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+42 Next IB Pay Rise? Especially for juniors IB 27 7mo
+42 Scaling Thought Exercise - Buy & Build A Market Maker Business HF 9 7mo
+42 Could RBS / NatWest Have Become a Bulge Bracket Bank Without 2008? IB 7 7mo
+42 Is my associate gay? IB 18 9mo
+42 Construction Management to Real Estate Development RE 23 2mo
+42 JP Morgan Real Estate RE 23 6mo
+42 Commodities/Energy Trading Internship Rankings TR 40 5mo
+42 Should I go back to banking from PE? IB 23 9mo
+42 AI and our futures OFF 15 10mo
+42 New to WSO (hs senior) BSCH 28 5mo
+42 Culture at Top VC / Growth Arms VC 28 9mo
+42 Is this industry going to die before I retire? OFF 18 11mo
+42 Director promotion reflections CF 8 10mo
+41 Thinking through tech investing: early growth vs. growth vs. buyout PE 19 1d
+41 I don’t think investment banking is the way for me anymore IB 33 2w
+41 Should I go back into a junior IBD role for comp? IB 19 3w
+41 2026 Investment Banking Return Offer Climate IB 25 3w
+41 Lateraling at senior associate / VP level PE 15 1mo
+41 Nauseous every morning for past 3 years in IB, anyone else? IB 21 1mo
+41 Trafigura / Glencore / Vitol / Gunvor / Mercuria Commercial Graduate Programs — Comp, Progression, and Trader Seat Odds TR 7 3w
+41 Is Stepstone a very prestigious job? CR 15 1mo
+41 Considering quitting 1st year in to find a new job, bad idea? JOB 18 2mo
+41 UBS Groups Ranked by Future Outlook IB 20 3mo
+41 Underrated MF/UMM Funds PE 49 1mo
+41 2027 Analyst Cycle PE 18 3mo
+41 NYU Stern or UVA Mcintire IB 58 4mo
+41 quit finance to pursue a writing/novelist career...struggling with the mental side of leaving the industry OFF 23 3mo
+41 Any Cool Stories on PM's Side Hustles / PA's? HF 8 4mo
+41 UBS IB Chi or JPM Corporate Banking Chi IB 23 5mo
+41 Really want to exit.. IB 22 2mo
+41 RBC IB Layoffs?? IB 57 6mo
+41 MBB --> PE Advice PE 11 6mo
+41 Data on PE Firms With Growing Momentum PE 15 6mo
+41 Dinner with Partner - Offer to Pay? IB 18 7mo
+41 Infrassocs? Real headhunters? PE 5 7mo
+41 Direct Lending - Sixth Street, Golub, Whitehorse or Twinbrook CR 20 1mo
+41 What happened to Chipotle? OFF 28 8mo
+41 do markets still function well for LO guys? HF 14 8mo
+41 Deutsche Bank Team IB 36 2mo
+41 Late to the Party: Full-Time IB Recruiting Advice For a Senior IB 19 9mo
+41 Who Has More Aura? GS Vs. Evercore IB 33 9mo
+41 Concerned About Switch to PE PE 10 10mo
+41 BNP IB IB 32 6mo
+41 Unpaid intern at a boutique IB for the last 5 months… do I ask for pay? IB 25 11mo
+41 Partners Group - Buyout PE 36 8mo
+41 Considering quitting - looking for some advice PE 39 10mo
+41 I’m socially awkward OFF 21 11mo
+40 Analyst Shows Up in the Prada Sped Slipper — What Are You Doing? FASH 11 1d
+40 RO / Rerecruit / Bet on Myself PE 10 2w
+40 IB RO Discussion IB 8 2w
+40 Fired during interview IB 8 1mo
+40 Do you regret doing PE? PE 20 1mo
+40 Stay at Weak Dealflow Team or Lateral? IB 12 1mo
+40 RSM vs ESCP vs SSE vs Bayes as a not native and stay in that market? BSCH 37 21m
+40 STEM student lost in London IB recruiting IB 23 2w
+40 Investment Banking is Hard IB 17 2mo
+40 Background check issue IB Full Time IB 22 2mo
+40 A Graduating Senior's WSO Reflection SCSS 4 3mo
+40 Are there like real MDs on here at all lol OFF 26 3mo
+40 Do you learn more in middle market? IB 6 4mo
+40 What’s your number? $1M? $5M? $25M? OFF 29 3mo
+40 Jeff , SMFG takeover ? IB 21 5mo
+40 Life as IB Analyst vs. PE Associate PE 12 5mo
+40 Getting stiffed on bonus HF 17 5mo
+40 Lied slightly about gpa? IB 27 2mo
+40 Exits to HFs: Sales vs Trading in S&T? TR 20 5mo
+40 Best Banks and Groups to Become a Banker for Longer Than 2 Years? IB 30 6mo
+40 People at Blue Owl... how are you interpreting everything that's going on? CR 11 5mo
+40 Lowest Comp You'd Take For Lead Coverage ER 25 6mo
+40 So How Does One FT Recruit?? IB 7 2mo
+40 Lifestyle Group Rankings IB 13 6mo
+40 What is the next hot space? PE 33 6mo
+40 Transitioning from M&A to Private Credit – Newbie Looking for Tips & Reality Check CR 9 6mo
+40 how to break into Macro trading/Global macro TR 21 4mo
+40 Credit Hedge Fund Info/Help HF 43 6mo
+40 UBS Exits IB 20 1mo
+40 Lateralling as a 3rd Year Analyst Shortly Before Associate Promotion IB 25 8mo
+40 Pivot From Public Equities AM 13 8mo
+40 Interested in Senior Housing as an asset class- Looking for perspectives RE 14 9mo
+40 How big of a guarantee for senior associate? HF 13 9mo
+40 FT 2026 Recruiting IB 20 3mo
+40 Is it possible for me to get back to Tech Buyout PE? PE 14 10mo
+40 ED NYU Stern vs. UChicago for IB Recruiting BSCH 31 5mo
+40 Anyone Else Get Annoyed by YourFinanceBrother on IG / Tiktok? IB 22 10mo
+40 Not sure what offer to take after graduation IB 10 11mo
+40 Treasury Yields Aren't Dropping With Rate Cuts - When Will RE Recover? RE 15 11mo
+40 Lateraling from MM to BB/EB IB 5 8mo
+40 PE-> Strategic Finance -> HF. Story Problem. HF 7 1mo
+39 How do I know when I’m relying too heavily on ai for IB technicals? Or should I just avoid it? IB 12 1w
+39 EpsteinBooks Dispute: Child Molestation Optimization Process OFF 6 1mo
+39 Multifamily firms collpasing in Dallas whose next? RE 19 5d
+39 Quitting IB to start a CPG startup VC 9 1mo
+39 Why do you want to be a sector-lead analyst? ER 13 1mo
+39 Life Advice After Banking/PE (Rising College Jr.) PE 5 1mo
+39 What do you say to ppl who don’t know EVR/LAZ/CVP/PJT IB 28 1mo
+39 How to be satisfied IB 23 2mo
+39 Why is ROIC never really a topic when looking at companies IRL PE 9 3mo
+39 EB Exits (Now 2026) IB 16 3mo
+39 What’s the deal with Greenhill? IB 19 1mo
+39 Lazard acquires Campbell Lutyens for $575m INV 17 1mo

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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%
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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%
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September 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Morgan Stanley 07 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
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September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (51) $260
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