+52 Cold Email Tips 20 2mo
+52 Stanford vs Cornell Dyson for IB 54 2d
+51 Citigroup Corporate Banking 58 8y
+51 Investment Bank List 80 19y
+51 Senior Year Grades - Important to keep grades up? 103 4y
+51 Youngest MD...! 101 6y
+51 Does a Math Minor Help in Recruiting? 83 8y
+51 It's on!!! Senate hearing happening right now... 85 16y
+51 Big4 M&A Senior Manager to Bulge Bracket M&A Desk - Possible? 42 6y
+51 What's the difference between leveraged finance and financial sponsors? 59 4y
+51 How Will I f****** add Value? 61 15y
+51 Charlotte Roommate Wanted to Split Penthouse 29 6y
+51 Picking a major-Classical Studies vs. Econ 29 15y
+51 The Street Before Christmas 2010 15 15y
+51 MIT's MS-Finance Program costs $100k total. Is this worth it AT ALL? Anyone have salary info? 52 6y
+51 Bank CEOs To Guarantee Compliance? 25 15y
+51 lazard vs. goldman sachs (investment banking) 39 9y
+51 How Do You Estimate a Company's Debt Capacity? 50 8y
+51 Jan Sramek quits Goldman 89 2y
+51 IBD Summer Analyst work on the weekends 88 4y
+51 Summer Analysts Under Fire 34 14y
+51 How To Pronounce "Deutsche Bank"? 88 6y
+51 Quitting without two weeks notice 54 7y
+51 DCF - A way to check your value 36 13y
+51 [x] - In a group at a top BB 41 10y
+51 J.P. Morgan Group Selection 51 6y
+51 Post MBA IBD Associate hours 56 7y
+51 Bloomberg Article -100k night out to celebrate a deal?? 41 6y
+51 Got an offer as an IB associate....not sure whether to take it or not. 30 11y
+51 What are some name-brand banks that hire sophomores? 76 5y
+51 Fun moments in IB 44 11y
+51 Performing (very) well as a Summer Analyst 35 8y
+51 FT start dates mega thread 41 6y
+51 How am I going to compete with everyone else on my internship? 24 7y
+51 why you can't "Stop Worrying" 9 10y
+51 NON-TARGET RECRUITING PROCESS 60 4y
+51 Worth Lateraling after SA Stint? 63 4y
+51 Less BB IB Full-time offers given out this summer? 35 10y
+51 At a Top Business School - ZERO Banking Experience - Going to do M&A - But Have No Idea How I'm Going to Do it.... 14 8y
+51 What makes you unique? 22 9y
+51 MBA Associate: Evercore vs. GS 18 4y
+51 BB background check process 63 6y
+51 Using Fake ID while networking? 30 6y
+51 Analysts and Associates at Boutiques-MM IBs/PE funds, do you mind being cold messaged on LinkedIn? 18 3y
+51 Comparing EBs 12 8y
+51 Investment Banking In Denver 37 4y
+51 why do you pay off debt in lbo in exit? 27 5y
+51 My first Equity Research Report 28 8y
+51 Does life get better as an IBD associate? 63 4y
+51 Bad networking experience - MD/Partner - coffee chat - went wrong? 22 6y
+51 Average Number of Deals Per Year 10 4y
+51 Is CFA® worth it for traders? 36 8y
+51 Elite Operations Group? 7 8y
+51 Career Banking in Canada? 17 6y
+51 Bankers Unite: Under Siege By Esquire 12 7y
+51 Big 4 FDD vs Big 4 Corporate Finance 8 6y
+51 Lazard 2019 SA 104 7y
+51 Can someone just be honest with me about Deutsche Bank 10 6y
+51 Mutiny at HSBC: Bank Attacked in Anonymous Letter 14 7y
+51 Do you need to be good at golf? 25 7y
+51 Joining LevFin and FSG at this point in the cycle 33 5y
+51 Valuing a small tech firm 16 7y
+51 What are your favorite restructuring resources? 25 3y
+51 BMO SA 2020 64 5y
+51 Breaking Into the Elite (BBC Documentery) 29 6y
+51 Thoughts on Power and Renewables IB 11 2y
+51 Elite Boutiques and Bulge Brackets 15 6y
+51 9 months off work before next gig - best use of time? 20 6y
+51 London Bonuses 2020 35 6y
+51 How to Introduce yourself as an Analyst in a call or meeting 16 5y
+51 Full-time non-SA IB recruiting timeline? Summer 2020 PE Internship → Investment Banking Analyst 41 5y
+51 Lay-offs soon? 22 5y
+51 Centerview SA 2021 373 4y
+51 Cuts Across Banks in Houston 33 6y
+51 Group happy hour anxiety 20 3y
+51 GS AFG vs CS/UBS/DB 18 4y
+51 Restructuring Groups in 2020 26 5y
+51 Quitting due to health reasons 24 5y
+51 Question - Canada Associate Comp 11 5y
+51 London: Why can't you do a non-finance MSc to break in to IB? 64 3y
+51 Best EBs in Healthcare (NYC) 51 4y
+51 Best post-banking plan if long-term goal is to be an entrepreneur? 21 4y
+51 Is investment banking worth it? 23 5y
+51 MM Pay Updates 112 4y
+51 Q&A: Credit - All Job Types (IB, Hedge Fund, Venture, Fintech Start-up) 37 5y
+51 MD hired a completely incompetent analyst who I'm now stuck with 15 4y
+51 Comprehensive List of Resources / Tools On the Job 5 2y
+51 Keeping GF in IB 13 4y
+51 Should I stick to ECM or move to M&A 13 4y
+51 What is Private Capital / Private Market Advisory? 36 1y
+51 How much are you spending for rent? 98 1y
+51 Mental disability & IB 25 3y
+51 which EBs are known for drugs... 21 3y
+51 Why BBs are better than EBs 26 3y
+51 BofA HireVue 15 1y
+51 William Blair Reputation (Tech) 16 3y
+51 What are starting M&A analyst salaries these days? 31 3y
+51 Estee Lauder / Tom Ford Deal Rationale 12 3y
+51 Need Help: Law Grad (UK) With Some Decent Intern Experience --> IBD and Finance 23 3y
+51 Quitting Banking 6 months in- what to say 34 3y

Career Advancement Opportunities

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.8%
  • Evercore 01 98.2%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.3%
  • JPMorgan No 97.7%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.1%

Total Avg Compensation

June 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Associates (44) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (78) $151
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