by meridith dennes | Oct 13, 2025 | Interviewing, Lateral Recruiting, Layoffs
Wall Street’s MD Hiring Spree May Freeze Promotion Pipelines Through 2027 A recent wave of lateral recruitment has expanded MD ranks across the industry—and two-year guarantees protecting new hires could constrain advancement at multiple levels Investment banks... 
by meridith dennes | Oct 5, 2025 | Campus Recruiting, Interviewing, Lateral Recruiting, Layoffs, News, Summer Internships
The Transformation Underway JPMorgan Chase is exploring a dramatic restructuring of its investment banking workforce, with proposals under discussion to reduce the ratio of junior bankers to senior managers from 6-to-1 to 4-to-1, according to recent reports. However,... 
by meridith dennes | Sep 21, 2025 | Campus Recruiting, Lateral Recruiting, Layoffs, News
President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation requiring a $100,000 application fee for H-1B visas, representing what experts are calling one of the most dramatic changes to the skilled worker program in decades. The new policy, which took effect immediately on... 
by meridith dennes | Jul 24, 2025 | Lateral Recruiting, Layoffs, Networking
The harsh reality: Investment banking is notoriously youth-obsessed, with most Managing Directors calling it quits before traditional retirement age. But for seasoned investment bankers over 55, the end of a traditional IB career doesn’t mean the end of a... 
by meridith dennes | Jul 3, 2025 | Lateral Recruiting, Layoffs
The uncomfortable truth about investment banking is that your career has an expiration date—and it often comes sooner than you think. But what’s even more uncomfortable is what happens next. Despite what career coaches and LinkedIn influencers tell you, the... 
by meridith dennes | May 25, 2025 | Layoffs
Investment banking is undergoing a quieter but substantial workforce adjustment that, while receiving less media attention than previous cycles, represents a significant recalibration across the industry. The reductions are being executed with surgical precision:...