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+139 UBS’s M&A BANKERS ARE DOING TERRIBLY. $200M EXTRA IS BEING CUT 28 20m
+137 Do people still want to go PE? 40 1h
+111 UBS Tech layoff 52 4m
+69 Analyst: Why is UBS IB doing worse than peers?, UBS CFO: No Comment 14 1h
+56 How do YOU manage networking requests? 16 22m
+41 Are target prospects getting dumber? 17 5h
+37 What Differentiates the Best Analysts as AI Improves? 9 3d
+36 Quitting After First 4 months 12 1h
+34 MBB Pay Raises 26 2m
+33 Cornell Club T10 Rankings (UPDATED 10/2026) 19 23h
+19 Career Crossroads 2 17h
+17 Rothschild UK - Mining & Healthcare 2026 5 1d
+16 Rejected for a role but told to expect another opening — how seriously should I take this? 2 2d
+16 How to spend 1 year off? 5 1d
+16 Will JPM NY Tech be seeing more software execution after senior hires? 2 1d
+15 How to Lateral within IB 5 17h
+15 Abdul “Ramadan” El-Sayed and Talafreako Will RUIN IB LevFin 0 6h
+14 How Badly Will Abdul El-Sayed Senate Race Affect M&A? 12 1h
+14 Earliest you can get fired 5 1h
+12 Leaving mid-year after an internal group switch — bad look? 2 3h
+12 Reneging BO BB role for FO Boutique role 6 3d
+12 What are my chances to move to M&A? 1 1d
+11 ESCP Master in Finance (IB Track) 3 4d
+10 Leaked Interview Questions to Chinese Recruiting Services 2 27m
+10 What Do Banks Do With FX Risk In Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions? 2 3d
+10 London SA at GS vs. CVP?? 11 3d
+9 SA2028 Coffee chat 4 4d
+9 UBC Sauder vs. NYU Economics CAS 0 3h
+9 Pinnacle/Synovus at $8.6B and Huntington/Cadence at $7.4B: is regional bank M&A actually back? 1 7h
+9 Canaccord Genuity Thoughts 9 23h
+9 Morgan Stanley London GCM Teams 1 3d
+9 Ask Me Anything: Retail Banking, Sales, Compliance & Branch Management 0 47m
+9 how to manage stress/anxiety before assessment centres/super days? 1 4d
+8 Anthropic S-1 6 2d
+8 IB Behaviorals 5 31m
+8 Do you actually say you’re at capacity? 3 28m
+7 Lost the passion 3 4d
+7 Intern Housing near Tribeca 3 20h
+6 Anyone have insight into Corgi / ANOS Capital building an M&A advisory business? 2 4d
+6 A1 Expectations 1 17h
+6 Piper Sandler Rep 2026 - 2027 1 1d
+6 Santander Financing Group (APAC) analyst interview, what to expect? 1 1d
+6 IB Analyst Excel Case Study Help 1 5d
+6 How long to wait before recruiting 2 22h
+6 HL RX Modelling Test 2 1d
+6 Ignore 3 2d
+6 Best Levfin groups in Canada 7 3d
+6 New Grad (lateral IB recruiting) 1 2d
+6 OBA experience 1 2d
+6 Has anyone heard back from Perella us advisory prep program? 3 3d
+6 Asso at cap markets, worth it to step back to analyst for a coverage role? 1 3d
+5 Upcoming Superday - JPM Diversified Industries 8 4d
+4 Top MM Group I love vs BB 4 5d
+4 Phone Interview MS IB fig off-cycle London 6 1h
+4 PE Associate Boomerang to IB - Aso 1 Interview 2 3d
+4 Why is it harder to lateral from LMM --> BB/EB versus MM-->BB/EB 6 3d
+4 PJT Partners Park Hill 1st Round Technical Interview 5 2d
+4 Can i use my personal gmail for sa 28 cold emails 6 1d
+3 LME Banks Leaders (Need insights) 2 1h
+3 Lateraling between Banks 1 10h
+3 Raymond James SF (Financial Services) - SA 2027 1 3d
+3 Why can’t JPM get in front of influential tech deals? 1 4d
+2 Transitioning from Healthcare ER to IB Associate 1 5h
+2 Equity Capital Markets Analyst 3 3d
+2 Can an IB MD be a good investor? 2 3d
+1 Learning Financial Modeling and Valuation 2 3h
+1 What makes Evercore PCA so elite? 1 27m
+1 Returning Immediately After Internship? 2 2d

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