+8 Worst Time to Lateral to IB? 8 3y
+6 Getting the foot in the door - Investment Banking 1 3y
+7 Stay or Lateral from No-Name Boutique 3 3y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Consumer - Retail Data 3y
+6 Citi- LPG SA 2023 2 3y
+3 CFI vs WSO Courses 1 3y
+200 How to stop viewing everything through the lense of prestige? 44 3y
0 TD Securities- Summer Internship 4 3y
+18 What is the best BofA IBD group for exit opportunity to PE / HF? (London) 12 3y
+9 Investment Banking Technicals 1 3y
+3 Most prestigious salads to eat ranking 2 3y
+23 NYC RENT FT an1 27 3y
0 Cowen Group - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3y
+6 Exploring Japan for career 5 3y
+3 Why is there no active CDS market for a client that issues bonds? 1 3y
+4 No signing/relocation bonus received yet 3 3y
+3 London banking – Oxfords or Derbies?? 4 3y
+30 Most Prestigious Streets To Work On Ranking 18 3y
+3 Invoice Factoring Model 2 3y
+1 Goldman 3 3y
+5 Excel speed test? 10 3y
+3 Sponsors Pushing Diligence to Bankers 1 3y
+35 Interviewers - How do you gauge what kind of person a candidate is? 10 3y
0 RBC Royal Bank of Canada - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 3y
+5 UBS to Retain CS Asia Bankers 4 3y
+3 How to learn Fundraising 1 3y
+3 Mid-market Investment Banks in Dubai 2 3y
+258 Associate Moving to Bali 57 3y
+26 Positioning after lay off Investment Banking Analyst 23 3y
+4 Thoughts on Overbay Capital Partners? 10 3y
+26 Guide to Careers in Market Risk 2 3y
0 BNP Paribas - Review - Generalist Data 3y
0 BNP Paribas - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 3y
+18 What exit opportunities are your top analysts choosing? 1 3y
0 FP&A to IB 5 3y
+13 IWC 4 3y
+11 CS Incoming FT - New contracts? 2 3y
+5 CV bullets for IB intern 6 3y
+23 Best Investment Banking Tik Tokers? 18 3y
+4 Simple Deferred Stock Q 2 3y
+11 CS --> Finance 3 3y
+7 Rank These Upgraded Banks in terms of upwards trajectory and potential 5 3y
+13 Private bank rankings 6 3y
+11 Strategies for Achieving $1 Million Monthly in Finance 2 3y
0 UniCredit - Review - Investment Banking Data 3y
0 UniCredit - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 3y
+13 What time to arrange coffee chat 7 3y
0 Piper Sandler - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3y
+3 Why don't most companies just write down their goodwill whenever they want to reduce their taxable income? 4 3y
+7 Lawyers and Bankers M&A 5 3y
+3 High Finance for the awkward disfunctional individual? 1 3y
+4 2 years as an Analyst vs 3 years 17 3y
0 US On-cycle Recruitment out of Canada? 4 3y
0 Deutsche Bank - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 3y
0 Piper Sandler - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 3y
+3 Oppenheimer Technology Insight - Salary, Culture, Rankings, Exits 1 3y
+76 EB’s ranked by exits 32 3y
0 BMO Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 3y
+21 Difficulty of getting MD role? 4 3y
+13 SA horror stories summer ‘23? 4 3y
+14 Santander 4 3y
+81 Why does everyone want to go into PE? 33 3y
+20 Vacation during sophomore internship 7 3y
+3 Should I do Municipal Finance or Corporate Banking at RBC for 2024 SA 7 3y
+3 JPM Culture 2023 1 3y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3y
+6 Why haven't they (mid-BB) sent out a start date yet? 6 3y
+3 GS FT Start Date 2023 1 3y
+2 Paid monthly not bi-weekly? 5 3y
+4 Chinese Banks In UAE 1 3y
+12 College Basketball Programs as Investment Banks 8 3y
0 Banks avoiding pride logos to boost Middle East deal flow? 1 3y
0 Investing college classes? 1 3y
0 I need help breaking into IB 1 3y
+2 University of Florida 4 3y
+21 Mid-year performance review at BB 4 3y
+37 Hot take: IB hours aren't THAT bad (or at least, not much worse than consulting) 21 3y
+3 MDs that are chads 1 3y
+9 Previously worked in corporate finance/ IB, now work in government (and love it) - what are my chances of making money again in a few years? 2 3y
+40 Q&A: Online / eMBA to Director in Restructuring at EB 4 3y
+11 Dog has caught the car bumper, now what? 1 3y
0 HELP U-4 1 3y
0 Banco Santander - Salary & Bonus - Project Finance Data 3y
+6 Maximizing potential for a return offer? 3 3y
0 Debt Accumulation During College 3 3y
0 Excel Wizardry 3 3y
+3 Experience with Wall Street Masterminds 4 3y
+24 Technical question: EV/EBITDA 9 3y
+9 Bank of America IB SA 2024 Updates - NY 7 3y
0 Being forced to move groups?? 1 3y
0 internships in junior year 1 3y
+5 Citi Houston 6 3y
0 Piper Sandler - Review - Investment Banking Data 3y
0 PJT Partners - Salary & Bonus - Restructuring Data 3y
0 Eureka Capital Partners - Review - Healthcare Data 3y
+7 GPA >3.0. Return offer? 9 3y
0 Morgan Stanley GCM Superday 1 3y
0 Barclays SA 2023 Group Placememt 3 3y
+6 Series 63 Knopman difficulty 10 3y
0 Premiums paid analysis 1 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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