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0 How Do You Buttress a Chungus Using Pure Energy? 1 3y
+32 Being Black is Paradise 5 3y
+3 Credit rating agency sector training 1 3y
+13 Nomura thoughts? - 2021 28 3y
+6 GS SA 2023 Email? 5 3y
+3 Comp Breakdown / Budget for SF Analysts 5 3y
+18 The Battle of Financial Modeling Courses in 2020 4 3y
+2 Ranking the top U.S. MSAs by prestige 3 3y
+3 How long should it take to learn the skills needed for IB? 4 3y
+9 IB SA Pay 43 3y
+5 Do IB Groups Down South Tend Towards Better Lifestyle Balance? 24 3y
+3 PE - Capital Markets Group - Comp? 3 3y
+4 About to quit 2 3y
+135 Jefferies Class Size 58 3y
+197 What is that Analyst skill set everyone is talking about exactly? 37 3y
+12 Has the RX boat sailed? 9 3y
+14 Corp Banking Lateral Resume 2 3y
+8 PWP SF Tech - Updated Views 2022 3 3y
+3 London BB Credit risk salaries 3 3y
+7 Objectively Ranking the Top 50 Banks by Prestige 14 3y
+77 Sorority girls on wall street? 42 3y
0 BB/MM in Denver, CO? 3 3y
+179 IB/PE 10 years after college 67 3y
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+3 Calculating PV in excel 4 3y
+7 Roast my UK non-target IB SA CV 10 3y
0 Is working on sub $100M deals "real finance" 7 3y
+33 Summer Internship at Investment banks as a final year student (London). Possible? 18 3y
+4 Return offer calculus 6 4y
0 American Bank vs French Bank? 2 4y
+7 EVR Menlo Park Healthcare Group 4 4y
+13 Any Info on Victory Park Capital 12 4y
+1 fastest way to learn 3 Statement Modelling 1 4y
+71 AM I MISSING SOMETHING? 31 4y
+9 Career vs. Location Preferences 1 4y
+11 Citi Reimburses Abortion Costs 5 4y
+71 Investment Banking Rankings Top 30 (Informative) 41 4y
+32 Top US Project Finance Groups/Infrastructure PE Groups 2020 19 4y
+404 Anyone like/dislike banks for random reasons? 142 4y
+31 FT Partners Culture 19 4y
+11 Question about Mezz debt/cap structure 6 4y
+11 Biotech/Pharma M&A Question (valuation & return related) 7 4y
+6 Is it easier to lateral as an analyst or as an associate to NYC from west coast boutique? 1 4y
+14 ER to IB 1 4y
+8 Is this a middle office role? 5 4y
+6 Confusion Regarding MBOs and Take-Private Transactions 3 4y
+18 UK Corporate Broking. Any insight? 21 4y
+22 Moelis SA 2023 154 4y
+72 Is Prestige Really All That Important? 38 4y
+14 Pivoting out of Energy M&A 6 4y
+52 Corporate development to investment banking 61 4y
0 Citi IBD Healthcare Group (San Francisco) 13 4y
+29 Citi Tech - any good? Where's it based? 32 4y
0 Exit Options as a Generalist? 3 4y
0 IBD summer analyst in Asia 5 4y
+33 Piper Jeffries & Co. 65 4y
+20 Revolution Partners, a division of Morgan Keegan 35 4y
0 Trust Private Company Doctor? 1 4y
+26 NY IBD - What are my chances? 22 4y
0 shaving (SA) 21 4y
0 Citi or Greenhill? 26 4y
0 rejection but still future potential 5 4y
0 What's in TMT? 5 4y
0 Who is your team? 6 4y
0 Jeff Chang - Lions Gate Capital? 19 4y
+24 3 OFFERS - HELP ME PICK! NOW!! LA vs NYC, BB vs top boutiques? 30 4y
0 Which is more interesting work at the entry level: corporate finance or investment banking? 5 4y
0 BarCap HK Superday - Offers given? 7 4y
+20 Breaking into WallStreet- Excel & Modeling Fundamentals or Advanced Fin. Modeling? 11 4y
0 GS.Research or CICC IBD? 30 4y
0 Tech Group Rankings 16 4y
+27 MS Menlo Park - Buyside opps 47 4y
+106 Getting Crushed -- OCR 76 4y
+25 LSE Msc Accounting and Finance for IBD/PE 21 4y
0 Another Ballin Email 32 4y
+16 2 months off before I start... 15 4y
0 Advising clients -When does it start? 5 4y
+87 University of Washington vs. UC Berkeley 63 4y
+35 Illiniprogrammer 25 4y
+14 360 Day Year In Interest Expense 5 4y
+52 List of Dead Banks 42 4y
0 BofA Merrill Tech in San Francisco 6 4y
0 Full time group placement 2 4y
0 Best exit opps in LA? (2011) 8 4y
+48 Pros/Cons of Ibanking 100 4y
+34 Got into DCM, now what? 26 4y
0 What to say? 2 4y
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+13 DCF with Negative Free Cash Flow 8 4y
0 What kind of firms are the easiest to value? 6 4y
0 Really weird interview process.... 4 4y
+16 Harris Williams IB london vs BarCap IBD 19 4y
+58 University of Dreams, is it a scam? 85 4y
+128 Life Plan (for Everyone) to Ponder 63 4y
+75 MBB Consulting -> Top Tier IBD 118 4y
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+22 RBC vs Citi Investment Banking 17 4y
+16 Which of These 2 IB Group Would You Take? 5 4y
+47 UBS Internship - Take or No? 89 4y

Career Advancement Opportunities

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • 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 98.3%
  • 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 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.3%
  • JPMorgan No 97.7%
  • BMO Capital Markets 11 97.1%

Total Avg Compensation

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (14) $434
  • Associates (44) $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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