0 Starwood Capital Group - Review - Real Estate PE Data 8y
+62 If you had six months to travel, what would you do? OFF 66 8y
0 Breaking into "Public Policy" Financial Institutions JOB 7 8y
0 Starwood Capital Group - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate PE Data 8y
0 Intermediate Capital Group - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity PE Data 8y
0 Intermediate Capital Group - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity PE Data 8y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
0 Northwestern Mutual - Review - Sales AM Data 8y
0 Northwestern Mutual - Salary & Bonus - Sales AM Data 8y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Review - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions IB Data 8y
0 HSBC - Review - Risk Management AM Data 8y
0 HSBC - Salary & Bonus - Risk Management AM Data 8y
+3 Comparing Capital, Leverage and RWAs between banks TR 1 8y
0 Interview Question : Private v. Public Company IB 5 8y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Review - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
0 Nomura IBD vs Citi Corporate Banking IB 4 8y
0 Fortress Investment Group - Review - Other HF Data 8y
0 Fortress Investment Group - Salary & Bonus - Other HF Data 8y
0 Working for tech company, want to go tech IB OTH 2 8y
0 Optiver - Salary & Bonus - Prop Trading TR Data 8y
0 Moore Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Macro HF Data 8y
0 McKinsey and Co - Interview - Generalist CO Data 8y
0 Starwood Capital Group - Interview - Real Estate RE Data 8y
0 The World Bank - Review - Risk Management OTH Data 8y
0 The World Bank - Salary & Bonus - Risk Management OTH Data 8y
0 T. Rowe Price - Interview - Equities AM Data 8y
0 PwC - Review - Generalist IB Data 8y
0 PwC - Salary & Bonus - Generalist IB Data 8y
0 KPMG - Review - Management Consulting CO Data 8y
0 KPMG - Salary & Bonus - Management Consulting CO Data 8y
+17 Negative CFs funded by Equity - Modelling RE 2 8y
0 Citizens Bank - Interview - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
0 How many jobs have Amazon created? OFF 3 8y
0 5th Annual Polish & CEE Private Equity Conference 0 8y
0 3rd Annual French Private Equity Conference 0 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Operations IB Data 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Operations IB Data 8y
+21 Going out: Button down or regular collar dress shirts? FASH 6 8y
0 2017 CEL & Associates Comp RE 0 8y
0 SEI Investments - Salary & Bonus - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) OTH Data 8y
+22 I don't understand the concept of cost of equity IB 5 8y
0 Goldman Sachs Internal Mobility JOB 11 8y
+15 Audax Group PE vs. Guggenheim IBD SA PE 8 8y
0 TD Securities - Review - Sales and Trading TR Data 8y
0 TD Securities - Salary & Bonus - Sales and Trading TR Data 8y
0 Wells Fargo Summer Analyst Internship Phone Interview Question JOB 14 8y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Wealth Management AM Data 8y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Wealth Management AM Data 8y
0 Dimensional Fund Advisors - Salary & Bonus - Research AM Data 8y
0 United States Army - Review - Operations OTH Data 8y
0 Morgan Stanley - Interview - Technology Consulting OTH Data 8y
0 United States Army - Salary & Bonus - Operations OTH Data 8y
0 PwC - Review - Risk CO Data 8y
+3 3.5 GPA or Business minor? BSCH 3 8y
0 JD/MBA for Investment Banking IB 3 8y
0 Piper Jaffray - Salary & Bonus - Generalist TR Data 8y
0 FT recruiting without networking? IB 7 8y
0 JPMorgan - Interview - Sales and Trading TR Data 8y
0 Current Non-Target Sophomore deciding between Asset Valuation and BB PWM WM 0 8y
0 Ernst & Young LLP - Interview - Transaction Advisory Services OTH Data 8y
0 Zanders Treasury and Finance Solutions - Interview - Risk Management CO Data 8y
0 Changes in junior IB staff compensation? IB 1 8y
0 Difference between Portfolio Manager and Private Equity Investment Teams? PE 1 8y
0 Hilliard Lyons Investment Banking - Interview - Asset Management AM Data 8y
0 HSBC - Interview - Investor Relations IB Data 8y
0 PwC - Interview - Advisory OTH Data 8y
0 Citigroup - Review - Generalist IB Data 8y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Generalist IB Data 8y
0 Citigroup - Interview - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
0 Moelis & Company - Interview - Generalist IB Data 8y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions IB Data 8y
0 Société Générale - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions IB Data 8y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Commercial Banking RE Data 8y
0 Morgan Stanley - Interview - Finance IB Data 8y
+7 Bucket List Ideas OFF 0 8y
0 Booz Allen Hamilton - Review - Management Consulting CO Data 8y
0 Booz Allen Hamilton - Salary & Bonus - Management Consulting CO Data 8y
0 Aetna - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions IB Data 8y
0 A.E. Feldman - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking PE Data 8y
0 Bank of China - Salary & Bonus - Corporate Banking CF Data 8y
0 Corporate FA CF 4 8y
0 Deloitte - Review - Consulting CO Data 8y
0 Deloitte - Salary & Bonus - Consulting CO Data 8y
0 DCF Valuation down to the unit ecomonics PE 2 8y
0 Is Goldman's SASS (Strategic Advisory Structuring Solutions) Group like most IBD groups? IB 1 8y
+21 Bribery scandal rocks college athletics OFF 7 8y
0 BAML Global Research Internship ER 3 8y
0 Applying to a job at your hedge fund's PB TR 2 8y
0 China International Capital Corporation - Review - Operations IB Data 8y
0 China International Capital Corporation - Salary & Bonus - Operations IB Data 8y
0 Big 4 audit v no name CF IB 0 8y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions IB Data 8y
+11 How to sign off for the night IB 3 8y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Interview - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) IB Data 8y
0 Federal Reserve Bank of New York - Interview - Research OTH Data 8y
+44 What are some unique/interesting aspects of the culture at different banks? BB/EB/MM IB 13 8y

Career Advancement Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.9%
  • Evercore 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.7%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.1%

Total Avg Compensation

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (15) $434
  • Associates (46) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (79) $150
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (73) $101
notes
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