0 PNC Financial Services - Review - NA Data 4y
0 Trafigura - Review - Oil & Gas Data 4y
0 Trafigura - Salary & Bonus - Oil & Gas Data 4y
+8 What kind of personality is needed for the physical houses? 3 4y
0 Friedman Billings Ramsey - Salary & Bonus - Debt Capital Markets Data 4y
0 Deutsche Bank - Interview - Sales and Trading Data 4y
+7 How to follow up on no-response cold networking emails 3 4y
0 JPMorgan - Interview - Equity Capital Markets Data 4y
+9 Jump ship to crypto startup 3 4y
+33 Quit prior to background check? 5 4y
0 Citizens Financial Group - Review - Sales and Trading Data 4y
0 Citizens Financial Group - Salary & Bonus - Sales and Trading Data 4y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Sales and Trading Data 4y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Interview - Equities Data 4y
+3 Anyone heard back after first round of interviews (Goldman HK equity derivative off-cycle)? 1 4y
0 ABN AMRO Group - Review - Prime Brokerage Data 4y
0 ABN AMRO Group - Salary & Bonus - Prime Brokerage Data 4y
+2 Delete 8 4y
0 Credit Suisse - Interview - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Credit Suisse - Interview - Sales and Trading Data 4y
0 Credit Suisse - Interview - NA Data 4y
0 ThinkEquity Partners - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Optiver - Salary & Bonus - Sales and Trading Data 4y
0 Franklin Templeton - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 4y
0 Bank of Nova Scotia - Interview - FICC - Fixed Income Currency and Commodities Data 4y
+14 Can I negotiate my salary as an incoming FA? 1 4y
+3 Credit Suisse S&T SA 2023 0 4y
+9 IB - S&T Lateral 1 4y
+11 Do professional traders trade using TA? 4 4y
0 Barclays - Salary & Bonus - Trading Data 4y
+21 So What Exactly Is A Recession? 16 4y
+4 What are non-debt fixed income products? 1 4y
+6 What's the trading floor like post COVID? 4 4y
+10 Delete 21 4y
+6 Wells Fargo S&T SA Houston 4 4y
+3 How is everyone spending their weekend? 1 4y
+56 Q&A: BB Rates prop trader 37 4y
+6 Macro Event Trading - Books 2 4y
+25 Confused about S&T while studying for FINRA exams - can someone help out? 3 4y
0 Structuring Desk: How Cyclical? 1 4y
+3 Anyone know anything about Piper Sandler Fixed Income? 3 4y
0 Totality Ventures - Interview - Equity Capital Markets Data 4y
+6 Optiver Online Trading Assessment 2 4y
0 Deutsche Bank - Review - Sales and Trading Data 4y
0 Deutsche Bank - Salary & Bonus - Sales and Trading Data 4y
0 Redburn - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+7 Best books for physical oil trading 4 4y
+8 Forex nostalgia 1 4y
+6 Can I invest for forex trading? 5 4y
+9 SIE EXAM PASSED 14 4y
0 Morgan Stanley - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - Equity Capital Markets Data 4y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets Data 4y
0 JPD Enterprises - Review - Generalist Data 4y
+19 I'm So SCREWED!! (Please HELP!!) 25 4y
+6 S&T Sales Pay Progression? 1 4y
+9 Convertible bond trading - info 5 4y
+1 Best books for Fixed Income 8 4y
+3 Applicant Pool Size? 1 4y
+6 How common is insider trading? 3 4y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Sales and Trading Data 4y
0 LSE MSC in Risk and Finance, a good program to enter sales and trading? 1 4y
0 BMO Capital Markets - Interview - NA Data 4y
0 Scotiabank - Review - Sales and Trading Data 4y
0 Scotiabank - Salary & Bonus - Sales and Trading Data 4y
+7 FICC Sales Exits? 7 4y
+27 How to: Break into Trading with a low GPA - not what you might think 1 4y
0 Credit Suisse - Review - Derivatives Data 4y
+11 Have you ever seen a new hire that you immediately knew wouldn’t last? 3 4y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Derivatives Data 4y
+3 Financial investment and real investment? 1 4y
+23 Choosing trading desks for FT as a BB SA? 11 4y
+11 FX Sales self-employment exit opportunities 16 4y
+8 How senior is too senior to try to network with? 12 4y
+3 ETF Sales in Prop Trading Firm (JST, Flow, SIG, DRW...) 2 4y
0 Phillips 66 - Review - Sales and Trading Data 4y
0 Phillips 66 - Salary & Bonus - Sales and Trading Data 4y
+3 Will FICC traders be replaced? 1 4y
+12 XVA quant offer 1 4y
+3 Management funds and budget 1 4y
0 Citigroup - Review - NA Data 4y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 4y
0 Sempra Energy - Salary & Bonus - Power Data 4y
+3 Oil Traders at Airlines 6 4y
+5 Spot Grid Trading——The Best Trading Strategy for the Bear Market 1 4y
+3 Great book that introduces FICC Trading? 1 4y
+6 S&T questions 0 4y
+5 Best Desks at GS? 4 4y
0 DRW - Salary & Bonus - Macro Data 4y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Review - Prime Brokerage Data 4y
0 CPP Investment Board - Review - Global Markets Data 4y
0 CPP Investment Board - Salary & Bonus - Global Markets Data 4y
+1 Do MS or UBS Financial Advisors have personal forex trading restrictions? 5 4y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Interview - Sales and Trading Data 4y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Interview - Sales and Trading Data 4y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Oil & Gas Data 4y
+3 Background on Credit Suisse? 1 4y
0 Federal Home Loan Bank - Review - Debt Capital Markets Data 4y
0 Federal Home Loan Bank - Salary & Bonus - Debt Capital Markets Data 4y
0 RWE Supply & Trading GmbH - Review - Oil & Gas Data 4y

Career Advancement Opportunities

November 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Guggenheim Partners 02 97.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

November 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

November 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • JPMorgan No 97.4%

Total Avg Compensation

November 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (57) $264
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (28) $184
  • Intern/Summer Associate (16) $161
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (76) $101
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