0 PJT Partners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 3y
+46 Finance Gamers 61 3y
+4 Rank This Banks 6 3y
+4 REITs Accounting Question 2 3y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3y
+3 Ted Pick Named New Morgan Stanley CEO 0 3y
+195 Why aren't Asians/Indians/Middle Eastern considered diversity 95 3y
0 Piper Sandler - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 3y
+10 Corporate Banking at an International Bank 2 3y
+3 Cost of debt 5 3y
+12 Correlation between terminal growth rate and WACC? 2 3y
+12 Do I stay for another year or try and go? 7 3y
+5 west coast eb hours? 4 3y
+4 NYC Bars — A1 Edition 6 3y
+3 Bankers - Are you getting 1 or 2 weeks WFH in December this year? 3 3y
+10 stupid move now i have background check - pls help 4 3y
0 RBC Royal Bank of Canada - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3y
+9 Lazard Private Capital Advisory (PCA) vs. UBS Coverage IB 6 3y
0 Tribute to a Big 4 investment banker 3 3y
0 Royal Bank of Canada - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 3y
+8 Example SaaS Model 4 3y
+28 How much flexibility is there for associates to attend weddings? 10 3y
+13 CFA Level 1 4 3y
+3 Finance Exits to Pro-Sports Roles 3 3y
+28 How will the removal of the banker's bonus cap in the UK affect total comp? 5 3y
+82 Reconsider, seriously, reconsider 32 3y
+36 Energy Investment Banking - Interview Technicals 3 3y
0 D.A. Davidson & Co - Interview - Consumer - Retail Data 3y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Technology Data 3y
0 Qatalyst Partners - Interview - Investment Banking Data 3y
+3 Equity on B/S 1 3y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 3y
0 Cantor Fitzgerald - Interview - Technology Data 3y
+15 JPM/BofA Commercial Financial Sponsors Group? 6 3y
+9 Anyone here in IB started on H1B? 4 3y
0 Cowen Group - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 3y
+14 Side Hustle / Working Outside of Banking 4 3y
0 Guggenheim Partners - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 3y
+16 Thoughts on energy groups? 5 3y
0 Jefferies - Interview - Energy Data 3y
0 Cascadia Capital LLC - Review - Investment Banking Data 3y
+3 Canaccord Biotech NYC - Thoughts 3 3y
+6 Canaccord Genuity 2023 3 3y
+17 QoE on LMM Companies 5 3y
+8 How to find advising banks to both sides of M&A? 3 3y
+20 What is the value of prestige? 11 3y
+142 IB isn't that bad, and the pay is good...let's chill with the complaining 38 3y
+12 Macquarie Best Groups 0 3y
+30 BDT & MSD Merger 11 3y
+6 WF Sophomore Hiring Summit 14 3y
0 Quant Risk Career Choice 1 3y
+3 Case Study 1 3y
+103 How bad is deal flow right now? 84 3y
+3 A good PCA/Secondaries Resource 1 3y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Review - Investment Banking Data 3y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 3y
+8 2y IB + 2y PE -> exit to large scale drug trafficking? 5 3y
0 Evercore - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 3y
0 Clean energy primer 9 3y
+2 Liontree 2023 Thoughts 11 3y
+18 Bear Stearns Memo, 1981 2 3y
+175 I drove 4 hours to Pennsylvania for a coffee chat 26 3y
0 UBS IB vs Sixth Street offer 1 3y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Review - Investment Banking Data 3y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 3y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - Investment Banking Data 3y
0 JPMorgan - Review - Investment Banking Data 3y
+3 2023 Comp / Looking to 2024 1 3y
0 UBS Financial Services - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 3y
+14 What are your favorite apps? 7 3y
0 I enjoyed my first week as an intern 6 3y
+4 Garden Leave/Mandatory Work Question 1 3y
+6 Cowen 2024 Healthcare Superday 41 3y
0 CLSA - Review - Wealth Management Data 3y
0 CLSA - Salary & Bonus - Wealth Management Data 3y
+26 Nervous in the Office 5 3y
+9 Best on cycle placement? 16 3y
0 CLSA - Review - Wealth Management Data 3y
0 Bank of Montreal - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 3y
0 Bank of Montreal - Review - Investment Banking Data 3y
0 Bank of Montreal - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 3y
+5 Feeling scared about starting FT 3 3y
0 Case Study - need help with model 1 3y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 3y
+9 Need Advice: Group Placement during Off-Cycle 3 3y
+3 Infrastructure / Energy Investing Substacks and Podcasts 1 3y
+104 I'm afraid I can't handle banking hours 54 3y
+24 How is RBC Power & Utilities Group? (PU&I) 40 3y
+6 internal transfer to east coast after sa? 1 3y
+3 2023 thoughts on pwp sf tech? 0 3y
+5 Guggenheim PUR NY 2 3y
+4 REGAL IB groups in LA? 3 3y
+26 Not Updating LinkedIn - Bad Look? 12 3y
+19 JPM HC Culture 19 3y
+3 HL RX full-time / London 4 3y
+4 J.P.Morgan Groups Prestige 14 3y
0 Deutsche Bank - Interview - Investment Banking Data 3y
+11 Housing allowance in Singapore 9 3y
+3 Does corporate Dev Travel A lot? 2 3y
+62 Days off in IB internship? 17 3y

Career Advancement Opportunities

November 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

November 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

November 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

November 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (57) $264
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (29) $183
  • Intern/Summer Associate (16) $161
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (77) $101
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