+15 Do people "lateral" into trading from anything which isn't trading? 5 2y
+2 Move from S&T to IB? 1 2y
+7 Likelihood of being laid off? 2 2y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - FICC - Fixed Income Currency and Commodities Data 2y
+8 Typical Return Offer Rates For S&T 2 2y
0 Automate Runz on Bloomberg 1 2y
+13 Fertilizer Trading 3 2y
+1 Nomura Fixed Income Sales 2 2y
+9 Fertilizer Trading 1 2y
+1 Which Banks have a physical commodities presence? 3 2y
+11 S&T analyst LOWBALL 2 2y
0 Société Générale - Review - Sales and Trading Data 2y
0 Société Générale - Salary & Bonus - Sales and Trading Data 2y
0 BNP Paribas - Interview - Investment Banking Data 2y
+9 Global Markets Structuring at local bank v.s. Commodity Trading at trading house 2 2y
+16 FX STIR Trading 11 2y
0 Good books for students? 1 2y
+10 Is an internship possible for me? 13 2y
+18 ICAP Summer Internship (Odds of moving to IB full-time) (HELP) 3 2y
+19 Sales guys - what would you make of this? 5 2y
+3 T&S VS Risk management 1 2y
+19 Masters for S&T Macro HF Exit? 6 2y
+16 Best Desks in GS Fixed Income 7 2y
+2 Risk internship during uni, how is it seen if I want to become a trader? 2 2y
+28 Barclays London — Bank of America Hong Kong 16 2y
0 Best S&T Desks at Barclays Hong Kong 1 2y
+3 Commodity Trading out of Undergrad 5 2y
+14 Commodity Trading Careers 14 2y
0 How did Goldman Sachs commodities head Emerson made $100M in last three years? 3 2y
0 Any Trading/Structuring Desks that Sponsor Masters/PhD? 4 2y
0 Tracks to Portfolio Management at top HFs 1 2y
+9 Stub bonus for Global Markets Analysts at BBs? 7 2y
+23 Long Careers in Commodities & Trading for the Love of the Game 3 2y
+3 First year Summer trading internship 3 2y
+2 2nd Year S&T Associate looking to lateral into IB 8 2y
0 BNP Paribas - Review - Sales and Trading Data 2y
+22 Commodity Trader? Career Path? 5 2y
+12 Citi Distressed Debt Trading 1 2y
+34 Citi EXITING ANOTHER market - distressed debt 9 2y
+3 MS 2024 Sophomore IED Sales & Trading SA 5 2y
+14 Hedge Fund vs. BB 11 2y
0 Barclays - Salary & Bonus - Prime Brokerage Data 2y
0 BNP Paribas - Salary & Bonus - Sales and Trading Data 2y
0 What companies do you think are the biggest ones that aren’t public that could go public in 2024? 0 2y
+9 GS Special Assets Group 4 2y
0 Bank of Montreal - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets Data 2y
0 JERA 0 2y
+17 Mathematics for Sales and Trading 24 2y
+3 How to become an options trader/ macro trader/ fx trader at a bb 3 2y
0 ER --> S&T 1 2y
0 Scotiabank - Salary & Bonus - Prime Brokerage Data 2y
0 VIX Products Trading 2 2y
0 Deutsche Bank - Salary & Bonus - Special Situations Group Data 2y
0 DRW - Interview - Generalist Data 2y
0 Northwestern Mutual - Review - Consumer - Retail Data 2y
0 BNP Paribas - Review - Sales and Trading Data 2y
0 BNP Paribas - Salary & Bonus - Sales and Trading Data 2y
0 DRW - Interview - Technology Data 2y
0 Jump Trading - Salary & Bonus - Research Data 2y
+13 Barclays S&T ny - which desks are the best? 2 2y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Sales and Trading Data 2y
+12 Scotiabank Rotational Program or Try Recruiting for BB in NYC 4 2y
+6 What are some of the less automatable equity desks? 5 2y
0 Credit Agricole S&T SA 2024 0 2y
0 Jane Street Capital - Salary & Bonus - Prop Trading Data 2y
+32 Structured Finance IB vs FI S&T 17 1mo
0 Cibc asg interview 3 2y
0 ECM to Sales? 0 2y
+9 How to break into structuring 3 2y
0 How to Break into Commodities 2 2y
+1 Bonus For Analyst that Started Jul 2023 3 2y
+5 structured products group BB, FO? 4 2y
+31 Careers in Quant Trading/Programming Dev 15 2y
+55 2023 Canadian Analyst + Associate Bonus Thread (S&T) 26 2y
0 Barclays sales and trading SA HK 0 2y
0 SMBC S&T Rates SA 1 2y
0 BNP Paribas - Salary & Bonus - Structured Products Data 2y
+9 S&T at Barclays Hong Kong: CS Background 5 2y
0 Thoughts on being an SA S&T with their SIE? 2 2y
+2 Transitioning to London/ New York - Trading 3 2y
+6 Struggling to Pass Assessment Centre’s 1 2y
0 Morgan Stanley 2024 IED Sales & Trading Sophomore SA 1 2y
0 Jump Trading - Salary & Bonus - Back Office Data 2y
+19 Commodities Trading Target Unis (specifically Canadian) 11 2y
+59 2023/2024 Bonus Discussion 42 2y
0 Nordea - Review - Back Office Data 2y
0 Nordea - Salary & Bonus - Back Office Data 2y
+32 Trading options from college dorm 6 2y
0 S&T Career Progression 2 2y
0 (HELP) Fixed Income training materials 1 2y
0 Optiver - Salary & Bonus - Trading Data 2y
+18 QT/QR/S&T - what statistics topics to self study in preparation for internship applications? 5 2y
0 Recommend FX Books 1 2y
+12 How To Prep For BB S&T Internship 1 2y
0 Citadel Securities - Interview - Quantitative Research Data 2y
0 Natixis - Interview - Fixed Income Data 2y
0 Citadel Securities - Interview - Prop Trading Data 2y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - FICC - Fixed Income Currency and Commodities Data 2y
0 Belvedere Trading - Salary & Bonus - Trading Data 2y
+4 Castleton Commodities Grad Program/Internship 6 2y

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  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Guggenheim Partners 02 97.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

October 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

October 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • JPMorgan No 97.4%

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  • Associates (57) $264
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (28) $184
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  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
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