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Goldman Sachs Layoffs 2026: Inside the Bank’s Shift to Rolling, Performance-Based Job Cuts
Wall Street's most storied investment bank is overhauling the way it manages its workforce — and the changes could ripple across the financial industry. Goldman Sachs, one of the most influential financial institutions on Wall Street, is preparing to launch a new...
2025 PRP IB Compensation Report (Password Protected)
Prospect Rock Partners’ 2025 IB Compensation Report
After bottoming out in 2023, investment banking pay has staged a two-year rally — and the 2025 data makes clear that the recovery is real, broad-based, and steepest at the top. Based on 866 survey responses collected in Q1 2026 across 17 title levels and 8 bank types,...
Blue Owl and Private Credit’s Stress Test: What PE Sponsors May Actually Be Thinking About
Show Me the Money (That You Can’t Touch): How Deferred Comp Separates Real Performers from Posers
Part 2 of "Calling Your Bluff" Series In our last post, we talked about the art of the humble flex—those subtle signals that separate actual top performers from people who just claim to be in the "top bucket." But here's the thing: even the best humble flexes are...
The Exit Everyone Overlooks: Why Your Next Move Might Be Another Bank
The Exit Everyone Overlooks: Why Your Next Move Might Be Another Bank You're 18 months into your post-MBA banking role and something feels off. You're not exactly sure what it is, but you know you're not happy. You started thinking about PE because that's what you're...
Leaving Investment Banking for Corporate Development? Here’s What You Need to Know
The narrative is seductive: escape the brutal banking hours, maintain strong compensation, gain strategic influence, and build a sustainable career. Corporate development has emerged as the hot exit for post-MBA investment banking associates and VPs, positioned as...
Is Private Equity Past Its Prime? What the Blue Owl Situation Reveals About Private Markets
Private equity owns a record 13,000 U.S. businesses. But it's sitting on 31,000 companies valued at $3.7 trillion that it hasn't yet been able to exit. For two decades, private equity delivered on its core promise: taking illiquid risk in exchange for superior...
How to Get a Job on LinkedIn Without Really Trying: The Investment Banker Edition
Optimize Your Profile So the Right Headhunters Find You — and Stop Wasting Your Time Let's set the scene. It's 11:30 PM. You just wrapped up a pitch — slides sent, comments incorporated, MD finally signed off — and your phone buzzes with a LinkedIn message: "Hi! I...
The Clawback Crackdown: What California and New York’s New Laws Mean for Investment Bankers
Sign-on bonuses, guaranteed compensation packages, relocation stipends, deferred payouts — these are the building blocks of investment banking recruitment and retention. They're also squarely in the crosshairs of new legislation in California and New York that's...