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Moelis Sees Talent War Driving Junior Banker Pay Hikes

  • Wall Street CEO is ‘paying people more than we ever have’
  • Firm bumped up first-year analyst comp to $110,000 a year
WATCH: Ken Moelis, chairman and chief executive officer of Moelis & Co., speaks to Erik Schatzker.

Source: Bloomberg

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After the biggest windfall in years for junior bankers, with starting salaries increasing by 30% or more to as much as $120,000, Ken Moelis is prepared to bump up pay even further next year.

“We’re not doing it grudgingly. Business is booming,” the founding chairman and chief executive officer of Moelis & Co. said in an interview Thursday on Bloomberg Television. “The deal flow, if it continues to rise the way it does, we need the best talent in the world.”