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6 people Deutsche Bank wants to hear from between now and 2020
Deutsche Bank has had a change of heart. It no longer wants to be a global investment bank with a leading position in all fixed income currencies and commodities (FICC) businesses and an eye to...
View ArticleFour new finance firms that could hire you
In the search for new finance job opportunities, it’s worth keeping an eye out for new boutique launches. In the UK, this means being authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority. Around 200 firms...
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The easiest age for finding a job in finance
If you want a new job in financial services, how old should be when you apply? Our research suggests you’d better not leave it until you’re past your mid-30s. The sweet-spot for finance job hunting is...
View ArticleHow to make it in private equity before you’re 35
You want to become a big thing in private equity, and to do so before you’re too old? Financial News has a new list of the 40 private equity stars under 40 in Europe. Nine of them are aged under-35....
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Morning Coffee: What DBS’ Q1 results tell you about where to work at the bank
If you’re looking for a job in an expanding part of DBS, look no further than wealth management. While all DBS units achieved record quarterly income in the bank’s Q1 results released yesterday, the...
View ArticleNine ways to spot bad recruiters
The employment market in Asian banking isn’t as buoyant as last year, so if you’re using recruiters to assist your job search you need to be extra sure that they’re experts in your sector. Most will...
View ArticleSix facts about working for J.P. Morgan now
Want to work for J.P. Morgan? A lot of people do – after all, it tops the majority of investment banking league tables and appears to be a relative bastion of safety compared to many of its peers. Some...
View ArticleSo you think you can get out of finance? An anthropologist says no
If anyone outside banking knows about the banking mindset, it’s Joris Luyendijk. Between 2011 and 2013, the Dutch author and journalist spent two years interviewing ‘banking insiders’ for an...
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The big pay disparities within the Big Four
Big Four accounting firms take far more people into their audit functions than their consulting divisions. They may be rebuilding their consulting operations now, but it wasn’t so long ago that most...
View ArticleThis is what it takes to get a job at J.P. Morgan in China
We’ve already looked at what it takes to become an analyst at Goldman Sachs in China. Now we’re doing the same for J.P. Morgan. Surprisingly (or not), publicly available CVs suggest the two banks are...
View ArticleMeet the Goldman Sachs intern who completed four banking internships at school
How do you impress Goldman Sachs? It’s a question that 97% of people who apply for a job there, and fail, would like to know the answer to. It’s slightly easier to get into Goldman at the entry level,...
View ArticleFavourite staff at Barclays Investment Bank underperform horribly. Everyone...
Barclays loves the people in its investment banking division (IBD). They are the people whom Tom King, head of the investment bank, says work in “integrated origination verticals where businesses work...
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Working for GS, JPM, Citi, BAML and Morgan Stanley. – What’s the difference?
Once upon a time, big US investment banks were described as ‘bulge bracket’ and bulge bracket banks were the places to be. ‘Bulge bracket’ has now fallen by the wayside, but US banks still have a...
View ArticleA new battle for banking talent takes off in China
A raft of new internet finance companies in China are opening up job opportunities for banking professionals who would have previously been limited to working for a state-owned institution. Like the...
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Morning Coffee: How anyone can get a job at UBS. Banking pay illusory for many
So you want to work for an investment bank but you have no investment banking experience? UBS will hire you, but on one condition. You can work for UBS if you are able to decipher the meaning of the...
View ArticleRBS’s investment bank staff have six months to find new jobs
Royal Bank of Scotland is rapidly shrinking its investment bank. 14,000 jobs are said to be going, which equates to four out of every five positions. So, how many people have left in the first quarter?...
View ArticleHow to make it to partner at Bain & Company
Darci Darnell knows what it is to be busy. Not only has she risen to the senior ranks in management consulting – which arguably requires clocking as many hours as investment banking – but she also has...
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Nomura’s Wall Street push looks like a costly mistake
Nomura has been hiring on Wall Street. So far, it has been to no avail. In May last year, Nomura was hiring bond traders in preparation for a return to volatility. In October last year, it was hiring...
View ArticleYou’re an intern at Goldman Sachs, here’s how not to annoy your new colleagues
Summer is coming. If you’re a student who wants to work for an investment bank, that can only mean one thing: internships. And if you’ve landed an internship at a top US investment bank, that can only...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: Impetuous finance escapee finds self stranded in Devon....
Leaving finance is supposed to be fun. You’re supposed to be able to say things like, “I’m working harder than ever, but at least it’s for something I believe in.” Former colleagues should ideally look...
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