Seven internships and counting as I aim for a graduate asset management job
Securing a graduate asset management job in Asia isn’t easy. Although buy-side firms are increasing the number of juniors they hire globally, they still offer far fewer opportunities than banks do –...
View ArticleWould you join RBS’s investment bank now?
Royal Bank of Scotland may not look like the best place to start your investment banking career. The bank has just unveiled the latest in a long line of deep cuts that will reportedly lead to 14,000 of...
View ArticleWho’s leaving Liberum?
At first sight, Liberum Capital – the London-based equities brokerage and investment banking business, has plenty going for it. Fashioned from the ashes of the financial crisis, it’s grown to house 156...
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An MBA is better than a CFA if you want to make MD in banking
It’s the perennial debate: should you get an MBA or a CFA if you want to get ahead in banking? An MBA from the sort of top tier school banks like to hire from will cost you a small fortune and mean...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: CICC set to hire later this year if it can overcome retention...
The job market in Asian investment banking may be flatlining right now, but keep an eye on China International Capital Corp during the second half of this year and beyond. CICC yesterday named Bi...
View ArticleAsset managers in Hong Kong and China start staffing up
China’s asset management industry is on the cusp of a big recruitment spree. Buoyed by the 31% upswing on the Shanghai stock market after the introduction of the Shanghai-HK stock connect scheme in...
View ArticleThe new flood of finance technology jobs heading for Hong Kong and Singapore
Banks in Asia are hiring more data scientists this year to help improve their services to local clients – and you don’t need to be working at a bank right now to clinch one of these jobs. “In the past...
View ArticleThe only people banks are hiring now
In theory, jobs in the financial services industry are so super-abundant that you should be able to stroll into a new one whenever you feel so inclined . Recruitment firm Robert Walters estimates that...
View ArticleInvestment banking operations hiring is back from the dead
Investment banking operations jobs are coming back in from the cold. After years of offshoring, outsourcing and cost-cutting, the past few months have seen a surge in back office vacancies in London...
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11 charts that tell you exactly where to work in rates trading
Rates trading is a dangerous business to work in and an even more perilous business to find a new job in. With rates businesses at the forefront of capital-optimizing job cuts, who knows whether the...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: Morgan Stanley to start new Asian hiring spree
In a sector as afflicted by talent shortages as Asian private banking, the hiring of just one relationship manager (RM) can cause plenty of headaches for banks. Morgan Stanley now faces much sterner...
View ArticleSeven ways to tell your boss that you’re quitting your banking job
Post-bonus hiring in Singapore and Hong Kong has been comparatively slow, but is expected to pick up in April. Recruiters in Asia are also fielding calls from RBS staff looking to leave the firm in the...
View ArticleThe top five most desirable skills in fintech now
Investment banks might need to invest in IT, but this doesn’t mean technologists are bullet proof. IT jobs are proliferating but banks are still considering outsourcing and offshoring arrangements to...
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It makes no sense to go into consulting instead of banking
Are you thinking of going into management consultancy? Maybe working for McKinsey instead of Goldman Sachs? Maybe specializing in Powerpoint presentations instead of Excel? Don’t. Not only will...
View ArticleWhy you might not want to earn $150k+ in compliance
Compliance jobs are where it’s at. They pay well. They’re as abundant as Starbucks in white neighborhoods. They impart a sense of empowerment. They’re great. Until you come across someone who’s...
View ArticleAnother sign that pay has plummeted for Barclays bankers on Wall Street?
Has something bad happened to pay at Barclays on Wall Street? We’re just asking because as we reported a few weeks ago, the proportion of Barclays’ staff earning more than £1m ($1.47m) who are based in...
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Three charts saying you should work in asset management instead of banking
The work-in-asset-management-instead-of-banking meme is a tired and has been done before. New Financial, a London-based think tank released a whole report on asset management pay rising relative to...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: Yet another Chinese bank ramps up recruitment in Hong Kong
March appears to be the month for Chinese firms to tempt us with hiring sprees. First came Ping An bank, with its plans to establish a Hong Kong subsidiary and recruit up to 60 staff in the city next...
View ArticleEight banks hiring in Hong Kong and Singapore right now
It hasn’t been a boom year so far for banking jobs in Hong Kong and Singapore. Recruitment is focused on replacing staff who’ve left, while some firms – Standard Chartered, CIMB and Goldman Sachs among...
View ArticleTop UK hedge fund also appears to have rolled out a LinkedIn ban
There’s no shortage of career advice on how to present yourself on LinkedIn to potential employers. Endorsements, top skills and a general polished ‘personal brand’ are all key to attracting the...
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