+12 Can I Trade/Hold OTC Pink Securities as a FT Analyst? Same restriction as NYSE/NASDAQ listed securities? 1 5y
+12 How do I avoid awkward conversations while networking/catching-up? 6 5y
+12 UBS M&A deals 10 2y
+12 Would you enter Banking now? 6 5y
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+12 At what point is a buy-side offer worth it over top banking offer? 2 2y
+12 Worried about perception - Seeking Advice 1 4y
+12 2024 SA Question!!! 6 3y
+12 Career Exploration Program-Piper Jaffray 2018 7 5y
+12 How do you source deals as a junior coverage banker? 2 5y
+12 Degree Apprenticeships 1 2y
+12 Opinions on weak A levels but headstart in everything else. 1 1y
+12 Offer decision HELP 9 5y
+12 Didn't play the game well... 8 5y
+12 Very unique non-target Situation 3 3y
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+12 Anyone heard of the Access Distributed Fellowship? Worth doing? 4 1y
+12 Do you need a science background to work in life sciences sector investment?? 1 4y
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+12 Rothschild SA 2021 Interview 25 5y
+12 IB Restructuring Ressources for Prep/Career 4 5y
+12 Lazard Houston 10 8mo
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+12 Weighted present values in DCF models 2 5y
+12 Citi 2023 FT Analyst Thread 38 3y
+12 Citi - CUPID Summer Accelerator Program. ANY UPDATE? 9 5y
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+12 Question about background checks 5 1y
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+12 Lifting pre-covid IB 13 5y
+12 Is M&A a zero-sum game? 9 3y
+12 AmplifyME Finance Accelerator? 7 2y
+12 Is on demand video interview selective and was I screened in specially by someone- Bank of America 2025 IB Healthcare analyst London 12 1y
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+12 Accepting a 2nd offer as a safety and reneging just before starting? 8 8mo
+12 Why the hate on international banks? 28 5y
+12 What does a loan origination team do? 5 5y
+12 I hate making money for other people, any advice? 6 5y
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+12 Msc finance hec Paris vs Cambridge 11 3y
+12 Citi Sustainability and Corporate Transitions Group 8 5y
+12 1st round interview Canadian bank - global markets 4 3y
+12 Is transferring from Babson to a target worth it? 3 8mo
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+12 JPM Healthcare SF vs. NY Offices 3 2y
+12 Stressed on how to prepare for DCM SA 3 3y
+12 Goldman is Firing Again 13 3y
+12 Day in the life of IB? Do you really work that much? 11 5y
+12 IB and sponsorship after brexit 7 1y
+12 Networking for IB but offered chance in another dept 1 2y
+12 BB IBD vs Multi-Strat HF out of university (London) 8 5y
+12 Should I apply to Summers or Off Cycles? (London) 6 1y
+12 M&A vs Leveraged Finance? 1 4y
+12 What's the GS/MS/JPM lateral process 17 1y
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+12 London or Houston for energy? 1 8mo
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+12 Finance to IB 2 3y
+12 Is IB a meritocracy... 4 5y
+12 Bad Mid-Summeer Review 8 4y
+12 Barclays SA 2026 group choice 7 8mo
+12 Stick out Big 4 FDD to senior or jump to Corporate/Commercial Banking? 2 4y
+12 Budgeting for the Summer 1 5y
+12 Any london GS 2025 SA classic IBD offers out yet? 32 1y
+12 Best for lateraling: Deal volume vs. Deal Value? 6 5y
+12 GP Bullhound London? 1 5y
+12 Looking for Advice: Final Round Case Interview (In-House M&A Role) 1 1y
+12 Toronto IB AN1 All-In? 8 8mo
+12 REIB Technicals / REGAL Interview Questions 2 1y
+12 Lateral market slowing down? 26 4y
+12 How much time do you have on the weekends as a SA?!?! 7 4y
+12 Macquarie Gas or Amex 5 4y
+12 What is going on at JEF? 15 11mo
+12 Views on these Large Tiger Funds in 2025 4 1y
+12 Favorite Mergers of All Time 10 5y
+12 Can't understand the basics of financial modeling lol. Kindly help with this problem 3 5y
+12 Barclays Perks 16 5y
+12 Is MSc choice overrated for the sake of getting interviews? 6 5y
+12 What is considered referral 2 3y
+12 MUFG Direct Lending & Sponsor Finance 3 4y
+12 Houlihan Lokey Transaction Opinions? 2 8mo
+12 Exercise as a Junior Banker? 17 5y
+12 What to expect from the Series 50? 2 1y
+12 Psychological Profile of MF Partners/EB VPs 2 4y
+12 Top Groups for Ground Lease Financing 0 2y
+12 M&A Model: Deferred Revenue Write Down 0 3y
+12 Workout Plan 5 5y
+12 27 Year Old Analyst 14 5y
+12 Packing for a San Francisco Internship 5 5y
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+12 Is 84K TOTAL COMP at LMM Shop still IB? 12 1y

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  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
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