+5 What to do? 2 3y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Financial Sponsors Data 3y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Financial Sponsors Data 3y
+33 Highest paying opportunities in Toronto 35 3y
+12 Product management at BB 2 3y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Oil & Gas Data 3y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 3y
+23 Anxiety over starting IB role. How to cope? 7 3y
+11 Winning deals as an MD 7 3y
0 Robert W. Baird & Co. - Salary & Bonus - Public Finance Data 3y
+4 Morgan Stanley 2024 Sophomore IB SA 20 3y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Review - Generalist Data 3y
+21 How do I get better at slide design? 11 3y
0 JPMorgan - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3y
0 Lazard Freres - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 3y
0 Leerink Partners - Review - Investment Banking Data 3y
0 Leerink Partners - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 3y
0 Founders Advisors - Interview - Generalist Data 3y
+4 West Coast Sponsors Groups 5 3y
+22 Guggenheim reputation 2023 7 3y
0 BMO Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 3y
0 Piper Sandler - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 3y
+5 Best / easiest way to invest earnings 3 3y
+3 Premium on Cash 1 3y
+6 GS Early Possibilities Rejection 16 3y
+9 Taking the Series 79 … Feeling a bit uneasy 7 3y
0 Moelis & Company - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 3y
+3 Guggenheim Securities FIG Team Insights? 2 3y
0 Chardan Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 3y
+6 What is comp and culture like at credit funds at analyst level in London? 2 3y
+54 I found my annual review file on the shared drive 18 3y
+11 Evercore modeling test 15 3y
0 William Blair - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3y
+20 IB Risk at JPMC, need help choosing which team to pursue. 15 3y
+3 BofA Soph Summer Technicals 11 3y
+18 DCM career help 8 3y
+60 Networking: Bankers, how many cold emails do you get from students? 6 3y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Investment Banking Data 3y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 3y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 3y
+5 Help need for IB Resources 2 3y
+4 Can a firm make you not serve your notice period when you resign? 3 3y
+20 Equity Linked Origination, IBD 11 3y
+3 GS Soph Superday 3 3y
+52 Is modeling more difficult in certain sectors versus others? 38 3y
+22 anyone else like IB more than college? 18 3y
+339 Bathroom incident with coworker - report to HR? 40 3y
+7 Need to take both the Series 79 and Series 82 before the beginning of September: NEED ADVICE 3 3y
0 BNP Paribas - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 3y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Interview - Investment Banking Data 3y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Risk Data 3y
+5 Cash 1 3y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Debt Capital Markets Data 3y
+3 Buying case studies? 1 3y
0 Credit Suisse - Review - Debt Capital Markets Data 3y
+6 Who’s quitting in the next month? 4 3y
0 Citi Power, MS Power Utilities, BAML Energy and Power 8 3y
0 Citigroup - Review - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Data 3y
+6 Blue light glasses 9 3y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Data 3y
0 BNP Paribas - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 3y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 3y
+26 Why do all the smart/nerdy people do RX 11 3y
+3 Lazard GC leaving before new CEO takes reigns 1 3y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Review - Healthcare Data 3y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Salary & Bonus - Healthcare Data 3y
+9 What is a acquisition comp? 5 3y
0 HSBC - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 3y
0 Deutsche Bank - Review - Investment Banking Data 3y
0 Deutsche Bank - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 3y
+9 Worth reneging an average MM for Blair? 7 3y
+5 SWF 9 3y
+107 UPDATE - Director wants to “chat” about my model as an intern. Wtf? 8 3y
+15 BofA LA 10 3y
+24 Corporate Banking Boredom 20 3y
+10 Restructuring History 6 3y
+5 Wells fargo hires head of Healthcare services and Technology MD from Barclays and Citigroup 8 3y
+272 Anyone who chose IB because it’s “dull?” 65 3y
+12 Baird Assessment Center - Expectations/Experiences 10 3y
+41 Merger model : the buyer writes off the seller's shareholder's equity balance, WHY ? 11 3y
+9 Upward feedback thoughts 1 3y
0 Cowen Group - Review - Investment Banking Data 3y
+9 Burned out M&A banker moving to Corporate (FP&A, strategic finance, corp dev type role) 1 3y
+6 How does Clawbacks work for taxes? 9 3y
+7 Investment Banking in the US as an international applicant? 12 3y
+7 London TMT Groups 3 3y
+3 Baird - London Office 12 3y
+26 Do IB Summer Analysts get perks? 7 3y
0 Debt vs CF vs M&A 1 3y
+6 Hello everyone 1 3y
+10 Serious Difficulty in Financial Modelling 5 3y
+11 Confusion over IRR calculation 1 3y
+15 AI outmoding Investment/Corporate Banking? 11 3y
+3 LatAm RX Shops NYC 2 3y
+6 Remittance_Materialized Ideas for High Value Resilient Economy 1 3y
+30 1st Year Analyst Leaving. Will I still get my bonus? 18 3y
+7 NYC MM HC Boutique Comp 10 3y
+7 Where to find assumptions for modeling DCF? 4 3y
+17 Summer Analyst 4 3y

Career Advancement Opportunities

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.3%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 03 98.9%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.3%

Professional Growth Opportunities

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • JPMorgan No 97.3%

Total Avg Compensation

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (53) $259
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (27) $183
  • Intern/Summer Associate (15) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (76) $101
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