1 6y
+3 Negative non-controlling interest?? Help 1 6y
+35 Top BB in HK or Bottom-tier BB in NY 23 6y
+35 You can do the society good by working in IB, right? 13 4y
0 Deutsche Bank - Salary & Bonus - Infrastructure Data 6y
0 PwC Corporate Finance - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 6y
+3 BAML TMT NY 2019 1 6y
+3 BAML Diversity Forum NC 1 6y
+3 DC Advisory - London - Summer Internship Programme 1 6y
+20 Fail Class or take a W? 15 6y
+43 Very slow day, no work, what do I do? 29 6y
0 Barclays - Interview - Investment Banking Data 6y

Career Advancement Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Guggenheim Partners 02 97.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • 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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