0 Easy Interest Rate Swap DCFQuestion - PRIZE FOR WINNER! 2 6y
0 Utrecht School of Economics 0 6y
0 To cold email or not to cold email 7 6y
+13 Better use of time - retaking CFA or networking for a lateral move 6 6y
0 Boutiques taking over from the banks? 0 6y
+10 Career Advice - Altium Capital/Lincoln International vs. Société Générale /BNP Paribas/HSBC 3 6y
0 Career Switch HR -> M&A Advisory 0 6y
0 Questions regarding a Structured Funding Trade 0 6y
+9 Soon-to-be first year IB analyst in NY -- International student 1 6y
0 Is America the most optimal place to be an investment banker? 2 6y
+20 Off-cycle internship or FT recruiting? 3 6y
+18 Persuing Investment Banking, Rising senior, sudying abroad in spring, no internship currently. Is there hope? 6 6y
+61 Essilor to buy Luxottica (makers of Ray Ban and everything else) for $24 Billion [Bloomberg] 19 6y
+18 F100 MA Internship vs PE Internship 6 6y
0 Niche Boutique IB vs Corporate Finance/Capital Market - which offer to choose? 1 6y
+21 Career Advice- Non-Finance major 6 6y
0 American and European markets potential for upheaval? 0 6y
0 Future of M&A in UK 0 6y
0 Global Capital Market 0 6y
+20 Lateral to another bank 13 6y
0 Lazard vs. Rothschild (both FFM; M&A) 0 6y
+16 Profile Evaluation: Croatian, 27 years 4 6y
+11 Former BB PE (Merchant Bank) Arms 3 6y
+43 M&A Interview Preparation, are these topics considered advanced and therefore, given my background, unlikely? 17 6y
+18 Advice for IPO case interview 5 6y
+28 Did I network too much? Are they annoyed? 18 6y
0 Will MiFID II have any impact on the U.S. resesarch teams too? 4 6y
0 Best Practices for some Analyst tasks 1 6y
0 4 Barclays Executives Head to Court 1 6y
+15 Master in Finance in 2 years 3 6y
+1 Private equity exit - MM experience vs. BB experience 1 6y
+25 Confused international student here; how do I intern? 5 6y
+32 Tests Boutique M&A 10 6y
0 Contact list banks in Europe? 0 6y
+8 William Blair info required 8 6y
0 IB with Low gpa 1 6y
0 What should I do?? 3 6y
0 DCM Analyst Interview 2 6y
+26 DCM Analyst Interview - HELPP 28 6y
0 Apply to more positions than allowed? 1 6y
+20 Big 4 (Deals) vs BO 5 6y
+3 BB in HK summer analyst - Europe Based 1 6y
0 GPA check 2 6y
0 Am I dinged--Interview 2 6y
+12 Boutique interview (Europe) 1 6y
+13 Saving Time: Informational Finance Videos 1 6y
+115 Not sure if Investment Banking is for me anymore 27 6y
+36 Physicist gone into finance...now regretting a bit 14 6y
+9 How is IB in Europe and Asia-Pacific? 1 6y
+12 Big 4 Lead Advisory / M&A Exit Opps 2 6y
+3 GDPR and MiFIDII 1 6y
+15 Valuation/Product Control exit ops and development path 1 6y
+15 Cross border job ? 3 6y
+6 Resume Review for IBD in Europe 1 6y
+26 KPMG Valuation vs Transaction Services 8 6y
+12 Interview with Group Head 1 6y
+12 European Special Situation at Goldman 3 6y
+14 Differences between European and US IBD Recruiting 8 6y
+9 MS Sr. 4.05 GPA rejected from top preps - are my IB aspirations toast? 3 6y
+9 Sponsorships for European Graduates 1 6y
+35 Feel like I got screwed by HR 12 6y
+33 DB to make "painful" cuts in U.S. and Asia IB segments 32 6y
+12 How did you decide IB was right for you? 1 6y
+4 Geographical/International Mobility at Lazard + other BBs/EBs 2 6y
+12 Landing Summer Internship in IB 1 6y
+7 How fierce is the competition for Frankfurt IB internships? 4 6y
0 The roadmap from the Laboratory to IB Healthcare. 5 6y
+3 Raiffeisen Bank IB - Sarajevo & Vienna 1 6y
0 Advice needed - Frankfurt BB IB bonus numbers 9 6y
0 studying and recruiting in Germany? 6 6y
0 Deutsche Bank poaches Merrill, Posts 4Q Loss 8 6y
+14 Risk free rate and equity risk premium selection 1 6y
+12 Germany or Emerging Markets Internship? 3 6y
+9 goldman sachs - application status "currently not being considered" 1 6y
+4 Networking for FT in Germany 2 6y
+9 Language requirements for front office position in Frankfurt. 1 6y
+6 Break into EU IB 3 6y
+12 Gap Year During Uni - IB Advice 1 6y
0 M&A data 2 6y
+3 Deutsche Bank cutting another 15 - 20,000 bankers outside of Germany 1 6y
+44 Deutsche Bank Cutting 18,000 jobs!!!! 15 6y
+8 Bonus Watch ’11: Which Bank Pays Employees The Most On Wall Street? 13 6y
+14 How to network on LinkedIn 3 6y
+38 Fall Internship - Full Time School 14 6y
0 1,900 jobs to be cut by Deutsche Bank including 1,500 in investment banking 2 6y
+3 Goldman Sachs Frankfurt Hirevue 2 6y
+6 IB Germany good ways to get in 2 6y
0 Exchange in Hong Kong, how can I salvage this? 4 6y
+18 Please let all your Christmas agression out on this IB cover letter :) 8 6y
0 Arabic (College Language) 4 6y
+42 TPG hires a 23-year-old GS analyst as Director!! 44 6y
0 What do you guys think about this? Can anyone confirm? 3 6y
0 IBs in Frankfurt, Germany 7 6y
+25 Middle Market/Boutique Investment Bank requirements 9 6y
+8 Equity linked Securities - help 4 6y
0 IB Compensation outisde of the US 6 6y
0 Deutsche Bank Group Strategy 2 6y
+6 LDN Boutique hiring Analyst 1 6y
+21 Deutsche Global Markets Program 15 6y
+4 GPA and health issues 1 6y

Career Advancement Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.7%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.1%

Total Avg Compensation

July 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Associates (46) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (79) $150
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (73) $101
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