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But the cherry on top came from the infamous “105-hour workweek” leaked presentation from a group of Goldman Sachs Analysts. Meanwhile, some elite boutique banks , such as Centerview, went up to $130K for Year 1 Analysts (!). Together, these factors forced the large banks to increase pay. at some smaller firms.
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bulge-bracket banks , such as JPM, GS, MS, and Citi, always rank well in the league tables. The other bulgebrackets (BofA, Barclays, UBS, and DB) tend to rank lower, but this varies each year. Finally, there are MENA-based boutique investment banks , such as Alpen, Arqaam, Awad, deNovo, EFG Hermes, SHUAA, and Swicorp.
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