Risk/Merger arb at HF/IB comp???

Hey guys I was just wondering what the pay is as a merger/risk arb trader at a HF and at an investment bank? ( i heard there are some nice groups at I-banks). Also are these desks a lot more harder to acheive than to take the PE route? (This is all supposing you want to leave your IBD analyst stint).

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