Why AI will make investment bankers more efficient — not redundant — and what that means for how they get paid Introduction: A Philosophy Built in the MIT AI Lab Dave Blundin is a serial entrepreneur, MIT-trained artificial intelligence pioneer, and the Founder and...
Every year, M&A bankers at every level — analysts, associates, VPs, Directors, MDs — find out their number, see it is smaller than they expected, and spend the next forty-eight hours refreshing the anonymous banking forums, texting a peer at a competitor for...
Prospect Rock Partners Restricted Access 🔒 Annual Publication 2025 IB CompensationReport March 2026 Confidential 866Respondents 17Title Levels 2025Data Year Survey Participant Access Your access code was emailed to survey participants. Check your inbox for a message...
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,...
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...
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