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+25 3.33 GPA woman at target 11 9mo
+17 Distressed Trade Ideas 14 9mo
+28 Are there good exit opportunities from a MM group?? 14 9mo
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+4 BB Superday Houston 5 9mo
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0 RBC Houston Superday 3 9mo
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+319 How soon will AI fuck our industry? 115 9mo
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0 Final round interview response time 1 9mo
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+10 Crushed in Early ID / Pipeline programs 4 9mo
0 Baird Applications 1 9mo
+84 Investment Banks as Football Clubs 53 9mo
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0 Corporate Development Case Study 2 9mo
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+12 Atlanta Investment Banks 10 9mo
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+28 Winter Break IB Interview Prep — What I’d Actually Recommend 1 9mo
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+101 UBS Global Fees in 2025 collapses, now behind BNP / RBC 38 9mo
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+6 Q&A - Summer Associate IB Recruitment (FIG & Generalist) 6 9mo
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+26 Insane Placement at UT Austin 30 9mo
0 How hard/doable is it to break into Canadian IB coming from McGill Desautels undergrad? 1 9mo
+6 How to prep for MiM 5 9mo
+3 Wells FT 2026 5 9mo
+7 What should I be doing now as a 2029 Grad in London? 6 9mo
+8 Do banks verify transcripts/gpa anymore?? 14 9mo
+12 Maintaining My Sense of Self 1 9mo
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+26 Seeking advice from my betters 9 9mo
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+12 Lateral IB London - Process 4 9mo
+20 Lazard Industrials vs BoFA M&A vs JPM Consumer? All in London 2 9mo
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+18 Updated BofA Group rankings 21 9mo
+7 Mizuho 2024 SA 80 9mo
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+20 Thoughts on Morgan Stanley's FIG Group? 14 9mo
+6 Canaccord London Comp & Culture 8 9mo
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+23 will making a study abroad tiktok harm my investment banking career? 7 9mo
0 Summer 2026 IB Internships 1 9mo
+14 Terrible Cold Email Alumni Response Rate (Semi-Target) 12 9mo
+9 TD Invest in Success 21 9mo
+7 Freshmen Internships 2 9mo
+1 emailed hr about update... 1 9mo
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+149 Is DEI in IB out of hand? An example 62 9mo
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+13 Is It Ok To Just Go To The CEO 3 9mo
+1 DB/Deutsche SA2027 1 9mo
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+137 PSA: Consider Regional Boutiques. Good Comp + Lifestyle 48 9mo
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+5 Permira/Bain/Ares Credit vs GS/MS IBD 3 9mo
+218 Bloomberg: RBC Denies Claims of ‘Boys Club’ Culture, Bias Against Women 97 9mo
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Career Advancement Opportunities

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.9%
  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.9%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • JPMorgan No 97.4%

Total Avg Compensation

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (55) $261
  • 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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