+11 Everyone says that the first step to a good finance career is investment banking…How screwed am I? 5 3y
0 William Blair - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3y
+5 Bonus Pay Out Date - BB 3 3y
+13 Investment Banking vs Startups 10 3y
+6 Top Chemicals Groups 5 3y
+48 OnlyFans Vs Investment Banking 19 3y
0 Big 4 --> Corporate Banking 1 3y
+18 Barclays Group Placement (2021) 40 3y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3y
+3 Bonus tax? 1 3y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3y
+3 Citi SA First Week - No Communication 1 3y
0 Australia to New York investment banking 1 3y
+9 EV bridge question 1 3y
0 Haitong International Securities - Review - Investment Banking Data 3y
+8 Banks with 2-year analyst programs vs 3-year analyst programs 10 3y
0 Ziegler - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 3y
+26 FT PE vs on cycle 20 3y
+2 Clearsight Advisors a Good Place to Intern? 3 3y
+12 BMO Outlook / SA 2023 12 3y
+4 WSP vs BIWS 2 3y
+386 Moving from extreme poverty to wealth via IB 39 3y
0 ING - Salary & Bonus - Debt Capital Markets Data 3y
0 ING - Salary & Bonus - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Data 3y
0 ING - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 3y
+5 Deleted Deleted Deleted Deleted Deleted Deleted Deleted Deleted Deleted 12 3y
+3 JPM Lev Fin Europe team 7 3y
+10 Moving from Wealth Management to IB 4 3y
+14 Summer intern struggling 8 3y
+22 IB SA 2024 (NYC) 27 3y
+10 Question About Bonuses 8 3y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Debt Capital Markets Data 3y
+1 UBS ranking after CS close? 5 3y
+15 Rothschild Infra London - Insights please 11 3y
+7 Indirect impact of leverage on FCFF 1 3y
+3 How do I leverage my privilege to more easily get an IB offer? 27 3y
+24 Wells Fargo Securities vs Truist 2021 14 3y
+3 Boutique IB in Charleston SC 2 3y
+6 HSBC LAF - thoughts? 13 3y
+16 How does a bank become a BB or EB? 5 3y
+11 Layoffs at GS? 18 3y
+6 How bad will bonuses be at Citi this year? 2 3y
+15 US IB Analyst 2 Bonus Expectation 2023 24 3y
+6 Internal Lateral at BofA? 8 3y
+46 PWP layoffs on first day interns hit desk? 29 3y
+11 Transaction Banking VS Investment Banking 5 3y
0 Barclays - Review - Investment Banking Data 3y
0 Barclays - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 3y
+10 UBS Protected Saturday 12 3y
+3 ………………. 4 3y
+3 Does anyone at Canaccord Genuity know if dinner allowance is a perk? 3 3y
+107 PWP LA vs Lazard LA 97 3y
+3 UBS WFH Policy 1 3y
+6 Centerview London - Culture 1 3y
+1 Redundancy / Severance Packages 2 3y
0 Credit Suisse - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3y
+3 Lev Fin Sell Side 1 3y
+11 Background check?? Serious!!! 8 3y
+3 First Paycheck 5 3y
+2 JPM layoffs / rescinding 9 3y
+1 Post-IFRS 16 or Post IFRS 16? 2 3y
+3 Looking for folks who did ib off cycle internship to share experience 1 3y
0 Intrepid Investment Bankers - Interview - Investment Banking Data 3y
+9 Corporate Banking Bonuses? 15 3y
+3 KeyBanc SA24 5 3y
+30 Citizen’s Bank/JMP IB 24 3y
0 Canaccord Genuity - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 3y
+3 Need help with IB projects! 6 3y
+2 How do you get faster as an Intern? 1 3y
0 National Bank Financial Markets - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3y
0 National Bank Financial Group - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3y
+43 How to handle the mental stress when nobody cares? 21 3y
0 Tobin and Co - Interview - Generalist Data 3y
0 PwC Corporate Finance - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 3y
0 PwC - Review - Generalist Data 3y
0 Entrepreneurship after IB 1 3y
+9 W-4 Question 3 3y
0 HSBC M&A vs. Middle Market 3 3y
0 Results effecting chances of summer internship? 1 3y
+7 How do you operate on minimal sleep? 22 3y
0 Citigroup - Interview - Investment Banking Data 3y
0 Lincoln International - Salary & Bonus - Valuation Data 3y
+3 Investment Banking to Real Estate 1 3y
+2 UBS/CS DEFERRAL THREAD 58 3y
+3 Best Closing Dinners 2 3y
0 Banco Santander - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3y
0 Leerink Partners - Review - Investment Banking Data 3y
0 Leerink Partners - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 3y
+28 Real Estate to IB 25 3y
+9 First IB Bonus 2 3y
0 Centerview Partners - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3y
+57 CS/UBS - Who is deferring & taking the 30K? 42 3y
+12 In your opinion is the most or least stressful investment banking division at a big firm? 19 3y
+3 Best Headhunters for IR 3 3y
+15 2022 A2A Promotion Perks (Vacation / Training / Bonus / etc) 31 3y
0 Banco Santander - Salary & Bonus - Infrastructure Data 3y
+3 Consulting placement ~>IB 1 3y
0 Boxwood Partners LLC - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3y
+28 Struggling VP (London) 12 3y
+38 Time to fire bank CEOs 26 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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