0 Rothschild - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
0 Rothschild - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
0 KeyBanc Capital Markets Culture, Hours, Reputation? 6 4y
+13 Keybanc IB Analyst (Cleveland) 24 4y
0 BofA London Pay Bump Feb? 5 4y
0 Edgemont Capital Partners - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
0 Edgemont Capital Partners - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
+123 Enterprise Value and Minority Interest 76 4y
0 Workplace Politics 2 4y
+23 Lev Fin help 8 4y
0 Office vax mandate 1 4y
+31 Which EBs and BBs have protected days / weekends? 61 4y
+13 Preferred Dividend Question 8 4y
+12 JPM SA 2022 London 33 4y
+14 What makes the insane hours necessary? 5 4y
+19 MBF HSG Vs MSc in Finance Bocconi 5 4y
0 CLSA - Interview - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 UBS AG - Interview - Investment Banking Data 4y
+9 Preseason is underway while the opening of 2022's regular season 1 4y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 S Goldman Advisors - Review - Generalist Data 4y
0 Credit Agricole - Interview - Leveraged Finance Data 4y
+7 What would you have done differently? 0 4y
0 CIBC World Markets - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Macquarie Infrastructure Investment & Development 4 4y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
0 PJ SOLOMON - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
0 CIBC World Markets - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
0 Martinwolf M&A Advisory - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
0 Ziegler - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
0 Lincoln International - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
0 EB Associate+ Bonus Match to GS 1 4y
+9 Making friends/living in a new city? 1 4y
+4 Incoming Analysts (and former incoming) How Did You Secure Your Apartment? 7 4y
0 Firepower Capital - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
0 Deutsche Bank - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Perella Weinberg Partners - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
+9 is IB leadership Ignorant 1 4y
0 When will my bank increase my meal stipend 1 4y
0 Perella Weinberg Partners - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
+4 Bonus buckets 2 4y
0 Difference between top and bottom bucket bonus 1 4y
+15 PE Recruiting from MM Bank 7 4y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
0 Rules for using periods with bullet points 1 4y
+89 Thoughts on Microsoft Acquiring Activision Blizzard? 51 4y
0 RBC Capital Markets - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 LionTree / FT Partners (London) Comp 1 4y
+7 Barclays raise? 9 4y
0 Coverage Banker vs. M&A Banker - Hours Better for Coverage? 1 4y
+12 JPM Bonuses 28 4y
+1 Piper Sandler IB Bonuses 4 4y
+27 How is UBS in 2021? 28 4y
0 Berenberg Bank - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
+6 Credit Delivery/Portfolio Management Analyst at Truist 1 4y
+1 Will the SA 2022 JPM interns get recent pay increases? 7 4y
0 Any students from smu looking for a roommate for summer 2022 in New York 1 4y
+6 What does M&A banker do? 1 4y
0 PNC Financial Services - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 PNC Financial Services - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) - Interview - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Truist Securities - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Truist Securities - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Any Sr. bankers who started their own advisory shops 1 4y
+1 Moelis Bonuses 9 4y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Corporate Banking Data 4y
0 Capstone Partners - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
0 Capstone Partners - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
0 Quitting Before Background Check Clears 1 4y
+10 Can CS raise base before embarrassing themselves with something new 7 4y
0 JMP Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
0 Brookfield Capital Partners - Interview - Consumer - Retail Data 4y
0 Barclays - Review - Generalist Data 4y
0 Barclays - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
0 BCMS Corporate LLC - Review - Generalist Data 4y
0 Perella Weinberg Partners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
0 BCMS Corporate LLC - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+6 Phoenix Management Services 3 4y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Credit Suisse - Interview - NA Data 4y
0 Stifel Nicolaus and Company, Inc - Review - Generalist Data 4y
0 Stifel Nicolaus and Company, Inc - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+46 How to be a good MD 6 4y
0 Nomura Holdings - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Nomura Holdings - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Duff & Phelps - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
0 Credit Suisse - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
+15 Mid-Career Failure Stories? 2 4y
+9 European and UK non-target to IB? 2 4y
0 Personality Fit Questions TIPS 1 4y
0 Mazzone & Associates - Interview - Investment Banking Data 4y
+3 Trinity Capital, Greif & Co. in LA 1 4y
+2 Some VPs at Goldman made more than $1 million this year 5 4y
+3 Goldman Lateral? 1 4y
+15 Wells Fargo SA 22 Placement 3 4y
+3 Tech Finance 1 4y
0 Will UK IB pay increase further? 1 4y

Career Advancement Opportunities

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.3%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.9%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.8%
  • 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 97.8%
  • JPMorgan No 97.3%

Total Avg Compensation

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (51) $260
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (26) $182
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (76) $101
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