+3 Networking in your group prior to starting your SA 1 8y
+6 Investment Banking to Lobbyist 1 8y
+22 Can't break into IB - NEED ADVICE (GMAT Prep or Modeling Course) 15 8y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+41 Best Industrials Groups - Best deal flow and exit opps? 66 8y
+3 Quick Excel Copy&Paste Question 3 8y
+14 Best Investment Banking Groups (Culture + Hours) 13 8y
+10 IB Recruitment: Emailing Analysts on Thursday Morning and/or Friday Morning 4 8y
+6 Can we send industry reports to ourselves from work? 3 8y
+16 Final tips for SAs hitting the desk in less than a week? 6 8y
0 RBS Royal Bank of Scotland - Salary & Bonus - Debt Capital Markets Data 8y
+12 Best app for interviews 1 8y
0 PJT Partners - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
+9 Land FT with internship experience - just not in IB 1 8y
+6 Grammar check on M&A description, please. 1 8y
0 d31et3.. 0 8y
+3 What technicals skills are important to Corporate Finance? 1 8y
+15 Lunch Meeting With an MD 18 8y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+9 GS Classic 2019 SA - Group Placements 1 8y
+16 Revenue recognition 5 8y
+20 Best LevFin Groups 9 8y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Interview - Restructuring Data 8y
+21 Asset Sale vs. Stock Sale – Why Buyers and Sellers may prefer one over the other 6 8y
0 Clairfield International - Interview - Corporate Finance Data 8y
+10 MS Pay Bump - Further Details 5 8y
0 Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation - Salary & Bonus - Project Finance Data 8y
0 Performance Trust Capital Partners - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Morgan Stanley - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
+3 2019 IB SA IBD Banks still recruiting 3 8y
+33 Earning work in Internship 14 8y
0 HSBC - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Evercore - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Jefferies - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
+3 cash flow 3 8y
+3 cash flow drepression 1 8y
0 Société Générale - Salary & Bonus - Sales Data 8y
+25 LAC vs Undergrad Business School 21 8y
+18 How to ask when to come in and leave during internship? 3 8y
+12 GS FIG Group 2 8y
+5 GS financing group or Barclays Classic 3 8y
0 Duff & Phelps - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 8y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 JPMorgan - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Internationale Nederlanden Groep - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Duff & Phelps - Review - NA Data 8y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+12 Charges and Breaking into IB 1 8y
+25 B4 Tax to IB (Can) 6 8y
0 Bowen Advisors - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+24 Prepaid Expenses: Accounting 9 8y
+3 How do I use CapIQ for deal flow? 1 8y
+17 Advice for Rising Sophomore at an Ivy 5 8y
+3 sending email to ask about my application 1 8y
0 Matrix Capital Markets Group - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
+12 Barclays MBA Ambition 2nd round interview 1 8y
+27 Goldman BG Check going on 6 weeks now?? 28 8y
+10 M&A 3 statement model, DCF and Comps downloads? 3 8y
+13 What happens between "announcement" and "closing"? 3 8y
+23 Why do people in banking change firms so much? 15 8y
+12 Company Value_Formula 6 8y
0 Guggenheim Partners - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Credit Suisse - Interview - Debt Capital Markets Data 8y
+12 How to break into Investment banking industry? 1 8y
+31 2 internships at once??? 10 8y
+18 SA vs. FT which one? 12 8y
+3 Cash Equities vs. Equities? 1 8y
0 Guggenheim Partners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
+12 Getting a first analyst job in Investment Banking at 26 1 8y
0 BNP Paribas - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Citigroup - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 IndustryPro - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 IndustryPro - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
+12 Senior Banker Comps 1 8y
+26 Lazard LA vs Barclays LA vs BAML LA 8 8y
0 JPMorgan - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
+40 Understanding change in net working capital 12 8y
+10 IB Internship Networking: LinkedIn or Email? 6 8y
+21 2019 SA: Top IB vs General Atlantic 2 8y
+17 IRR and COE 6 8y
+3 Enterprise value number to use for ratios on income statement items 1 8y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - NA Data 8y
+9 Change of goal from IB to Corporate Banking 0 8y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 8y
0 DNB Markets - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+27 How do bonuses work for Analyst 1? Does it depend on the firm/how it does that year? 7 8y
+3 Regulations roll back 1 8y
+9 Project Finance Technical 4 8y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 Citigroup - Review - NA Data 8y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 8y
+66 Q&A: Middle Market IB Analyst 34 8y
+9 Going from AM Equity Research to IB 2 8y
+3 deleted 111 1 8y
0 Deutsche Bank - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+17 General interview preperation 6 8y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 8y

Career Advancement Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Guggenheim Partners 02 97.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • JPMorgan No 97.4%

Total Avg Compensation

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (57) $264
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (28) $184
  • Intern/Summer Associate (16) $161
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (76) $101
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