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+39 UBS Exits IB 19 5mo
+39 Q&A: Director @ Kroll (ex Duff & Phelps) – Mid-Market M&A, Modeling That Actually Gets Used, and What IB Looks Like Outside GS/MS IB 26 2w
+39 Pivot From Public Equities AM 13 5mo
+39 Fifth Third Bank is an Awful place to work IB 13 5mo
+39 Lateral Promotion Risks? IB 12 6mo
+39 Sign-on bonus negotiation PE 22 1mo
+39 Negotiating Comp with Current Developer/Employer RE 11 5mo
+39 Any I Bankers who play Clash Royale down to have a coffee chat? IB 8 7mo
+39 Barclays Screws You Over One Last Time on the Way Out IB 9 6mo
+39 Should I take VC offer or retry for PE? PE 26 8mo
+39 how hard are EB technicals/topics to study and focus on IB 8 7mo
+39 $250k net worth at 21 INV 16 8mo
+39 Is DEI basically discriminatory against non-Londoners? (Half joking, half not) IB 21 8mo
+39 “PE” at a hedge fund? PE 15 2mo
+39 Feeling FOMO from not being in NYC… IB 48 10mo
+39 Am I an ambitious idiot? I want to start my own Hedge Fund.... HF 15 10mo
+39 Q&A: AVP in USD rates derivatives TR 36 9mo
+39 Banks with good social culture/happy hour/parties IB 21 3mo
+39 Short Idea for L/S Interview HF 27 10mo
+39 Why most ppl shouldn't do RX IB 13 8mo
+39 The Ex That Dumped You Because of Work? OFF 15 11mo
+39 Monster shits ruining my chance at a return offer? IB 10 11mo
+39 Today's Great Investors HF 18 11mo
+39 How do you workout and maintain weight as a first year analyst? OFF 14 11mo
+38 Why is ROIC never really a topic when looking at companies IRL PE 11 5d
+38 Underrated MF/UMM Funds PE 45 1d
+38 Best associate I've worked with is leaving for PE, want to do something for him, no idea what PE 18 1d
+38 EB Exits (Now 2026) IB 16 1d
+38 2027 Analyst Cycle PE 16 3d
+38 Fun Cheap Convertible OFF 26 4d
+38 Favorite poem OFF 14 2w
+38 UMM Off Cycle Help PE 20 1mo
+38 Lazard acquires Campbell Lutyens for $575m INV 16 1mo
+38 Lied slightly about gpa? IB 25 2mo
+38 Penn State vs Fordham vs Indiana Bloomington IB 29 2mo
+38 Stay in Family Office with great WLB, exposure, responsibility and team relationships or jump to something more intense? AM 10 2mo
+38 Meaning / Purpose in relation to finance. OFF 14 2mo
+38 KKR Scholars PE 46 1w
+38 Optimizing PnL / risk tolerance w.r.t. career path HF 11 3mo
+38 What did I do wrong? IB 30 3mo
+38 Fastest/Craziest Promotion Timelines You've Seen IB 27 1mo
+38 My 2026 On-Cycle Experience PE 6 4mo
+38 SA2027 Canadian IB Recruiting: U.S. Pullback = Tougher Toronto Cycle? IB 6 4mo
+38 WTF is this NYC market RE 22 4mo
+38 Starting own real estate development firm/business? RE 19 1w
+38 Bad mid year/first year reviews and improving after? IB 7 4mo
+38 High End Convenience Stores OFF 22 4mo
+38 What is the most pedigreed university combo in the world? BSCH 43 1mo
+38 Guide of Best Places to Live in London in Finance OFF 8 5mo
+38 PWP vs JEFF vs MOE London IB 31 4mo
+38 PE Associate Exits PE 14 5mo
+38 Path to Commodities as Undergraduate Junior TR 21 5mo
+38 Quitting 2Y EB IB for Peace Corps: Is this Insane? What are Job Prospects After? IB 14 6mo
+38 Lied in Ops interview about not ever wanting to be FO HF 14 7mo
+38 Done BIWS/WSO course - How to build modelling intuition / discernment from scratch IB 8 7mo
+38 PoC Bankers IB 17 7mo
+38 I wish I did consulting instead of IB CO 26 6mo
+38 Consulting VS IB Differences CO 13 7mo
+38 Struggling with Recruitment and why is it so damn early IB 17 7mo
+38 PE associate underperformer -> considering law for stability? PE 26 8mo
+38 Rejected From Every Club At Wharton IB 21 8mo
+38 Spending 40k on a watch is crazy? OFF 52 4mo
+38 Long term career in DCM IB 5 8mo
+38 U Calgary vs Western IVEY? BSCH 29 3mo
+38 What is good in HC PE these days PE 24 4mo
+38 Chances of working finance in a portfolio company and moving up to the PE ranks? PE 32 8mo
+38 Networking Automation MVP IB 10 9mo
+38 Upcoming EB FT Interviews IB 23 4mo
+38 MMHF L/S Tiers HF 32 3mo
+38 Tiger Grandcub Startup HF out of College - Need Advice HF 18 10mo
+38 Definitions and names for Growth Investing VC 11 10mo
+38 PE Associate Bonus PE 66 3mo
+38 Canada - Investigating IB Unpaid Overtime Class Action IB 10 10mo
+38 Building Models and Decks is Harder Than Performing Heart Surgery OFF 5 11mo
+38 Snacks in IB OFF 11 11mo
+38 Career Guidance: Development vs. Brokerage; Which is the Better Launchpad? RE 27 11mo
+38 McKinsey vs. Evercore M&A IB 21 11mo
+38 TCV post-ZIRP - GE seats worth pursuing? PE 19 11mo
+38 THE OFFICIAL FAIRFIELD COUNTY TIERLIST IB 16 5mo
+38 Do people move from MBB to Alix/A&M? How is it? My thoughts CO 4 11mo
+38 What are you doing post pe? PE 18 11mo
+38 …………………………………………………………………………… OFF 12 11mo
+37 Comp Decreasing? PE 10 5d
+37 (Exploding offers) - Dumb to pass on UMM for LMM Sr. Associate + Quicker Promote? PE 27 3w
+37 Dressing for internship in Teen X / 0pium style? OFF 11 2w
+37 Advice Needed: Reneging 2 Months Before Start PE 12 1mo
+37 MD hates me, what do I do? ER 4 1mo
+37 JP banker poached by Citi is a menace IB 17 1mo
+37 Stanford vs. East Mississippi Coastal Junior Agricultural & Mechanical School for the Deaf & Blind Dwarves of Central America MEME 5 1mo
+37 VP/Director at top BB/EB. ~$2.5-3M saved. Stuck. IB 10 2mo
+37 Marry Rich or Pursue IB Dreams OFF 14 2mo
+37 Cornell (A&S) vs. Georgetown (SFS)... cannot decide. IB 22 2mo
+37 Feeling Lost and Looking for Advice (more senior) JOB 6 2mo
+37 What returns are you underwriting? PE 14 2mo
+37 Is JEF the cockroach? IB 13 2mo
+37 deletreeee IB 33 2mo
+37 Hedge Fund Manger IQ? HF 19 2mo
+37 Claude is getting scarily good IB 10 1mo
+37 Terrified of being the "slow intern." IB 23 3mo
+37 CRE Modeling with AI RE 35 2mo

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June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
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