+14 Lifestyle of a Financial Sponsors Group Associate? 4 3y
0 Barclays - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 3y
0 Oppenheimer - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3y
0 Waitlisted after AC / Superday 3 3y
+9 Accomodation SA - London 16 3y
0 Citigroup - Interview - Investment Banking Data 3y
0 Centerview Partners - Interview - NA Data 3y
+1 SA Housing Chicago 2 3y
+4 Outlook on Tidal Partners? 3 3y
+4 Just wondering what thoughts are on Ib layoffs and how safe does everyone think analysts are at BB firms especially 3 3y
+88 Is Solomon Partners on track to be the next Centerview? 52 3y
+1 VP and Director Comp at EBs 14 3y
0 Credit Suisse - Review - Leveraged Finance Data 3y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Leveraged Finance Data 3y
+5 Interview ended early, good or bad? 11 3y
0 Accel-KKR - Interview - Investment Banking Data 3y
+4 SA Housing (Downtown) 2 3y
0 Stephens Inc - Review - Generalist Data 3y
0 Stephens Inc - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 3y
+6 Moving to NYC for Winter - Bushwick? 1 3y
+12 What is Shareholder Advisory 5 3y
+3 JP Morgan Debt Finance Group 1 3y
+23 Full-time Analyst: Housing in NYC 17 3y
+2 CS Vice Chair of Specialty Finance Leaves for Wells Fargo 4 3y
0 Evercore - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3y
0 Evercore - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3y
+18 NYC - Where to Rent for incoming analysts 47 3y
+3 Moving from the UK to Australia to work in IB 3 3y
0 Stifel Nicolaus and Company, Inc - Review - Public Finance Data 3y
0 Stifel Nicolaus and Company, Inc - Salary & Bonus - Public Finance Data 3y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Interview - Risk Data 3y
+6 BB Equity Research Internal Lateral 1 3y
+8 Just landed my first offer 2 3y
+3 What is the culture and environment at Jefferies healthcare? 4 3y
+7 IB scene in Dallas/Austin 21 3y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Corporate Banking Data 3y
+12 Macquarie Principal Finance Reputation 9 3y
+56 Q&A: I made it to London. Non target-> MO -> IB London 17 3y
+14 Renewable Energy IB Shops? 9 3y
+16 Best Groups at EBs in London? 12 3y
0 Regional Commercial Banking -> Corporate Banking 2 3y
+6 What “learning” in IB will actually help your career? 1 3y
+10 Houlihan Lokey 2022 Outlook 5 3y
+211 Boutique vs. Bulge Bracket in a Recession 95 3y
+17 Baird Fee Revenue up 300% 11 3y
+3 Best Financial Modeling Courses 2022? 1 3y
0 DC Advisory - Interview - Investment Banking Data 3y
+23 Lateral into O&G / Houston - What to Expect? 15 3y
+5 Ardea Partners Email Format 9 3y
+1 MS APAC SA 2023 8 3y
+26 PCA Rankings 29 3y
+13 Will working at the NASA budget office in the summer going into my sophomore year help me break in IB? 8 3y
+96 Is Reneging Actually That Bad? 46 3y
+9 [Europe/UK] Binance/Coinbase internship -> IB? 1 3y
+26 Financial Planning vs IB- my career choice... 9 3y
0 Evercore - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 3y
0 Jefferies & Company - Interview - Investment Banking Data 3y
+7 MM firms ranked London 8 3y
0 How Long to Find a Role? 1 3y
+14 [UK] - Looking to escape B4 audit to IB/CorpFin 9 3y
+8 Will AN1s be on the chopping block for layoffs? How does this impact signing bonus clawbacks? 4 3y
0 HSBC - Interview - Investment Banking Data 3y
+3 Severance Pay 2 3y
+32 Citi Layoffs? 37 3y
0 Platform effect on trader 1 3y
0 Swiss Re - Interview - Generalist Data 3y
0 Barclays - Review - Debt Capital Markets Data 3y
+3 Recent M&A deals 0 3y
0 RBS Royal Bank of Scotland - Review - Investment Banking Data 3y
0 ER to IB best practices 1 3y
0 Barclays - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3y
+10 Tips on JPM Group Placement? 13 3y
0 Barclays - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3y
0 Cambridge Wilkinson - Interview - Investment Banking Data 3y
+19 Being snubbed is worse than being rejected 7 3y
0 BofA or JPM IBD for Summer? 2 3y
+14 Moelis vs Morgan Stanley LONDON 9 3y
+9 American -> Oxford -> US IB? 6 3y
0 Deloitte - Interview - Generalist Data 3y
0 Barclays - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 3y
0 GS CWM vs BX Real Estate Institutional Client Solutions 1 3y
0 MS London IBD "best" teams 1 3y
+12 Gunning for a LND RX internship 7 3y
0 Corporate Banking - How long does it typically take to hear back? Am I waitlisted? 1 3y
0 Changing Coverage Groups 1 3y
+14 Lateral Networking Emails 23 3y
+38 Opinion: WSO is hilarious 23 3y
+3 what banks comparable to RBC in terms of exists? 4 3y
0 Fitch Ratings - Review - Investment Banking Data 3y
+15 NYC Housing - FT Analyst 19 3y
0 Fitch Ratings - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 3y
0 Heritage Capital Group - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3y
0 Heritage Capital Group - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3y
+10 Best Possible Laptop For IB 20 3y
0 Jeffries FT 1 3y
+3 When to use DCF vs comparables vs precedent transactions? 2 3y
0 Dickinson Williams & Company - Interview - Generalist Data 3y
+3 Aeris Partners Lifestyle/Compensation/Exits 3 3y
+188 Exit as a VP because lost interest 80 3y
+2 what does mark-to-market mean? 2 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 (76) $101
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