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0 Help ! M&A modelling practice 0 5y
+10 Staying Awake 10 5y
+3 Transferring schools 1 5y
+7 Am I screwed (Econ major) 9 5y
0 Lazard Freres - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
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0 Lazard Freres - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 CLSA - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 CLSA - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 Should I start looking for a place now in NYC? Start date: July 2021. 3 5y
0 No contact with the HR team since signing SA? 1 5y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
+2 How to Spin a Buyside M&A deal for PE interviews? 3 5y
+12 GS Operations vs. PwC Management Consulting 3 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
0 Free Website for Spreading Comps? 1 5y
0 What does margin refer to? 1 5y
+22 SIE exam timeline 18 5y
0 JPM Tech SF 2 5y
+21 Smoothest Path to MF PE? (besides BB/EB) 10 5y
0 Banco Santander - Review - NA Data 5y
0 Banco Santander - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 5y
0 How to value Payments Service Provider that also engages in merchant/consumer lending? 1 5y
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0 Raymond James Financial Inc. - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Interview - Restructuring Data 5y
0 Rothschild - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
0 MM SA -----> BB FT Possible? 3 5y
+10 ESG / green banking groups? 5 5y
0 Evercore - Salary & Bonus - Restructuring Data 5y
+2 3.8 Major GPA vs 3.4 Cumulative 2 5y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 5y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 5y
+27 should I rsvp Lazard's houston sophomore women's event? 21 5y
+7 Group allocation at MS London? (off-cycle) 17 5y
+7 Worried about Application/Background check 3 5y
+21 I am afraid of not passing the background checking because of the involvement of my brother and my uncle in a drug cartel. 21 5y
0 To those who lateraled into a competitor after working alongside them 1 5y
0 Can someone please comment on GS Natural Resources group (non-Houston)? 1 5y
0 Bank for International Settlements/noobie questions 1 5y
0 JP Morgan Quantitative Research Interview 3 5y
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0 Moelis & Company - Salary & Bonus - Healthcare Data 5y
0 Consumer MM/Specific Industry 1 5y
+2 Tech Trends 2 5y
0 PNC Financial Services - Review - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Data 5y
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+4 SPAC Exit Opps 8 5y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Capital Markets Data 5y
0 Stout Risius Ross - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 WSO Networking guide 1 5y
+21 Big 4 TAS/FDD -> Big 4 Corp fin(IBD) 9 5y
+39 Things to automate in IB 32 5y
+4 IBD in Canada 2 5y
0 UBS Financial Services - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
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0 How to lateral to IB for FT? 2 5y
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0 HSBC - Salary & Bonus - Financial Sponsors Data 5y
+8 JP Morgan Strategic Investments Group 6 5y
+3 How to stay updated with deals? 1 5y
+3 Barclays layoffs ? 3 5y
+60 Am I compensated fairly as an Analyst in NYC? 20 5y
0 Anyone know the status quo of JPM TMT London? 1 5y
0 HSBC - Review - Leveraged Finance Data 5y
0 RBC SA 2022 Updated Thread 2 5y
0 HSBC Commercial Banking - Salary & Bonus - Leveraged Finance Data 5y
+1 Stock valuation with covid numbers 2 5y
0 Citigroup - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Lazard Summer Associate Superdays 3 5y
0 Citigroup - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Review - Human Resources Data 5y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Salary & Bonus - Human Resources Data 5y
+12 how do investment banks look at internship at Big4? 1 5y
0 Interdisciplinary / Hybrid Roles 4 5y
+7 GS IBD versus MBD 6 5y
+6 Following Media/Sports deals 4 5y
0 UBS - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 UBS - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 RBC Capital Markets - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
+1 Networking 3 5y
+9 What can my employer see on my personal computer? 6 5y
+44 Blue light glasses - do they work? 28 5y
+6 Mid-Market Securities, LLC. 6 5y
0 2021 Analyst Laterals 4 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
+74 IB Work Difficulty 33 5y
+12 Machine and Equipment, Fixed Asset, Tangible Asset Valuation Exit Opps 3 5y
0 Stephens Inc - Salary & Bonus - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Data 5y
0 Graduating Senior — Now What? 10 5y
+25 Healthcare SA Technical Prep 8 5y
0 Barclays - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
+8 JP Morgan RIB (Regional Investment Banking) Coverage Group thoughts 5 5y

Career Advancement Opportunities

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.2%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.6%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.8%
  • Evercore 01 98.2%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.6%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.0%

Professional Growth Opportunities

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.2%
  • JPMorgan No 97.6%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.1%

Total Avg Compensation

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (14) $434
  • Associates (43) $259
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (77) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (70) $101
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