+10 What Does Your Personal Portfolio Look Like? 3 3y
+14 Ghosted by HR/Headhunter? 18 3y
+8 EBs during current economic conditions 7 3y
+5 Morgan Stanley GCM Groups? 9 3y
+5 BB Hq vs regional office 4 3y
+3 How do I find investors in US SPAC deals? 1 3y
+220 Q&A: I hate my Banking job. Most likely transferring to Back office. 132 3y
+3 Technical question; Prefered shares value in EV formula 3 3y
+21 Pulling 100 Hr Work Weeks for a Return Offer I Do Not Want 4 3y
0 Absolute Return Capital Advisors LLC - Interview - Mining Data 3y
+12 How to optimize for comp without sweating forever? 7 3y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3y
0 The Vant Group - Interview - Investment Banking Data 3y
+3 Finders fee for SPAC 1 3y
+6 CS First Boston Top 10 on League Tables? 4 3y
+4 All I hear about is analyst to PE/HF/VC exit. What about exiting after A2A or A2VP? Does a longer banking stint help? Does it set you up only for IB? 10 3y
+9 London meet-up: Thursday 3rd November (The Counting House) 6 3y
+6 MS NY M&A vs MS Tech Menlo 6 3y
+3 how to phrase 'managing personal portfolio' on my IBD CV 1 3y
+3 Associate degree ? 16 3y
+9 Regional Boutique IB vs Big Four M&A (Which one has a better chance of breaking into BB) 2 3y
+24 Prestige Ranking 25 3y
+3 Undercover 4 3y
+92 CS First Boston 96 3y
+3 FT Partners London Summer Analyst 2023 4 3y
+6 Investment banks reputations in Sydney 1 3y
+3 Associate Training 1 3y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3y
+8 Stepstone vs BB 12 3y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Interview - Investment Banking Data 3y
+7 Cowen M&A teams in London - culture + strengths? 1 3y
+60 Anyone else think pay in London is horrible now 45 3y
+6 Investor relations at a mega fund 2 3y
+3 BB Summer Analyst Vs. Jane Street Business Development 1 3y
+3 IB at the peak and after 2008 crisis 1 3y
+30 HSBC 2021 SA ???? 158 3y
+23 Goldman Sachs (GS) Full-Time Analyst Program 2023 London Thread 35 3y
+8 Work in Capital Markets at London Stock Exchange Group? 3 3y
+4 Making errors even after checking 4 3y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Equity Research Data 3y
0 How to be a better associate 1 3y
+9 Taken off a deal 2 3y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Review - Restructuring Data 3y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Salary & Bonus - Restructuring Data 3y
0 PJT Partners - Interview - Restructuring Data 4y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
+14 Potential Deal Fell Into My Lap, what should I do? 2 4y
+6 Los Angeles Apartment Suggestions 6 4y
+3 When to send networking email 1 4y
+27 Feeling as an incapable first year analyst might 6 4y
+6 Barclays IB - FT 2023 3 4y
+4 Macquarie Intern Pay 7 4y
0 CIBC World Markets - Salary & Bonus - Leveraged Finance Data 4y
+64 Any Investment Bankers Relate? 24 4y
+389 Last Analyst Standing is Paradise 20 4y
0 Stifel Nicolaus and Company, Inc - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+13 Building Work Ethic 2 4y
+3 JPM spring week Hireview 2 4y
+5 2022 Investment Banking Compensation Expectations 3 4y
+3 Guggenheim NY Superday 1 4y
+5 What is Subscription Secured Finance? 11 4y
+112 Back to the office - back to the same old same old? 45 4y
+1 BlackRock FT/Analyst program 2023 - London 1 4y
+15 How to keep offers open? 10 4y
+22 Trading vs. Banking? 8 4y
+32 With CS now relegated out of the bulge bracket, which bank gets promoted to BB? 15 4y
+13 SA 2021 Salary? 14 4y
+6 Morgan Stanley IBD (FFM) - Teams 6 4y
+23 Brown Gibbons Lang (BGL) updated repuation/culture/comp 20 4y
+9 How to exit abroad? 2 4y
+6 William Blair Private Capital Markets SA 5 4y
+4 MS HK SA 2023 (Asia) 6 4y
+12 JP Morgan Sophomore Spotlight insight day 8 4y
0 Anyone has any insights/ experience in M&A insurance industry at an underwriting agency? 1 4y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Interview - Restructuring Data 4y
+150 NYC pay transparency law is huge 111 4y
+6 Senior Level Bankers: What do you value in your juniors? 5 4y
+6 I want to Intellectually Self-Actualise. Can I Still do this in Finance? 1 4y
+6 Winning Mandates 5 4y
0 ABG Sundal Collier - Review - Generalist Data 4y
+3 Bank of America SA timeline 10 4y
0 ABG Sundal Collier - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+3 Who pays for VDD 1 4y
0 Centerview Partners - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Evercore - Interview - Restructuring Data 4y
+1 PJT Camberview SA Recruiting process 19 4y
+3 BB Fixed Income Interview 1 4y
+6 RBC Women's Advisory Program 2022 Updates 8 4y
+48 How hard were your first few months in IB? 11 4y
+8 SA Salaries 31 4y
0 WBB Securities - Review - Healthcare Data 4y
+9 Financial Sponsors Coverage Group - Houlihan Lokey 2 4y
+3 Information on Jefferies SETG 1 4y
+12 PJT Camberview 21 4y
+13 Jefferies vs Greenhill London 13 4y
0 Information on Jefferies SETG 1 4y
+1 Question for those who still work while on vacation: how did you end up such spineless losers? 1 4y
0 SMBC Nikko Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
+143 Extreme introvert - sick of "networking" 34 4y

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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