Deloitte is building a new team in Hong Kong: here’s who it wants to hire
“Passionate” and “insurance” don’t often go together, unless you’re interviewing with Francesco Nagari, Deloitte’s Hong Kong-based global IFRS insurance lead partner. “You’ll soon hear how passionate I...
View ArticleSeven interesting hires at Credit Suisse, Nomura and UBS and what they mean...
The first quarter is over and the post-bonus hiring rush (such as it was) is slowing fizzling out. Who have banks been hiring? Here’s our selection of the most interesting and senior moves at Credit...
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Top investment banks where people stick around. Top investment banks where...
Do people like to work for Goldman Sachs more than Morgan Stanley? For Credit Suisse more than Bank of America Merrill Lynch? For Deutsche Bank more than Barclays? If tenure is any indication of...
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Six facts about getting a job at Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs has just unveiled its 2014 annual report. Much of the information contained within the 224 pages is the same as that revealed in its Q4 results, but there’s still pertinent information...
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Why Deutsche Bank is not Goldman Sachs, by Morgan Stanley
Deutsche Bank is becoming Goldman Sachs. It’s dumping its retail arm (Postbank), and staying with its investment bank and fixed income business. Pretty soon, Deutsche and Goldman will be...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: Another bank tipped to hire to target Asia’s super rich
The appointment of David Loo as head of private clients for North Asia at Lombard Odier is expected to mean that the Swiss bank will try to lure more ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) bankers to its ranks....
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Are these the only three banks that are safe to work for in Asian M&A?
After rising 41% on 2014, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) volumes in the Asia Pacific region (excluding Japan) were at their highest level ever in the first quarter according to Dealogic. Does...
View ArticleWhy Hong Kong bankers don’t want to work for Hong Kong banks
Corporate banking professionals in Hong Kong still prefer to work for large international banks over those headquartered in their city or in mainland China. Hong Kong’s “big five” commercial and...
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These are the investment banks you can work for if you don’t have a finance...
Investment banks don’t employ many arts students. This is partly because fewer are interested in going into the financial sector than more quantitative graduates, but it’s also difficult for those...
View Article14 lessons in faking charisma
Lloyd Blankfein has it. Bob Diamond had it. Brian Moynihan is notoriously lacking in it, as is Antony Jenkins. Charisma: you already have it or you don’t. But it can be learned. “Charisma is not all...
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This is what J.P. Morgan’s results say about your banking job in 2015
J.P. Morgan just published its first quarter results for 2015. They’re unexpectedly good – especially if you work in the investment bank, in M&A, or FX, or US cash equities. And even if you don’t...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: Five reasons why Citi’s Asian staff will miss Steven Bird
Citi’s Asia Pacific CEO Steven Bird is moving to New York to head up its global consumer bank. Bird’s considerable achievements during his long career at Citi in Asia suggest that his replacement,...
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Asian banking jobs where you can earn $100k within six years of graduating
Are you a student or new graduate in Singapore or Hong Kong? Do you want to have a US$100k banking job as soon as possible? We’ve scoured the salary guides of recruiters Hays, Michael Page, Morgan...
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The top ten technology skills at BAML, Barclays, Credit Suisse, Citi, Goldman...
Is Goldman Sachs really a technology company? It employs over 9,000 IT professionals and CEO Lloyd Blankfein reiterated its tech credentials in last week’s annual report. Co-head of technology Paul...
View ArticleQuestions you will always encounter in an M&A interview. And how to answer them
M&A bankers are having a great year. And M&A teams are hiring – especially at the junior end. If you’re attending an interview, which M&A interview questions should you anticipate, and how...
View ArticleBank of America is hiring for FX again
One of the stand out highlights of Bank of America’s Q1 results released earlier today is stellar performance in its FX business. Volatility is back and despite lukewarm figures emerging from BAML’s...
View ArticleWhy you’ll love and hate life at PwC, Deloitte, EY and KPMG
As a follow-up to our comprehensive article on the differences between working for each of the Big Four accounting firms, we’d like to draw your attention to Vault’s new-new ‘2016’ ranking of the best...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: Now banks in Asia aren’t bothering to replace their bosses
Sudden departures at the top of Asian investment banking aren’t unusual – but when a country boss isn’t even replaced after they leave, you know that the IBD job market is in trouble. The departing...
View ArticleHalf of DBS jobs now outside Singapore as bank ramps up regional recruitment
Looking for a job at DBS? You should search right across Asia, not just in Singapore. Of the 21,000 employees at DBS, 11,000 (52%) are now based outside Singapore, says Theresa Phua, managing director...
View ArticleWhere the hiring and firing will be on Wall Street in 2015
As Wall Street struggles to appease regulators and repair reputational damage, it’s become clichéd to point to the frenzied recruitment of risk management and compliance staff in investment banking....
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