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HSBC, Stan Chart’s compliance expansion scuppered by junior churn
HSBC and Standard Chartered are trying to up their compliance headcounts in Asia, but a tight job market and junior job seekers who look to leave after a matter of months mean expansion is far from...
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Clever answers to stupid interview questions
Imagine that you’ve sailed through an interview questioning your technical proficiency, you’ve effectively answered how you made an individual contribution while also proving your value as a team...
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Citi is building out its equity derivatives function
This time last year, Citi brought David Haldane across from Australia to lead, and build, its equity derivatives business in Europe. Its expansion has been a slow burner – hires have been unveiled here...
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The sole trader at Brevan Howard in Switzerland
Brevan Howard now has just one trader at partner level and handful of senior staff operating out of its Swiss office in a signal that its UK office has now become a central location for front office...
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Morning Coffee: New hiring headache for Singapore bankers
Private bankers in Singapore may be hotly sought after but they still have to jump through hoops to get hired. Their chief concern has typically been whether a sufficient number of clients will be...
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Meet the most outrageously demanding job seekers in Asian banking
If you’re a banking professional in Singapore or Hong Kong, you may well have an early employment record of job hopping between different banks. Or perhaps you’re in a talent-short part of financial...
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The seven top-paying Chinese securities firms
Chinese securities firms are quickly catching up with the international bulge bracket investment banks brackets in the local market. Local firms dominated the league table in terms of revenue for the...
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The perfect resume for asset management
If you’re looking for a front office role in asset management, it’s important that your CV reflects both your performance and your experience in a way that highlights what you can bring to a new...
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Why you want to work in DCM, by an MD at Deutsche Bank
Maryam Khosrowshahi is an MD and head of public sector debt coverage for Central Europe, the Middle East and Africa (CEEMEA) at Deutsche Bank. She spoke to us about the delights of a DCM career. If...
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Morning Coffee: M&A deals surge in Asia, M&A hiring doesn’t
Chinese M&A is booming. New figures from EY reveal that in the first half of 2015 there were 1,393 deals involving companies from mainland China, with a combined worth of US$247.6bn – an 88%...
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As RBS winds down in Singapore, rival banks close in on staff
As Royal Bank of Scotland begins to slash the size of its Singapore workforce, recruiters and rival banks are poaching staff from the firm without giving them the high pay rises that are typically on...
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Chinese securities firms eat international investment banks’ lunch
Chinese securities firms are the only type of investment bank to be doing well in China this year. 2015 has been tumultuous – in the first half a stock market surge that prompted a flurry of investment...
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Investment banks hiring M&A bankers in this hot sector
Is there a quiet hiring spree in oil and gas M&A? While healthcare and technology continue to dominate the headlines, oil and gas companies were the second most targeted companies over the first...
View ArticleHow to get an investment banking job if you haven’t done an internship
Only an elite few make it into the front office of an investment bank and increasingly the route in is through an internship. This is the safest option, but if you’ve not spent your summer networking...
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How your face and body lets you down during a job interview
You’ve got the technical know-how, the experience and have even practised your STAR technique to relay interesting and relevant career stories to impress during the interview process. Yet, for some...
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Morning Coffee: Grad hiring stays strong even as senior Singapore bankers...
While graduate-level hiring at investments banks in Singapore continues apace, falling deal revenues are making more experienced bankers call recruiters about exit opportunities. Interns at US and...
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CITIC brokerage has a new head, Morgan Stanley poaches from Temasek
It’s been another busy week for people moves among senior financial professionals in Asia-Pacific. CITIC brokerage business has a new head The current head of CITIC Securities’s brokerage business, Xu...
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The highest paying investment banking internships in Singapore
Summer interns should, in theory, be focused on one thing alone as they play at being bankers: nailing down a full-time job offer for the following year. But doing a front-office internship in an...
View ArticleTips from Guy Hands on how to make it in private equity
If you’re looking for a private equity job straight out of university your options are limited. Most private equity firms circle investment banks’ analysts after they have a few years experience – or...
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The CFA messed with my mind, my friendships and left me addicted to cigarettes
I have just passed all three levels of the CFA exams and am now a charterholder. It took me two years and one attempt. To say that it was something of a stretch is an understatement – it took my heart...
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