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+13 Married as an IB Analyst 9 5y
+13 Any thing to help me get in to IB or business school? 3 5y
+13 Jail for five years for $10M (after-tax)? 12 4y
+13 FT 2025 Advice? 1 2y
+13 LevFin at a Japanese 7 5y
+13 Is there ageism in investment banking, similar to tech? 6 4y
+13 Investment banking in Germany for indians 12 3mo
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+13 EB Analyst role vs MM PE" 500m deployed capital" Analyst role? 5 5y
+13 Evercore london healthcare 9 2y
+13 Guggenheim Benefits? 11 5y
+13 Leaving After Lateral? 6 5y
+13 BofA best teams London 8 3y
+13 Rank these (London) 26 3y
+13 Canaccord Genuity 7 5y
+13 Bank of england summmer internship for IB roles next year 16 5y
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+13 Middle market investment bank (FIG) or early-stage LMM private equity shop? 8 3y
+13 Career Path to be Making ~$300K at 30? 5 5y
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+13 Morgan Stanley LA vs Barclays NYC 15 5y
+13 Full ride to LBS, prior FIG/PC/restructuring internship experience, targeting BB/EB IB or GE, SA or grad scheme? 7 3mo
+13 Management Information Systems (MIS) for banking and the future of digital automation 1 3y
+13 No Summer 2025 Offer as a Junior – Any Hope Left? 14 1y
+13 Board Observer Position 2 3y
+13 JPM London 9 5y
+13 Best MM Tech Group? (IB) 13 3y
+13 Why does IB have better exit opportunities than AM? 10 3y
+13 Summering at a group that gives out low FT offers. Tips? 8 5y
+13 Analysts - Pay vs WLB 12 5y
+13 Did I just get a guaranteed return offer?? 31 5y
+13 Can we unionize? 9 5y
+13 Any banks followed suit since BofA announced salary bump? 13 5y
+13 Would you take a pay-cut to stay WFH permanently? 7 5y
+13 What to do? - BB offer vs. just received BB hirevue 6 3y
+13 IB in NYC or London better as an intl? 1 3y
+13 Advice: IBD analyst - can i become friends with a client? 8 5y
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+13 Nomura 2021 SA London (Natural Resources Team) 17 4y
+13 Bloomberg 1 5y
+13 Want to break into IB, had a few questions 10 1y
+13 Power Group Technicals 7 5y
+13 SVB Tech NY vs. Ares RE Debt Atlanta 11 3y
+13 Ardea SA 2024 48 3y
+13 Multipel degrees 3 5y
+13 Jefferies vs Greenhill London 13 3y
+13 3.45 GPA, Incoming at Blackstone (Jr Summer), Investment Banking (Sophomore Summer), Semi-Target (UT, Boston College, UNC, Vanderbilt, Washington & Lee)) 3 1y
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+13 Feel stuck at cap markets 16 2mo
+13 Barclays SA 2026 Megathread 117 1y
+13 Does your sophomore internship really matter? 3 5y
+13 GS Life 8 2y
+13 No time to do the case study 1 5y
+13 Top tier BB or bottom one with better industry? 11 5y
+13 Sophomore SA Recruiting 3 2mo
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+13 Career in IB or Management Consulting after a "Tech" College 6 5y
+13 WF total comp? 17 5y
+13 Private Funds Group (Secondaries PE Advisory) 5 5y
+13 Is it possible that IB will ever become more bearable WLB at the Analyst / Associate level? 2 5y
+13 MM IBD vs Top AM Fixed Income 4 2y
+13 Offer Decision: Baird vs. Houlihan Lokey (Chicago) 19 5y
+13 PROS and CONS for IB 2 2y
+13 BB/EB couple lateral/relocation question 6 3y
+13 Question on GPA 8 5y
+13 PJT / Placement Agent Comp 19 5y
+13 Don't know what I am doing wrong. 4 2y
+13 Public REITs, Private REITs Cap Rate Calcaution 7 1y
+13 Bank of America diversity forum 2021 11 5y
+13 Pre-IB Summer Travel Dilemma 3 5y
+13 Analyst and Associate Retention Bonus / Perks 1 5y
+13 Am i too far behind to catch up for recruiting for my third year summer? 11 4y
+13 Help with DCF model 6 5y
+13 No Return Offer is Paradise 1 2mo
+13 Does RE Investment Banking Silo You? 6 5y
+13 Asset based lending compensation 21 5y
+13 Keybanc IB Analyst (Cleveland) 24 4y
+13 Public Finance Exit Opportunities 12 2mo
+13 In a coverage group but not getting much M&A experience 5 5y
+13 BNP PARIBAS 2019 SA 32 3y
+13 Insight Partners or Top BB/EB? 11 2y
+13 How to break into IB in the middle east(gulf) 7 5y
+13 Is the AmplifyMe "Summer Analyst Training Programme" worth it? 9 4y
+13 Lateral before hitting the desk? 11 5y

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

Overall Employee Satisfaction

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  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
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  • Associates (57) $264
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (28) $184
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  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
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