+22 Large future debt payment doesn't affect unlevered CF in a DCF. What about levered and WACC? 19 7y
+22 Rising Sophomore who can only think about recruiting seeking advice 6 2y
+22 Modeling Forecast Question 7 2y
+22 Move to BB Capital Markets Or Stay in Sector Coverage at Tier 3 IB? 4 5y
+22 LinkedIn Paranoia 12 5y
+22 Didn’t notice a spelling mistake in slide- freaking out 16 2y
+22 Help communicating feedback to analysts 4 2y
+22 Top Group at (CS/Citi/Bar) vs GS 18 3y
+22 WF M&A vs JPM Mid Cap 19 5mo
+22 US Banks With Satellite Offices in Canada 7 6y
+22 IB Job Title at Boutique - Help 6 2y
+22 How to properly move internally to another city? 25 5y
+22 Getting a dog while in IB 10 2y
+22 UBS vs CS PFG Capital Raising - culture & hours? 10 7y
+22 A guide to the Words of Wall Street New Folks take a peak 8 6y
+22 Is BMO prestigious? 15 2y
+22 How do you slow down and improve your attention to detail? 5 3y
+22 Moelis 2026 SA MEGAthread 102 1y
+22 Good Networking Calls ->Straight Ghosting? 9 6y
+22 Law into IB...How feasible is it? 21 2y
+22 BofA Base Pay Increase 45 4y
+22 What's going on with Lazard? 13 4mo
+22 Blair v Baird 8 4y
+22 Freshman Internship Help 15 7y
+22 Investment Banking Interview Mistakes 7 2y
+22 Best internships for freshman 10 3y
+22 Breaking into London IB from Australian Target 13 2y
+22 Deleeetwd 26 3y
+22 Product Groups (LevFin, SPG, DCM) Comp 2021 14 5y
+22 What’s a good LinkedIn profile example that isn’t just a reiteration of what exactly is on a person’s resume? 8 5y
+22 Old stupid post 19 3y
+22 LinkedIn Job Post. Morgan Stanley 7 7y
+22 Post-MBA IB associate role for recent father 3 7y
+22 Worst type of person to work with 23 4y
+22 Is it much easier to get lower BB than GS/MS/JPM IB positions 11 5y
+22 How to evaluate financing alternative for M&A - discount rate 1 7y
+22 Exit opps with decent work-life balance? 9 2y
+22 Rx IB Exit Opps 7 7y
+22 Q&A: Extreme Non-Target to Top BB IBD 4 7y
+22 Ducera Interview Process 15 7y
+22 Lehigh, GWU, Bentley University, or Fordham 7 1y
+22 Colgate University for IB 9 3y
+22 Discouraged monkey 4 5y
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+22 Moving from MM SA to BB/EB FT- Advice/How hard will it be? 7 5y
+22 Valuation | Best Practices | Adjust EV 1 6y
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+22 Jefferies vs. Houlihan TMT in San Francisco 11 6y
+22 Full-Time Offer Decision (IB vs something else) 14 6y
+22 Audit or BVal as stepping stone? 14 4y
+22 two questions about DCF 5 6y
+22 University of Oxford vs NYU 18 4y
+22 Strong candidate — rejection? 17 6y
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+22 BB from a non-target 7 6y
+22 Compilation of TMT Deals 2019 7 6y
+22 Moelis SA 2023 154 4y
+22 DTA/DTL Technical Question 3 Statements 3 2y
+22 (London) Drop recent strong exits(e.g. MFPE/MFPC) from your bank + avg analyst class headcount. Merry Christmas! 8 2y
+22 Common Accretion-Dilution Technical Question 4 3y
+22 Citi FSG Exits 17 1y
+22 2 Weeks since MM Superday. Raise my hopes or crush them 20 6y
+22 Internship Search Anxiety 7 6y
+22 M&A Rankings – LSEG / Refinitiv Q3 2025 18 12mo
+22 Networking advice: How to find contact details 6 6y
+22 Deloitte CF (IB) 2020 SA 41 4y
+22 Sketchy Firms 12 3mo
+22 My Group Wants me to Work Fast and Error Free 8 4y
+22 M&A Boutique vs BB Treasury 6 3y
+22 Stifel FT IB Versus Wells Fargo Corporate Banking 9 6y
+22 Australian IB Categorization 7 11mo
+22 Most Prestigious Finance Movies 12 3y
+22 Back office at BB to HF internship? 1 3y
+22 My bank pays everyone different 11 6y
+22 Will I Get My SA Offer Rescinded? 23 3y
+22 Bank Tellers make more than IBD analysts (Hourly) 65 6y
+22 Quiting J.P. Morgan shortly after joining 12 2y
+22 Quitting - Did you guys write any emails? 5 2y
+22 Rising junior, sub-3.0 GPA, strong internships — am I cooked for US IB? 7 3mo
+22 Small Long/short fund vs overseas IB 7 6y
+22 The most common ambitious freshman dillema (Prestige vs Entrepreneurship) 16 2y
+22 DCM interview coming up 8 11mo
+22 Feeling more political toxicity in my new firm 1 2y
+22 ER vs MBA for IB 1 6y
+22 Evercore Vs Rothschild London 28 11mo
+22 Lazard v Rothschild? LDN 30 6y
+22 UBS no longer sponsors or offers return offers to those who need a sponsorship 32 6y
+22 When will the lateral market reopen in London? 4 11mo
+22 In a DCF, how do you determine whether to do a 5 or 10 year forecast? 6 6y
+22 Imagine going to a target and still messing up 3 6y
+22 Is this a fund of funds role? 2 6y
+22 Piper Sandler email 12 6y
+22 PSA - Referral and HR 6 2y
+22 Probability of landing an interview through online application 38 6y
+22 HELP! Which offer to pick for SA? UBS London IBD vs Citi Frankfurt, Germany IBD (M&A) 10 6y
+22 Back office bull 17 6y
+22 Big Four Corp Fin vs non-elite boutique for Corp Fin/IB (London) 2 6y
+22 Choosing a group - Investment Banking 5 2mo

Career Advancement Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Guggenheim Partners 02 97.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • JPMorgan No 97.4%

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October 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Associates (57) $264
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (28) $184
  • Intern/Summer Associate (16) $161
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
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