0 Houlihan Lokey - Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 3y
0 BGL’s 1st-year analyst salary? 17 3y
+5 Rethinking IB 11 3y
+3 Do I even try anymore 2 3y
0 JPMorgan - Review - Credit Risk Data 3y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Credit Risk Data 3y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3y
+6 What are some potential pathways into IB as a 1st year Finance analyst Graduate in London (also studying CIMA)? 4 3y
+3 Question about discounting 1 3y
+3 JPM - EMEA IB Technology Credentials 1 3y
+51 How much is your associate supposed to do? 18 3y
0 Société Générale - Interview - Generalist Data 3y
+4 Which of the banks does most of the target Valuation in an M&A deal? 2 3y
+9 Honestly, where to go? Almost 24 with zero clue. 1 3y
+7 Early Start Date? 7 3y
+9 How to go about group placement... 3 3y
0 Mapping data 3 3y
0 Piper Sandler - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 3y
+79 So what's up with Lazard's notorious culture? 61 3y
+6 Barclays London 1 3y
+6 [Cold-Emailing] Format when Last Name is Hyphenated? 2 3y
+4 Concerns? 1 3y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 3y
+3 Funny VP Sayings 1 3y
+6 Post-MBA Lateral 2 3y
+2 3-Statement Model Forecasting 8 3y
+3 IPO total offering vs IPO proceeds? 1 3y
+6 Bonus while Lateraling Banks 2 3y
+31 LMM IBanking Compensation 33 3y
+18 Nomura London Layoffs 10 3y
+3 Where to transfer for best ib/mc placement 1 3y
+11 Corporate Banking to IB is it worth it? 15 3y
+8 Say to your boss, bonus is disappointing 7 3y
+3 Anyone Have Book of Series 79/63 Prep Materials? 1 3y
+10 KBW versus Stifel? 6 3y
+84 1st Years Quitting Yet? 80 3y
0 Marathon Capital LLC - Interview - Investment Banking Data 3y
+7 Attaching self worth to bonus 2 3y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Interview - Investment Banking Data 3y
+3 London- Credit/debt associates 1 3y
+10 Tips for being "good enough" 3 3y
+3 Family Friend of a Friend Connection Founder of Boutique IB Firm 3 3y
+17 Boutique Regional Salary 21 3y
+9 Long Work Gap for Entrepreneurship? 2 3y
+4 American deals 1 3y
0 Nomura Holdings - Salary & Bonus - Infrastructure Data 3y
+5 Have a job in Balance Sheet Bank DCM, worth taking the job opportunity at BNP UK M&A? 2 3y
+9 Truist CIB Working Capital Group Info? 5 3y
+9 Quality of work dropping due to over-staffing 1 3y
+31 URGENT: buy-side offer 7 months into IB AN1, need advice 29 3y
+26 Expectations vs Reality of Your First Year as IB Associate 12 3y
+3 Goldman Sachs slashes bonuses for junior bankers by as much as 90% 2 3y
+3 Db Achieve Superday 1 3y
+14 Is BofA the only BB to not have done lay-offs? 38 3y
+9 Problem forecasting debt payments in dcf 12 3y
0 Canaccord Genuity Petsky Prunier - Salary Increase? 3 3y
+18 High Finance -> Passive Income 29 3y
+5 Syndication members hierarchy 5 3y
+12 Private capital markets 10 3y
+6 -&/&$/&/$/$-$-$/$&/$/$ 3 3y
0 Quit after bonuses or stay? 6 3y
0 FFM IB MM Ranking 1 3y
+6 Goldman Sachs Rotational Program? 2 3y
+1 Insurance Question 3 3y
+9 Team Rankings At EBs (US) 11 3y
+2 Which investment bank has the best website? 6 3y
+189 Not allowed to take vacation as AN 1? Is this normal? 80 3y
+30 Just How Fucking Bad Is it? 19 3y
0 Barclays - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3y
0 Barclays - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3y
0 Spam detection 1 3y
+3 Piper Sandler London Pay 3 3y
0 Citigroup - Review - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Data 3y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Data 3y
0 ? 4 3y
+37 Living in Jersey City as an Analyst 30 3y
+2 Bottom Bucket Associate Bonus 8 3y
0 Credit Suisse - Interview - Investment Banking Data 3y
+11 Cufflinks & ties 16 3y
+2 S&P 500 in UK banking & finance 3 3y
+7 PWP associate base? 7 3y
0 Barclays Full Time Analyst 2023 1 3y
+6 Regional MM or EB? 3 3y
+67 How to get over having a low beta career 39 3y
+2 Contrast in generations 4 3y
+5 Union Square Advisors 2023 1 3y
+79 Hate Investment Banking and Want to Quit 52 3y
0 JPMorgan - Review - Real Estate Data 3y
+36 GS Comp Day 30 3y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 3y
+3 When did you first learn about investment banking? 1 3y
+4 Submitted Hirevue slightly after the deadline by a few hours - thoughts? 2 3y
+3 Corporate Banking Base Salaries 1 3y
+4 Work delegation on projects? 2 3y
+32 Nootropics in banking 29 3y
+4 Hearing back after first round 2 3y
+36 Addressing VP's 24 3y
+3 REITS financial forecasting 2 3y
0 Want to Feel like This? Say Less 2 3y
+3 Thoughts on Tech Layoffs? 2 3y

Career Advancement Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.7%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.1%

Total Avg Compensation

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (15) $434
  • Associates (46) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (79) $150
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (73) $101
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