+168 Canada IB vs PE Comp Megathread 151 3y
+17 Target, 3.1 GPA, Engineering, Need Help 10 3y
+12 Aon Securities and ILS Structuring/Origination 11 3y
+43 PLS Help: JPMorgan Corporate Finance Advisory Group 21 3y
+3 HL power and utilities 1 3y
+19 HSBC London Compensation 10 3y
+6 Piper Sandler Healthcare - Chicago 1 3y
+12 Going back to banking after corp dev/strategy? 3 3y
+26 Harvard, Yale, Duke, UMich, & More Want to Meet You! 1 3y
+17 Am I screwed after PIP? 16 3y
+34 IBD Ranking NY vs. London 18 3y
+9 Evercore London 10 3y
+88 Canada IB Pay Increase? 121 3y
+35 Michigan Boutiques 73 3y
+9 Anyone heard of Crosstree Capital? (FL bank) 14 3y
+3 Series Exams - Banks Requiring Them for Analysts 7 3y
+8 Bloomberg: Credit Suisse topples UBS 1 3y
+17 CIT Group Questions 36 3y
+3 Return Offer Rate for Raymond James 2 3y
+18 Very Underpaid… 29 3y
+162 2 months in and I want to quit 31 3y
+19 Stifel comp in London 25 3y
0 Chicago Regional/Boutique IB Shops 1 3y
+116 Securitization - The hidden gem of IB? 84 3y
+95 An MBA grad...desperate for advice 49 3y
+14 Why is RBC nowhere in any league table this year? 22 3y
+14 Is Ardea Partners the GS version of PWP? 3 3y
+10 Oppenheimer & Co Analyst Program Details 11 3y
0 Computer Management & Information Systems 1 3y
+31 Pros and Cons IB vs PM 5 3y
+44 Analyst Budget Thread Follow Up--Actual Expenses For An Analyst & Associate In Chicago 4 3y
+16 JMP Securities 16 3y
+13 How to know if one is smart enough for PE 5 3y
0 Canaccord Genuity Comp/Exit Ops for London Office 4 3y
+10 Moelis Healthcare/Life Sciences 19 3y
+2 What do you wish you would’ve done before IB? 1 3y
+3 Analyst move MM to BB 3 3y
+6 Hours in sustainable finance IB? 5 3y
+4 JP Morgan Tech (NY) 6 3y
+27 Best Banks/Groups in Toronto 21 3y
+12 Saint Joe's to IB? 6 3y
0 Does a police caution in the UK affect your employability 3 3y
+19 Are you guys afraid of being replaced by a robot? 10 3y
+14 Got staffed on a really late stage deal and am confused on what to do as a new hire (Chicago) 4 3y
0 New hires: disclosure of bank accounts information? 13 3y
+86 Advice on knowing you're the worst 20 3y
+25 San Francisco Livin' 14 3y
+13 Restructuring Modeling Test 7 3y
0 BofA Securitization Hours/Culture 3 3y
+29 Anyone know ANYTHING about Cascadia Capital? 14 3y
+21 Incoming 2025 Spring Week at Northwestern Mutual here. When to update LinkedIn? 4 3y
+4 Land Economy for Investment Banking, Finance? 4 3y
+10 Applying for IBD Grad scheme after 4 years at Big 4 audit? (London) 3 3y
+13 Investment Banking VP vs Private Equity VP 14 3y
+7 People Who Relocated Offices after completing 1st year as an ANL, how was your experience as a 2nd year in the new office? 2 3y
+3 - 2 3y
+390 UG Recruiting Part I: How a resume becomes an interview 135 3y
+18 CIBC Industrials vs Capital One M&A SA24? 6 3y
+32 Do Deloitte and PwC have Investment Banking Groups? 25 3y
+173 Second Year Analyst is Paradise 20 3y
+234 Unpaid Internship is Paradise 20 3y
+6 Needham & Co 10 3y
0 Duke prestigious? 1 3y
+12 Product management at BB 2 3y
+20 Equity Linked Origination, IBD 11 3y
+7 Need to take both the Series 79 and Series 82 before the beginning of September: NEED ADVICE 3 3y
+41 Merger model : the buyer writes off the seller's shareholder's equity balance, WHY ? 11 3y
+3 Houlihan Lokey - Private Funds Group Intern 2 3y
+30 Best groups at Raymond James ? 30 3y
+7 Anyone know much about SMBC deal flow? 20 3y
0 Psychometric tests 2 3y
+1 Sovereign Advisory? 3 3y
+9 Sovereign Advisory (Lazard, Rothschild, others?) 2 3y
+17 Sovereign Advisory - exit options 5 3y
+20 MM IB vs. Big 4 Infrastructure 8 3y
+679 Memoirs of a First-Year Associate 49 3y
+49 Thoughts on Silverpoint Capital? 27 3y
+554 Success in IB - Not Taught in B-School 36 3y
+103 Doing Personal Investment While Working as IBD Analyst 122 3y
+51 Thoughts on Power and Renewables IB 11 3y
+4 Deloitte Corporate Finance compensation 2 3y
+15 Citi FIG-> Citi Tech 20 3y
+14 Aream & CO 10 3y
+135 3 Top Qualities Needed to Hustle your Way into IB 121 3y
+24 Atlanta vs. Charlotte? 48 3y
+15 Best Places to Eat Pizza in NYC 14 3y
+217 Worried about getting an IB job after an arrest? 56 3y
+906 F*&King Analysts 163 3y
+32 Tell me about your friend circle, are they all in finance or also from different backgrounds 18 3y
+12 BofA EGRC SF 16 3y
+22 BMO NYC Best Groups for getting into PE 13 3y
+10 Lower MM IB or Big 4 Audit 5 3y
+479 ~3 months in. I really want to quit banking. What should I do? 111 3y
+13 Chicago banking scene 2023? 5 3y
0 Goldman Sachs: Commodities Finance Solutions Group 2 3y
+2 SICKEST DEAL TOY 5 3y
+24 Targets for Chicago IB firms? 31 3y
+850 Can’t believe it’s over 77 3y
+17 Deal bag (duffle bag) at EB (Moelis, Greenhill, PJT) 9 3y
+16 Will past ignorance come to haunt me? How long do I-Banks keep resumes on file? 5 3y

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.9%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

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  • Morgan Stanley 03 98.9%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • JPMorgan No 97.4%

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  • Associates (57) $264
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
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  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
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