0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Sales and Trading Data 4y
0 What are some exit opps for equity derivatives? 7 4y
+5 power prop trading vs CCI rotational trading program 14 4y
0 Qatalyst Partners - Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 4y
+8 Return Offer Secured: Now what? 5 4y
+4 Macquarie Psychometrics 2 4y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - Investment Banking Data 4y
+7 distressed debt market making: how does it work? 2 4y
0 Banco Santander - Review - Generalist Data 4y
0 Banco Santander - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
0 University of Texas - Salary & Bonus - Retail Banking Data 4y
+133 How to Start Trading (Compliments of Bondarb) 61 4y
0 How much would you bet? 1 4y
+6 Goldman Sachs distressed trading desk - good place to be? 1 4y
0 Credit Suisse - Interview - Sales and Trading Data 4y
0 Credit Suisse - Review - Structured Products Data 4y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - Equities Data 4y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Equities Data 4y
0 Société Générale - Review - Operations Data 4y
0 Société Générale - Salary & Bonus - Operations Data 4y
0 Have a phone interview for a Global Markets Sales position at a bank, how to prep? 1 4y
+18 PIMCO Vs S&T 5 4y
0 Société Générale - Review - Sales and Trading Data 4y
0 Société Générale - Salary & Bonus - Sales and Trading Data 4y
+7 Anyone ever lateral from IB to S&T (Sales side)? 8 4y
0 TD Securities - Review - Prime Brokerage Data 4y
0 TD Securities - Salary & Bonus - Prime Brokerage Data 4y
0 BP - Interview - Oil & Gas Data 4y
0 Jane Street Capital - Interview - Prop Trading Data 4y
0 Société Générale - Interview - Markets Data 4y
+9 How does a Master's in Mathematics/Statistics sound for my case? 1 4y
+7 Protein meal trading 2 4y
+1 What’s the most memorable stopout/blowup you’ve experienced? Own or someone you know 2 4y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Equities Data 4y
+21 Marking to Market a Cross Currency Swap - Components of NPV MTM 7 4y
0 Société Générale - Review - Sales and Trading Data 4y
0 Société Générale - Salary & Bonus - Sales and Trading Data 4y
+1 HR Wants to schedule a phone call with me a week after Superday? 2 4y
0 HSBC - Salary & Bonus - Sales and Trading Data 4y
0 Susquehanna International Group - Review - Prop Trading Data 4y
0 Susquehanna International Group - Salary & Bonus - Prop Trading Data 4y
0 Belvedere Trading - Review - Sales and Trading Data 4y
0 Team Belvedere LLC - Salary & Bonus - Sales and Trading Data 4y
+16 CME Internship 7 4y
0 Cheniere Energy - Review - Generalist Data 4y
0 Cheniere Energy - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
0 Google - Interview - Research Data 4y
+3 GS Women's Trader Academy UK 3 4y
+6 Interview prep/expectations for lateral hire (S&T) 1 4y
0 Glencore - Review - Oil & Gas Data 4y
0 Glencore - Salary & Bonus - Oil & Gas Data 4y
0 Citigroup - Interview - FICC - Fixed Income Currency and Commodities Data 4y
+12 What is realistic salary progression for top BB (GS/JPM/etc.) fixed income derivatives trader? 15 4y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Sales and Trading Data 4y
0 Qatalyst Partners - Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 4y
0 Credit Suisse - Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 4y
+3 Optiver Institutional Trading 1 4y
+8 Could I have squeezed out a few more dollars? 6 4y
+6 What can be negotiated for a SA offer? 4 4y
+5 London 2022 Grad Salaries 3 4y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - NA Data 4y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 4y
+50 A Response to "Which desk is best?" Type Questions... Please Read Before Posting 14 4y
0 Susquehanna International Group - Review - Sales and Trading Data 4y
0 Susquehanna International Group - Salary & Bonus - Sales and Trading Data 4y
0 Hello - any Prop Traders here ? 2 4y
+37 Sales vs Trading 8 4y
+38 Trafigura Graduate Programme, 2017 47 4y
+1 Want to learn trading , where to start ? 2 4y
0 IMC Chicago - Salary & Bonus - Prop Trading Data 4y
0 BNP Paribas - Salary & Bonus - Trading Data 4y
+6 Starting new job in FX, any advice 1 4y
+26 Thoughts on Tesla getting into Energy trading 17 4y
+4 EM trading question 2 4y
+3 Goldman option advisory group 1 4y
0 What behavioral skills are important for S&T 1 4y
0 Silver Lake - Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 4y
0 BNP Paribas - Salary & Bonus - Sales and Trading Data 4y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - Sales and Trading Data 4y
0 JPMorgan - Review - Quantitative Research Data 4y
0 Siemens - Review - Generalist Data 4y
0 Siemens - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Research Data 4y
0 Barclays - Review - Sales and Trading Data 4y
0 Optiver - Interview - Prop Trading Data 4y
+4 To my smart traders: can I manage a book of unaccredited investors? 1 4y
+3 Evercore ISI 1 4y
0 Peak6 Investments - Review - Prop Trading Data 4y
+6 Market Risk to trading 1 4y
0 Credit Suisse - Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 4y
+13 What resources are the best to learn programming for Quantitative Trading? 4 4y
+14 What are you trading? 31 4y
0 TD Securities - Review - Sales and Trading Data 4y
0 TD Securities - Salary & Bonus - Sales and Trading Data 4y
+3 Traders, are you better off compare to 10 years ago? 1 4y
+3 Trending topics in emerging markets 1 4y
+103 Calling all Physical Commodity TRADERS: Benchmark indices and physical commodity trading risk 22 4y
0 UniCredit - Review - Foreign Exchange FX Data 4y
0 UniCredit - Salary & Bonus - Foreign Exchange FX Data 4y
+7 Getting into New Analyst Programme at 28y old with two masters and 1-2 work experience? 7 4y

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August 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 08 97.8%
  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.3%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.8%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.3%

Professional Growth Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.3%

Total Avg Compensation

August 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Associates (48) $259
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (25) $178
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (83) $151
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