0 7 Things I Hate About BofA 2 4y
+6 Offer letter 1 4y
+6 Will Comp Come Down for VPs and Above? 1 4y
0 Integrity Square - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
+3 HL Private Funds Group Comp/Culture 5 4y
+6 Career change? 1 4y
+15 Credit Suisse guilty in COCAINE CASH LAUNDERING Case 8 4y
+7 Objectively Ranking the Top 50 Banks by Prestige 14 4y
+6 Why the Barclays Hate? 2 4y
+3 Why the BofA hate? 1 4y
+77 Sorority girls on wall street? 42 4y
+9 4th stage interview - not sure what to ask 1 4y
0 BB/MM in Denver, CO? 3 4y
+179 IB/PE 10 years after college 67 4y
+3 Any thoughts on TD Securities IBD TMT M&A 2 4y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Generalist Data 4y
+3 Hate sitting at a desk in Investment Banking 3 4y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
+10 What happens to your personal stock/ETF holdings when you start working in IB full time? 1 4y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+14 Compass Point: Any reviews / anecdotes? Is it FBR's successor firm? 1 4y
0 FocalPoint Partners LLC - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
+5 Associate -> VP switching banks? 6 4y
+3 DELETE 1 4y
+3 Calculating PV in excel 4 4y
+7 Roast my UK non-target IB SA CV 10 4y
0 AGC Partners - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 KeyBanc Capital Markets - Interview - Investment Banking Data 4y
+9 Where do MDs/Directors/VPs live ? (NYC) 8 4y
0 Deutsche Bank - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
+6 Will regional banks give raise? 19 4y
0 Leerink Partners - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
0 Is working on sub $100M deals "real finance" 7 4y
0 Maxim Group - Salary & Bonus - Life Sciences Data 4y
+3 How often do users become certified? 5 4y
0 HSBC - Salary & Bonus - Infrastructure Data 4y
0 London- Morgan Stanley or JP Morgan? 2 4y
0 LBO doubt 1 4y
0 What's in Morgan Stanley's Fixed Income Division? 4 4y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Interview - Restructuring Data 4y
+19 How did you manage to get a return offer from another team as a summer intern? 7 4y
0 Student Loan Repayment 1 4y
+47 Showering during Fire Drills 27 4y
+8 European Banks in Hong Kong 6 4y
0 Oberon Securities - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
+2 Recession and Return Offers..... 2 4y
0 Book: "Venture Capital, Private Equity, and the Financing of Entrepreneurship" by Josh Lerner, Felda Hardymon, and Ann Leamon 1 4y
+33 Summer Internship at Investment banks as a final year student (London). Possible? 18 4y
+14 Series 7, 63 ,79 - Am I screwed? 9 4y
+16 Best Credit Card: 2022 23 4y
0 Scotiabank - Interview - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+16 VP Ass 14 4y
0 Base pay at lower middle market Investment Banks? Cowen, Raymond James, Wunderlich Canaccord 8 4y
+3 Cab Policy 2 4y
+9 Staffer Tools 1 4y
+3 Where are you invested? 2 4y
+9 How to balance IBD as a possible choice for a Software Engineer career changer? 1 4y
+24 How to Prepare for IB Summer Internship 14 4y
+28 Why the Credit Suisse hate? 9 4y
+10 Enterprise Valuation Technical Question 2 4y
0 DNB Markets - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
+9 Growth and Exit Opportunities: Real Estate Sales at a Middle Market Investment Bank 1 4y
0 DNB Markets - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
+6 M&A Fees for MegaCap Deals 0 4y
+6 What is the salary gap between IB and PE? 1 4y
+12 Charlotte Bankers 10 4y
+6 Recession job security in IB vs ER? 1 4y
+8 Pets in Investment Banking 10 4y
+43 Do analysts crush on interns? 17 4y
0 Barclays - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
+3 Are EB IB hours that bad? 2 4y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
+9 London bankers, where do you get your suits? 18 4y
+7 Information On Citi FIG / CS FIG / Barclays FIG 8 4y
+31 IB Rankings for Pay $$$ 42 4y
+18 Why the Barclays Hate?!? 3 4y
+47 Litquidity and Crypto 13 4y
+4 Return offer calculus 6 4y
+42 Lifespan of Banker Who Doesn't Source 25 4y
+23 Canadian Bonus 2021 Megathread 27 4y
+4 Citi Freshman Diversity Discovery Program 7 4y
+251 How to earn respect from your analysts? 52 4y
0 BDA Partners - Review - Generalist Data 4y
0 BDA Partners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+37 It seems that commercial banks are not valued as important as investment banks in US? Is it correct? Why? 14 4y
+19 Refusing to Work Saturdays 15 4y
0 TD Securities - Interview - Investment Banking Data 4y
+246 MD's Phone Call Interrupted 20 4y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Cascadia Capital LLC - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
+63 Most fuckboy thing you've ever done at work? 20 4y
+5 Mark Moran 7 4y
0 RBC Municipal Finance Pay and Bonus 1 4y
0 American Bank vs French Bank? 2 4y
+67 Piper Sandler 2021 SA 201 4y
+7 EVR Menlo Park Healthcare Group 4 4y
+13 Any Info on Victory Park Capital 12 4y
0 HSBC - Interview - Investment Banking Data 4y

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 98.8%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 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 (80) $150
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (73) $101
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