Is Citi sucking up BAML equity derivative traders?
Citi is shaking up its cash equities business. And now it’s doing some shaking in equity derivatives, too. Global Capital reported late last week that Citi has hired Emmanuel Girod, BAML’s former...
View ArticleGoldman Sachs has already signed up some interns for summer 2016
If you want a job at Goldman Sachs, it helps to get in early. 2015 summer internships at the firm haven’t even started and Goldman has already made several summer internship offers for London in 2016....
View ArticleMorning Coffee: Why Asian bankers are now being forced to co-operate with...
Are you a private banker or investment banker in Asia? Your ability to work well with your colleagues in the other division has never been more crucial to your career success. Led by UBS, Credit Suisse...
View Article11 banking jobs where you can still land a large salary rise in Hong Kong and...
Are you considering joining a new bank in Hong Kong or Singapore? Will you only move if the money is substantially more? While large pay rises are rare in the current job market, there are notable...
View ArticleWhat Jamie Dimon is saying about jobs at J.P. Morgan
Jamie Dimon, CEO of J.P. Morgan, has been speaking about the future of the business. In a Q&A at the Bernstein Annual Strategic Decisions conference, Dimon gave some indication about where the bank...
View ArticleCrumbling in compliance: How the middle office became one of the most...
Compliance professionals in banking are hot property. They can name their price (to an extent) when taking new jobs and pay is spiralling as banks struggle to meet demand for the thousands of extra...
View ArticleMeet the exceptional interns about to arrive at Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan,...
It’s not easy getting into an investment bank. – Morgan Stanley receives “something like 92,000 résumés from kids” (a year) according to CEO James Gorman. Goldman Sachs receives tens of thousands of...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: On Wall Street I was told to ‘dress like a man’, says leading...
Alexa Lam, the former deputy CEO of Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission, has told Asian Investor why she thinks Hong Kong is a great location to work in as a female finance professional. Lam,...
View ArticleBanks in Singapore and Hong Kong begin big push to hire more arts graduates
Banks in Hong Kong and Singapore are becoming more open to hiring liberal arts students and graduates, using their internship and traineeship programmes to equip them with financial know-how. Until...
View ArticleHow to get among the 1% of quants without a finance degree
Investment banks are hiring more students with liberal arts degrees these days, but it stands to reason that quant jobs are excluded from this trend. After all, a lot of quants come armed with PhDs in...
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An indication of how your pay will increase after the CFA
You do not take the CFA charter to get a new job or secure a bigger pay packet. Rather, the knowledge you acquire should make you better at your job, and promotions and pay rises should occur more...
View ArticleDo you have the right personality for Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan or Morgan...
To the public, big U.S. investment banks are much of a muchness. But, as any graduate who has encountered the interview question ‘Why our firm?’ will contest, there are subtle differences in company...
View ArticleLosing my IBD job after 21 months allowed me to become an animal welfare...
Sonia Faruqi comes from a banking family. Her father works in banking (for HSBC securities) and she and her twin sister have both worked in banking – for J.P. Morgan and F.B.R, a Virginia-based banking...
View ArticleThe ultimate guide to pitching yourself to recruiters
Do you want to change jobs but can’t find any current vacancies in your field? You may want to start chatting to recruiters now in case a suitable role crops up in the near future. In tightly-knit...
View ArticleWhat’s the minimum score you can get on CFA Level I, and still pass?
On Saturday, thousands of people around the world will take the CFA exams. In late July, they’ll find out their results. History suggests they won’t do well: in June 2014 the average pass rate across...
View ArticleThe top 20 universities for getting a hedge fund job
Getting a graduate job at a hedge fund is near impossible. More recently large hedge funds have been inconspicuously scouring the campuses of top universities for potential recruits, but even these...
View ArticleFinancial services jobs which pay $200k (£150k) sooner than you think
With banks like HSBC and Deutsche Bank hiking salaries for junior staff to match last year’s salary increases at big U.S. investment banks, it’s becoming increasingly easy to predict how much you’ll...
View ArticleGoldman Sachs hires, J.P. Morgan loses, as equity derivatives hiring heats up
Following last week’s equity derivatives moves at Citigroup, two other US investment banks have joined the poaching and replacement carousel. Goldman Sachs has recruited Joaquin Gutierrez Lantero from...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: J.P. Morgan gets set to hire in Hong Kong
The next few months may be an opportune time for elite bankers to try to join J.P. Morgan in Hong Kong. Carl Chien, J.P. Morgan’s co-head of Greater China, says the firm will be adding to its upper...
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The universities to attend if you want a new banking job in Asia
An Ivy League degree may be almost a prerequisite for getting a job at Goldman Sachs, but in Singapore and Hong Kong most finance professionals are progressing their careers with qualifications from...
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