+38 Best Personal Labtop for Banking 28 6y
+38 How do I find ranking of different notes within a firm's capital structure? 18 5y
+38 Investment Banking Associate in Denver? 15 1y
+38 Investment Banking Unorthodox Exits? 22 7mo
+38 Associate at our firm always passes the buck 9 4y
+38 MTS Health Partners SA 2021 96 4y
+38 MS is no longer a Tier 1 bank. 33 4y
+38 SA 2020: Stuck in a foreign country 23 6y
+38 Lateraling as an Associate Without Deal Experience 15 8y
+38 Evercore Private Capital Advisory group 47 5y
+38 Suicide at Truist in December went unreported 15 1y
+38 Why would anyone bother to be an M&A/Corporate Lawyer? 28 4y
+38 Bible of Finance 25 7y
+38 DCM and LevFin in Canada 18 1y
+38 Strategy for moving from Commercial/Corporate Banking to Investment Banking - thoughts 27 3y
+38 Ask for 2nd Offer Extension? 45 6y
+38 Early A2A promote possible? 12 3y
+38 THE OFFICIAL FAIRFIELD COUNTY TIERLIST 16 10mo
+38 Looking for Confidence - Incoming SA 13 8y
+38 Is going to a top tier university worth the price for going into IB? (Canada) 20 6y
+38 Reneging - Lower BB for Upper BB 32 6y
+38 No RO and Dark Thoughts 11 2mo
+38 Not Getting the FT Offer -- Beyond the Job Search 7 8y
+38 How far can a MD stick out for a super non-target kid? 25 8y
+37 How Long Does it Take to get a Formal Offer Letter after receiving a Verbal Offer? 66 3y
+37 JP Morgan First-Round SA IB Invitations are Out! (Mid-August Superday) 82 3y
+37 How many months until BB SA 2018 recruitment? 56 6y
+37 Is UBS still a BB? Worried 16 6y
+37 How the Heck do you become a VP of Technology of Goldman Sachs? 23 16y
+37 HELP! I don't want to go out with my boss after work 47 16y
+37 Highest paying entry-level finance jobs 24 6y
+37 Taking days off as an intern 19 3mo
+37 PE Offer Rescinded 2 months before my start date 6 6y
+37 Can you Work 80+ Hours and have a Cat? 13 8y
+37 How to follow up on a promised interview? 18 7y
+37 How necessary is it to learn Financial Modeling before recruiting during undergrad? 30 6y
+37 Are MSFs worth it? 21 8y
+37 IB Headhuntin' - non-targ/more affordable MSF recommendations 17 14y
+37 Are you able to hit the gym? 38 3y
+37 How do you prepare for the really hard technical questions? (e.g. Evercore) 18 1y
+37 SA26 - Better off delaying grad for SA27? 26 1y
+37 Half-Price Deal on Groupon Shares 22 14y
+37 Investment banks BB/EB London ranking 2020 24 6y
+37 What are the exit opps in London for post MBA banking associates? 31 6y
+37 Series 79 Help / Tips to Pass The First Attempt 19 7mo
+37 POSTGRAD OPPORTUNITIES CHOICE !!! OFFERS EXPIRE NEXT WEEK !! 15 6y
+37 Weekend Hours In IB 13 6y
+37 Is Goldman Shuttering Sigma X? 14 12y
+37 How common is it for non-EU students from top MiF programs to land an IB job in London? (Employer reports do not help much) 10 2y
+37 The Real Reason New MBAs Want to Work for Goldman Sachs 27 12y
+37 BB vs EB a comparison between US and Europe 18 5y
+37 Is Activism Defense a top Goldman Group? 28 3y
+37 Light Pool: Dark Pools Are So Last Year 14 12y
+37 Skip McGee quits as head of Barclays US 51 12y
+37 Big W 8 3y
+37 FirePower Capital: Reputation in the Canadian IB/PE space 38 3y
+37 Why use EV/EBIT multiple when compared companies in the asset intensive industry? 14 1y
+37 Current Investment Bank Tiers and Future Trends 19 8y
+37 IB Associate Hires: more post-MBAs or IB Analysts? 21 5y
+37 TD Securities IB 2020 44 4y
+37 Follow-up to someone who did not respond 25 11y
+37 Shamsi gets the boot... 22 2y
+37 Cornell full-pay vs. UC Berkeley in-state 8 6y
+37 Why must we suffer? 29 6y
+37 Urgent Help Needed: Tier-1 IBD or Bloomberg in China 31 3y
+37 William Blair vs. Gleacher 19 6y
+37 2014 FT Roommate Thread 79 6y
+37 London: Elite Boutique vs MS Summer Offers 26 6y
+37 Weird Situation: Cannot AFFORD Offer 16 6y
+37 MM IBD vs. GS SLC IBD 23 3y
+37 Immigrant from India, trying to start career in investment banking. 8 6y
+37 London Business School MFA 11 6y
+37 Odd profile story 8 6y
+37 Breaking into IB with 3.05 GPA 7 9y
+37 Is JEF the cockroach? 13 7mo
+37 Great Rage bait 19 1y
+37 LevFin not within an investment bank. 4 9y
+37 What is the correct method to derive Equity Value (Theory vs practice) 10 3y
+37 Vault 2024 IBD Rankings 21 2y
+37 Tattoos in IBD/HF/PE 12 7y
+37 Do I take my boutique offer or delay graduation & transfer to an Ivy? 13 9y
+37 LA Banking -> New York Buyside 10 6y
+37 Thoughts on starting own advisory firm? 13 7mo
+37 To Be Deleted 16 6y
+37 Could 2021-2022 be strong years for IB? 12 6y
+37 Most noble post investment banking exits? 32 2y
+37 PWP Culture 17 5y
+37 Exit opps for tech bankers 15 6y
+37 Confused by a Technical Question 18 6y
+37 Lateralling in the age of AI 11 6mo
+37 What to actually expect for SA at GS? 23 3y
+37 “You’re an analyst, not an Investment Banker” 28 5y
+37 How to Properly Diligence an IB Group for Culture 19 3y
+37 BMO middle market update 31 3y
+37 DCM - considering moving from M&A 34 4y
+37 JPM return offer rate? 17 6y
+37 Goldman Sachs Compliance - 2nd Round 42 2y
+37 Advice on good Barclays Group Placement (would like updated info) vs. Jefferies Offers 27 5y
+37 Leaving IB very early 42 4y
+37 Bankers are extremely overpaid and don't deserve high salaries 32 4y

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  • Morgan Stanley 06 97.4%

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  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
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  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
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