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How analysts can survive in investment banking, by seasoned investment bankers
Analysts will shortly be joining investment banks’ training programmes across the world, wet behind the ears, but still brimming with confidence from beating hundreds of other applicants to the job and...
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The highest paid internships in banking and tech
If you’re wondering whether to work in banking or technology, pay probably shouldn’t be your first concern. People who’ve been there and done both say lifestyle is the real differentiator: in banking...
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Should you take that execution-only role?
You know it’s an M&A boom market when execution-only M&A roles start to proliferate like bankers on the beach. In the first half of 2015, global M&A reached its highest level since the...
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Morning Coffee: Would you join this bank as it expands in Asia?
Private bankers in Asia can, in theory, choose from a dazzling array of expansionist employers – from giants UBS and Credit Suisse (both now focused on the region) to Swiss boutiques like UBP (in...
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Eight of the hottest fintech start-ups in Singapore now
Singapore is crashing the fintech boom – a sector once the preserve of Silicon Valley and London’s ‘Silicon Roundabout’ in Old Street. Last week the government set up a new fintech innovation group to...
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The best (and worst) paying investment banks for associates
In a world where junior investment bankers hold ever more sway within the organisation, principally because so many firms are looking to hire them, it’s important to know your worth. While pay for...
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Which French investment bank should you go for now?
When it comes to French investment banks, there are two big ones to choose from: SocGen and BNP Paribas, Both have now published their second quarter results. Both are cutting costs. Both have a...
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24 questions you will encounter in capital markets interviews
The last 12 months have been a mixed bag for debt and equity capital markets bankers. While the equity capital markets (ECM) teams continue to pull in record revenues – particularly in the US where...
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I’ve taken a year out of banking to work for a charity and it’s made me a lot...
We spoke to Raj Narayan, head of secondary loan trading at Lloyds Banking Group. Since May, Raj has been on secondment from Lloyds to Business in the Community, an organization that aims to build a...
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Morning Coffee: Banking birthday-bonus battle brews in Singapore
As Singapore celebrates its 50th year since independence, banks in the city state are competing to offer their staff the best birthday gifts. And UOB has now emerged as the most generous firm. DBS...
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Chinese investment bankers going home struggle to adjust
Chinese nationals who return to China are – slightly strangely – referred to as ‘sea turtles’ because it sounds the same as ‘returned from overseas’ in Mandarin. Now, it seems, these turtles are...
View ArticleWhich elite MBA will land you an investment banking job in Singapore or Hong...
Will spending tens of thousands on an MBA from a leading international business school help land you an investment banking job in Hong Kong or Singapore? It largely depends on which school you choose,...
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Top hedge fund steps up trader recruitment
Millennium Capital Partners’ UK recruitment spree, which last year involved poaching from investment banks’ disbanded prop trading desks, has restarted with a series of senior hires in recent weeks....
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Two top M&A bankers at Barclays and Deutsche have set out on their own
Both Barclays and Deutsche Bank are placing M&A and advisory banking at the heart of their nascent capital-light strategies. It’s maybe unfortunate, therefore, that both Barclays and Deutsche Bank...
View ArticleAs a quant I should have found the CFA Level I easy. I didn’t
The CFA level I exam is notoriously difficult and despite the increase in people sitting the exams this June, just 42% of people managed to pass. Thankfully, I was one of them. I come from an...
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How to hack your profile picture so you get more banking interviews
You keep applying for banking jobs and you keep on getting rejected. If recruiters can check you out online, your profile photo might have something to do with this. Researchers at Amsterdam University...
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Morning Coffee: Singaporean banks set for regional hiring drive, says Fitch
Singaporean banks have focused much of their recruitment efforts over the past year on expanding overseas in markets like China, Hong Kong, Indonesia and India. And the foreign hiring spree shows no...
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Alibaba swoops for Goldman banker, J.P. Morgan bulks up in asset management
Senior bankers have been making a lot of moves in the APAC region over the last week. Often this means hires down the ladder will be happening soon enough. Here’s what you need to know. Alibaba...
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How to write the perfect corporate banking cover letter
Applying for a job as a relationship manager in corporate banking isn’t all about crafting a great CV that shows off your sales statistics. Top biller or not, if you don’t get your cover letter right,...
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Are trading floors full of frustrated entrepreneurs?
Top traders like to carry the air of an athlete – coached to their peak, cajoled into performance and superstitious when it come to winning streaks. If investment banking divisions attract academic...
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