0 Robert W. Baird & Co. - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Robert W. Baird & Co. - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
+7 How Risky is a Career in IB? 11 5y
0 Evercore - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 How to secure a more senior role at another firm (lateral promotion)? 1 5y
+82 What is Northwestern University's Reputation 138 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 BB Comp Day date 1 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Piper Sandler - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Piper Sandler - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Citigroup - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
+48 US & EMEA League Tables 42 5y
+3 How to break into IB as technology Analyst at a BB? 1 5y
+18 Best IB Consumer Groups? 14 5y
0 Barclays - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
+12 Public Finance IB Interview Help 22 5y
0 Morgan Stanley - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
+5 Is Rothschild rolling? 8 5y
0 Barclays - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
+38 Where the f*ck are the ambitious/succesful women at? 26 5y
+16 What's the biggest example you have seen of someone using family connections to break in? 16 5y
0 Citigroup - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
+12 Questions to ask your manager in performance review 1 5y
+33 Mba 2nd year associate looking for "Banking light" 28 5y
0 Switch Groups after Stub/1 Year 3 5y
0 PNC Financial Services - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 PNC Financial Services - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
+3 JP Morgan Sophomore Summer Internship 2021 1 5y
0 Question on the relationship between retained earnings and equity/enterprise value 1 5y
+33 Accepted BB Offer- Now Invited to Visit Offices Before Internship- Normal? 11 5y
0 When Goldman has NOT been the Golden Ticket 4 5y
+3 How many analysts does your group have per MD/ED or D 1 5y
+3 If You Could Do it Over Again... 3 5y
+4 About to start FT but no longer looking forward to it 4 5y
0 JPMorgan - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
0 Nomura NYC 1 5y
0 Piper Sandler - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
+19 EMEA FIG ECM and M&A League Tables 2020 & 2019 17 5y
0 Practicing/memorizing how to do DCFs? 1 5y
0 RBC Capital Markets - Interview - Public Finance Data 5y
0 How to pull analyst projections for EBITDA/Revenue for spreading comps? 3 5y
+3 What are the Best Media and Communications groups? 2 5y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Consumer - Retail Data 5y
+53 SA Class Sizes 119 5y
+7 Credit Suisse 2020 Top IPO Underwriter 3 5y
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+2 Which is better 2 5y
+25 Stick out IB for one year or try to bail right now? Dream job would be at Xbox. 11 5y
+7 Essay finance topics 5 5y
+6 Pre-Employment Drug Testing for SA (NYC) @ EB 3 5y
0 Commercial Banking/Corporate Banking Recruiters 1 5y
+23 M&A vs. RX 17 5y
+5 Biotechnology Model Template / Example 3 5y
0 BB Lateral Offers 1 5y
+35 The most interesting M&A / IBD headlines to follow right now 29 5y
+17 UBS/DB: Can we settle this? 6 5y
0 Unsure on Equity Research at Goldman 1 5y
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0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 2021 IBD full-time start date out? 1 5y
0 Year End Review 4 5y
+10 Evercore paying for MBA - is this true? 5 5y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
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0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 HSBC - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Debt Capital Markets Data 5y
+17 IB for Italian MSc students 32 5y
+7 PETITION Restructuring / Distressed newsletter 8 5y
0 Nomura Holdings - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Nomura Holdings - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
+6 Approach to becoming a top performer (first impression vs showing growth) 5 5y
0 Part time MBA & internships/shadowing? 1 5y
+10 Does Jefferies have a balance-sheet? 13 5y
+55 Parking for sleeping near Wall St? 32 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Operations Data 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Operations Data 5y
0 Project finance consultant 1 5y
+7 NY vs CA Exits 8 5y
0 Freshman internship advice please 3 5y
+1 Abroad Internship for Freshman summer? 2 5y
+16 Good books to read (finance or non finance related) 23 5y
0 Evercore - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
0 Pursue IB? 4 5y
0 Which restaurants in the city would you recommend as a date spot right now? 1 5y
+5 Analyst under 21 12 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
+2 Investment Banking Book vs Focus Notes 1 5y
0 Citigroup - Review - Oil & Gas Data 5y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Oil & Gas Data 5y
+8 Defer IB analyst offer 10 5y
0 asking analysts to pass your resume along... who should they be passing it to 1 5y
0 Year End Review Advice ( about performance, comp, etc.) 6 5y
+8 What do do during Freshman Summer? 11 5y

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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