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+9 SIE 8 2y
0 Goldman Sachs Firmwide Strategy 8 2y
+10 PWP SA 2025 Superday/First round (Houston) 7 2y
+28 Future of Oil and Gas IB 15 2y
+3 short modelling test 13 2y
+34 What makes IB difficult? 16 2y
+4 pwp superday 7 2y
+9 Barclays Bonus 3 2y
+11 Lazard Tech Boston 5 2y
0 Whats it like working for a European shops(Standard chartered/HSBC/BBVA/Santander etc) in America ? 1 2y
+1 Is REGAL Coverage Group Back Office? 3 2y
+9 Spring Lateral Market 4 2y
+16 Nomura GT or Greenhill 8 2y
+2 UIUC Gies vs Western IVEY vs IU Kelley 3 2y
+9 Moving from small boutique to EB/mid tier BB 3 2y
0 Offer at a new boutique 4 2y
+11 Do the C&R teams at BB have subgroups that specialize in luxury brands? 7 2y
+20 Barclays Discovery 2023 121 2y
0 Reputable recruiting firms? 4 2y
+12 Barclays Restructuring Thoughts? 4 2y
0 Barclays Announcement Comments 1 2y
+7 Houston Energy Bank Rankings 9 2y
0 Harris Williams People are Assholes 2 2y
+21 Healthcare IB in SF 17 2y
+1 Capital One acquiring Discovery for $35.5bn all stock 4 2y
+9 How Can I Improve Communication with My Boss? 1 2y
+4 If the UK adopted EU labour laws, what would happen? 6 2y
+8 Rothschild HK 5 2y
+9 2025 IB SA Recruiting Advice 1 2y
+40 Del 13 2y
0 Energy Specific News/Technicals 4 2y
+12 Harris Associates in Chicago 7 2y
0 which bank is behind the Capital One, Discover merger? 2 2y
+49 Move from one group to another (as an analyst) within IBD? P&U -> Consumer/Retail 34 2y
+7 Sophomore Lazard Womens Day Thread 8 2y
+5 For a floating-rate bond, do you use a combo of both the cost of debt and the cost of equity to discount back the future cash flows of the bond? 7 2y
+3 Delete 9 2y
0 Suited test for PJT Partners 3 2y
+5 Best UK banks for career banking 2 2y
0 Gugg RX Superday Offers 1 2y
0 Lincoln International TMT 2 2y
0 Banks / M&A shops in Austin? 1 2y
+34 Greenhill Chicago In 2023? 17 2y
+7 Waiting to hear back from Super day at Houlihan Lokey 2 2y
0 Anyone interviewed with HL CF FIG 2025? 1 2y
+3 Staffed on a deal midway through process - how to get up to speed 2 2y
+15 Financial Edge Training "Felix" Courses 1 2y
+6 Can you commission a short report then takeover said shorted company? 4 2y
+8 What is a fair fee for independent buyside advisory work? 5 2y
+1 Reaching out to Fund With Previous Offer 4 2y
0 Investment Banking in Europe 1 2y
+9 Insight on Texas Capital 9 2y
+4 Strategic Finance 3 2y
+9 Operating Model 3 2y
0 Wells Fargo (Houston) 2025 Super Day Results 1 2y
0 Superday Baird Chicago 2025 SA 2 2y
+6 Apollo Hybrid Value 2 2y
+10 Sophomore IB Internships 3 2y
+3 Investment Bank CEOs 2 2y
+3 Incoming SA in LA 6 2y
+6 How to spin ECM experience for M&A etc? 3 2y
+39 Incoming SA At top US EB in London Wanting to start FT at top 3 BB (Disinterested in finance exit opps) 46 2y
+3 Morgan Stanley FIG (London) 3 2y
+108 Fall of William Blair 45 2y
+18 What happened to Uk banks???? 7 2y
0 Dumb question? 1 2y
+41 Where most IB analysts end up after 10-20 years? 11 2y
+8 How does accrued bonus work when lateralling? 6 2y
+34 Roark Capital 13 2y
0 US Undergrad to LDN IB? 1 2y
+10 VP very slow to respond 1 2y
+8 How bad is lateral hiring in London? 9 2y
+6 Cologne in the office 15 2y
0 Mid-market IB firm fees 2 2y
+10 Origination Analyst - Is this transferrable experience to IB at a MM? Assuming I am at a target uni? 3 2y
+6 TPH Superday 11 2y
+54 2024 RX Tier List Rankings 32 2y
0 IB Questions from a current First Year Analyst 1 2y
0 Greenhill RX SA 2 2y
+9 IB --> Corp Dev --> Back to IB? 1 2y
0 Do advisory investment bankers get bonuses? 5 2y
+9 IB Case study interview - resources/examples/help? 1 2y
0 Bulge bracket non IB experience to enter middle market IB 1 2y
0 Securities Services 1 2y
+12 FIG Superday. What should I expect? 5 2y
+13 Culture at Canadian Banks? 8 2y
+425 I just went 3 days without sleep to see what i-banking felt like...honestly I don't believe ANY of you! (My hourly breakdown) 401 2y
0 Typical RX bank SA return offer rates? 3 2y
+32 Growth prospects- south Asian 31 2y
+34 Cascadia Capital - Info on them 56 2y
+6 How is morale at your shop right now? 8 2y
+20 PWP FIG 6 2y
0 What city is more back-office: Philly or Chicago? 6 2y
+9 Deleted 1 2y
+9 Lazard Analyst Group Placement 3 2y
+6 Culture at Citizens? 10 2y
0 Ducera LA SA 25 1 2y
+14 Wall Street Meltdown? 8 2y

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