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+10 Western Ivey AEO or McGill Desautels BSCH 3 3m
+4,134 Bank of America - Juniors Strike to start Monday May 6th IB 451 5s
+17 What happens if you go for on-cycle and don’t land an offer? PE 9 13s
0 Ivey Business School Grading BSCH 2 6m
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+3 Sentinel Capital NYC 2024 PE 1 7s
+19 Dream Job vs Dream Location JOB 13 20s
+5 Kendrick vs. Drake - Who You Got as Winner? IB 7 11s
+12 Best career to maximise cash earnings in the first 10-15 years? IB 8 13m
+135 "Died of Natural causes" - Are you kidding me? IB 49 16s
+20 Easiest way to make about $2mm/y PE 10 16s
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+13 JPM LevFin IB 10 12m
+5 Soft course at target, how do I break in? IB 4 4s
+78 Best SM seats in 2024? HF 66 6m
+7 Lateraling from Trading to IB vs. IB to Trading TR 1 15m
+1 Sciences Po & Berkeley [CAD$250k] vs University of Toronto [CAD$100k] BSCH 3 8m
+18 Secondaries PE Recruiting PE 7 6s
+4 Funniest Networking Stories JOB 1 19m
+20 Morgan Stanley Experienced Professionals Program (MSEPP) 2024 JOB 25 4s
0 Two Real Estate Investment Firms: Madison Realty Capital and Madison Capital (Both NYC Based) RE 1 14s
+13 BMO Capital Markets Layoffs IB 4 21s
+35 JP Morgan SA 2025 IB 263 12s
+181 IB SA 2025 thread - Canada IB 632 22m
+39 Actual Reputation of UBS Sponsors IB 21 10m
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+41 LMM Folks: Have you seen an attractive business model where you said "that's so easy that I could start that business today"? PE 17 31m
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+17 If you could go back… RE 22 12s
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0 Compensation Benchmark Market Studies PE 0 8s
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0 Is equities the place to be in asset management? AM 1 2s
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0 Peak Frameworks PE course PE 0 2h
+6 Carlyle Secondaries (AlpInvest) - Updated Views PE 1 1h
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+11 Loser on the trading floor - help please! TR 3 2h
+29 Investment Banking Interns - Learn to Abuse the Office Printer. Here Are 5 Tips to Make Sure You Land The Return Offer This Summer. IB 2 1h
+26 Is MBA the only solution for me to get into Infra PE? PE 13 2h
+153 BofA List IB 38 2h
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Career Advancement Opportunities

May 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 04 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

May 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

May 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

May 2024 Investment Banking

  • Director/MD (5) $648
  • Vice President (20) $385
  • Associates (88) $260
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (14) $181
  • Intern/Summer Associate (33) $170
  • 2nd Year Analyst (67) $168
  • 1st Year Analyst (205) $159
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (146) $101
notes
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