0 What makes a great investment banker in ECM? IB 1 2y
0 KPMG - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions CF Data 2y
0 China International Capital Corporation - Review - NA TR Data 2y
0 China International Capital Corporation - Salary & Bonus - NA TR Data 2y
+3 Loaner to Owner RE 1 2y
0 Deutsche Bank - Review - Sales and Trading TR Data 2y
+48 What am I supposed to be learning? New to development, a little lost. RE 20 2y
+51 Q&A: Risk => Buy side => CorpDev => Tech Sales OFF 32 2y
0 Deutsche Bank - Salary & Bonus - Sales and Trading TR Data 2y
+17 Eaton Vance Reputation AM 10 2y
0 Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation - Review - Fixed Income PE Data 2y
0 Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation - Salary & Bonus - Fixed Income PE Data 2y
+7 Wall Street prep on resume? RES 5 2y
0 AlpInvest Partners - Review - Private Equity PE Data 2y
+45 If Trump runs in 2024, do you think he can win? OFF 27 2y
+23 Interview Question: "Why do you want to leave your current firm?" JOB 15 2y
0 AlpInvest Partners - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity PE Data 2y
+14 Pro Tip to win arguments that I've discovered OFF 15 2y
+13 Partner interviews - How do they differ? CO 7 2y
+6 Is Stifel taking Summer Associates for 2022? IB 1 2y
0 AlpInvest Partners - Review - Private Equity PE Data 2y
+5 Citi London Best Teams IB 9 2y
0 AlpInvest Partners - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity PE Data 2y
0 Prudential Private Capital - Review - Investment Management PE Data 2y
0 Prudential Private Capital - Salary & Bonus - Investment Management PE Data 2y
+6 AM associate Vs MBA AM 2 2y
+38 IB+PE > MBA > Long-only (T Rowe Price, Wellington, Capital Group, Fidelity) AM 18 2y
+197 F*#K MINIMUM WAGE OFF 102 2y
+23 You hop in an Uber... OFF 8 2y
+16 The Death of Online Poker OFF 22 2y
+21 Incoming Freshman in Need of Advice JOB 12 2y
+6 Writing about new internship on resume RES 6 2y
+3 MS ER 2022 ER 16 2y
0 Deloitte - Review - Risk Data 2y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Consumer - Retail ER Data 2y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Consumer - Retail ER Data 2y
+2 EB RX vs. Market Making IB 2 2y
0 JPMorgan Chase - Review - Private Banking AM Data 2y
+26 Buy side to Sell side - can it be done? IB 15 2y
+6 Deleted IB 1 2y
0 BNP Paribas - Review - Corporate Finance Data 2y
0 LEK Final Round Turnaround? CO 1 2y
+3 Help choosing between offers TR 2 2y
0 Amazon - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 2y
0 JPM PB JOB 1 2y
0 Conspiracy - Everyone on this thread is a high schooler going to ASU/Penn State/Bama and I'm the only working professional IB 3 2y
0 OneLogin and ServiceNow integration OFF 1 2y
+4 Need help JOB 1 2y
+7 Switching college major after accepting internship--bad? JOB 2 2y
+1 Impact on GE's Decision to Split into 3 Companies on the GE FMP? CF 1 2y
+8 SA FT SMBC Project Finance IB 1 2y
+3 Balbec Capital? PE 1 2y
0 Raine Group Info (2021) IB 1 2y
+28 Credit Suisse NY vs. Morgan Stanley LA vs. Lazard Chicago (Rx) IB 18 2y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Equity Capital Markets Data 2y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets Data 2y
+6 Do you want Trump to run again? OFF 11 2y
0 CPP Investment Board - Review - Private Equity PE Data 2y
+58 Torn between coasting or getting my act together OFF 45 2y
0 CPP Investment Board - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity PE Data 2y
+3 Msc finance country BSCH 1 2y
+3 Other Careers RE 1 2y
0 CNA Financial - Review - NA Data 2y
0 CNA Financial - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 2y
+4 Rothschild Consumer & Retail IB 7 2y
0 Deloitte - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions CO Data 2y
0 Deloitte - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions CO Data 2y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions IB Data 2y
0 Wells Fargo - Review - Treasury CF Data 2y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions IB Data 2y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Treasury CF Data 2y
+3 HL Biz Services M&A in LA IB 8 2y
+37 WF IB VS BMO IB IB 21 2y
+30 Atypical Diplomat/Military->MBA->RE thread. Brutally honest feedback appreciated. RE 12 2y
+21 Entrepreneurs and Millionaires are not much smarter than most people on WSO. OFF 7 2y
+4 Nashville PE PE 5 2y
+56 Where do you guys want to retire? OFF 92 2y
0 Ernst & Young LLP - Review - Restructuring CO Data 2y
0 Ernst & Young LLP - Salary & Bonus - Restructuring CO Data 2y
0 FDIC - Review - Government - Federal Data 2y
0 FDIC - Salary & Bonus - Government - Federal Data 2y
+6 What are your top investment ideas for 2022? PE 1 2y
0 Pigs Get Slaughtered INV 0 2y
0 BlackRock - Interview - Alternative Investments AM Data 2y
+22 Fraud^2 | The Daily Peel | 11/10/21 INV 1 2y
0 Graham Partners - Interview - Private Equity PE Data 2y
0 PNC Financial Services - Interview - Risk Data 2y
+24 Getting into commodities trading seat TR 15 2y
0 NASA - Review - Research Data 2y
+4 How do you get off the Pinpoint list? IB 1 2y
0 Stifel Financial - Interview - Generalist IB Data 2y
0 NASA - Salary & Bonus - Research Data 2y
+6 Keep failing video interviews!!! (HireVue etc.) IB 1 2y
0 Blackstone Strategic Partners 2022 SA PE 1 2y
0 Fisher Investments - Review - Consumer - Retail AM Data 2y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Commercial Banking Data 2y
0 Fisher Investments - Salary & Bonus - Consumer - Retail AM Data 2y
0 Macquarie Group Limited ABN - Review - Oil & Gas TR Data 2y
0 Macquarie Group Limited ABN - Salary & Bonus - Oil & Gas TR Data 2y
+6 Incoming IB Summer Analyst @ Barclays NYC Group IB 2 2y

Career Advancement Opportunities

April 2024 Investment Banking

  • Jefferies & Company 02 99.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 19 98.8%
  • Harris Williams & Co. New 98.3%
  • Lazard Freres 02 97.7%
  • JPMorgan Chase 03 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

April 2024 Investment Banking

  • Harris Williams & Co. 18 99.4%
  • JPMorgan Chase 10 98.8%
  • Lazard Freres 05 98.3%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.7%
  • William Blair 03 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

April 2024 Investment Banking

  • Lazard Freres 01 99.4%
  • Jefferies & Company 02 98.8%
  • Goldman Sachs 17 98.3%
  • Moelis & Company 07 97.7%
  • JPMorgan Chase 05 97.1%

Total Avg Compensation

April 2024 Investment Banking

  • Director/MD (5) $648
  • Vice President (19) $385
  • Associates (87) $260
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (14) $181
  • Intern/Summer Associate (33) $170
  • 2nd Year Analyst (66) $168
  • 1st Year Analyst (205) $159
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (146) $101
notes
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success
From 10 rejections to 1 dream investment banking internship

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