Primates,
Looking to get some clarity going on the specific month that bonuses are paid out by the specified bank you/friend/contact is at. Feel free to pm or post anonymously and I'll include it here on the list. Not looking for bonuses of "most" or "typical" banks that would pay in a month or month range. I'm looking to get a thread going on as many relevant banks BB/EB/MM as possible to see when each individual bank pays out their year-end bonus.
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Barclays -- Coverage Associates paid in March; Coverage Analysts paid in June. Can't speak for other groups.
Holy shit is there really a full quarter delay?
Yep. They also tried to put them on the same quarter and then went back to the split this past year, so one year I got mine in March and the next year I had to wait until June.
London:
GS: January
JPM: August
Barclays: January
You know if London’s bonus date is the same as US? I thought all US BBs paid sometime between December-March.
https://www.arkesden.com/compensation-reports#.YC_HQ5NKi3I
Compensation report has Summer/Winter for each BB in London.
Jefferies.
Analyst: mid August
Associate+: mid February
does that mean that the analysts can't/don't leave for the buyside before August?
DB did the same. A lot of banks are now paying Analysts in July so that when they leave there is a minimal gap in time until the new class of analysts arrives.
RBC - mid December for anyone who's not an analyst (analysts in July). Mid December is the norm for Canadian banks, but RBC US has conformed to this (I guess to avoid the rumour-mill front running).
I've heard February for JPM
UBS & MS are March 15
Are you sure? Thought it was Jan/Feb
insight on citi?
My friend told me March But he’s not IB (s&t)
is that stub for analysts? makes sense for 1st years given pushed back start date
CS end of February (going to be 26th this year, who is counting...), with communication in early to mid Feb. This is for ASOs and up. Analysts are still in the summer cycle.
Citi pays out on Jan 29.
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MM bank - Mid Feb. Is there a thread for Associate bonuses?
MD at TD securities:
bonuses paid in first 2 weeks of January
Insight on HSBC and Nomura?
Per a friend: HSBC typically pays out in late Feb/early March
PJT - Associates + Up: Mid December
Piper analysts paid out late August (or at least used to be) - def got pushed back more and more over time. They gave some BS reason about why they did that, but we all know it was because they were trying to keep 1st years from jumping early as soon as they got their bonuses for buy-side roles that started in the summer.
Any insight on Gugg?
They usually pay by mid-March
March is late AF for associates and very annoying. I'm trying to quit..
Any insight on GHL?
WF: Aso and up early feb, Analysts early Aug.
Anything on PWP?
BofA?
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