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0 PwC - Salary & Bonus - Management Consulting CO Data 7y
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0 Sanford C Bernstein - Review - Trading TR Data 7y
0 Sanford C Bernstein - Salary & Bonus - Trading TR Data 7y
0 McDonald Lehner - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions TR Data 7y
0 RBC Capital Markets - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions IB Data 7y
0 McDonald Lehner - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions TR Data 7y
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0 RBC Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions IB Data 7y
0 Northwestern Mutual - Review - Insurance AM Data 7y
0 Northwestern Mutual - Salary & Bonus - Insurance AM Data 7y
0 Bain & Company - Interview - NA CO Data 7y
+23 Dilemma from delaying graduation for summer recruiting IB 11 7y
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0 Millennium - Salary & Bonus - Equity Research HF Data 7y
0 Houlihan Lokey Corporate Finance NY vs Deutsche Bank Corporate Finance NY JOB 7 7y
+53 Q&A - Commodities Trading, Alternative Investments, Alt Data TR 9 7y
0 PwC - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
0 Suncor - Salary & Bonus - Oil & Gas CF Data 7y
0 RBC Wealth Management - Review - Private Wealth Management AM Data 7y
0 RBC Wealth Management - Salary & Bonus - Private Wealth Management AM Data 7y
0 3M - Company Data 7y
+5 Unfunded pension liabilities IB 3 7y
+3 Need of Studypartner OTH 1 7y
+4 Susquehanna International Group thoughts? PE 1 7y
0 PSP Investments - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity PE Data 7y
0 Ernst & Young LLP - Review - Tax Data 7y
0 Ernst & Young LLP - Salary & Bonus - Tax Data 7y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Review - Trading TR Data 7y
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+3 Raymond James Verticals IB 1 7y
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0 RBC Capital Markets - Review - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) IB Data 7y
0 RBC Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) IB Data 7y
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0 Blue Mountain Capital - Salary & Bonus - Finance HF Data 7y
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0 KPMG - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
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0 Johnson & Johnson - Review - Generalist CF Data 7y
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0 Johnson & Johnson - Salary & Bonus - Generalist CF Data 7y
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+12 What parts of the HF industry are experiencing structural tailwinds? HF 1 7y
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+84 What's WSO's opinion on pitbulls? OFF 41 7y
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0 Ernst & Young LLP - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions CO Data 7y
0 Ernst & Young LLP - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions CO Data 7y
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Career Advancement Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Morgan Stanley 08 97.8%
  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.2%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.3%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.8%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.2%

Professional Growth Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.2%

Total Avg Compensation

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (47) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (25) $178
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (83) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (74) $101
notes
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