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I quit private equity for a juicing business and have no regrets
Private equity is still a popular vocation for investment bankers in China, despite the recent trend for some to move back to the sell-side. However, there is one man who worked in private equity for...
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Morning Coffee: Where the Big Four are hiring now, hedge fund nails job...
The Big Four accounting firms hoover thousands of people into their audit and tax divisions every year, but getting ahead in these areas is ever tougher. While audit stagnates on the back of fee...
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Why London hedge fund managers don’t do Switzerland
For hedge fund traders, moving from London to Switzerland should have been a no-brainer. The mountains are high, the taxes are low, the air is cleaner and, if annual surveys are to be believed, the...
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The perfect investment banker: bland, emotionless, disloyal
There’s a tired post-crisis joke that everyone talks about work too much at dinner parties, except investment bankers who pretend that they’re teachers. Most people have an ‘identity’ associated with...
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The trading games that determine whether you get a banking job
You’re a star trader in waiting who just happens to have attended a tier-three university, studied Medieval History and spent most of your spare time playing World of Warcraft. Any application to an...
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Morning Coffee: We don’t want to work in internet finance, say young Chinese...
Young bankers in China may be flocking to in-house M&A jobs in the corporate sector, but when it comes to joining internet finance companies they are lukewarm, according to the South China Morning...
View ArticleDeloitte targets talent at banks as new APAC financial crime unit looks to...
When Deloitte’s Tim Phillipps first started hunting down embezzlers and money launderers in the 1980s, working in financial crime was a “niche role for ex-cops”. Now, as global regulators hit banks...
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As deals dry up more Singapore bankers seek exit to sovereign wealth funds
As deals dry up in Southeast Asia, an increasing number of Singapore-based investment bankers are contacting recruiters about moving to GIC, the Singaporean sovereign wealth fund, or Temasek, the state...
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10 front office jobs investment banks are hiring for now
Global markets are in turmoil and we’re in the middle of the hiring hiatus that is the summer months. In such circumstances, you might not have thought large investment banks are recruiting, and...
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These are the firms that will employ you with a CFA
You’ve spent a minimum of 900 hours getting through all three CFA exams (assuming you passed first time), and want to know how it will bolster your career prospects. Part of this is pay, part of this...
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Morning Coffee: Behold the banking jobs set to thrive amid China’s turmoil
Some finance professionals may be set to benefit from China’s stock slump, devalued currency and slowing economy: those who can help Chinese individuals and companies move money out of the country. The...
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Chinese walls: life as an expat in London
The big state-owned banks in China are looking to expand their global footprints. This means that when they set up in big financial centres like London, they initially move their own people across and...
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Eight finance jobs in Singapore and Hong Kong that you never knew were hot
You want to land a job in the Asian finance sector before the end of the year. You’re not worried about forgoing your bonus at your existing firm or the current stock market chaos. You really want an...
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Boutique or big investment bank, which pays the most?
Investment banking boutiques are hot. They’re sucking in a greater share of the investment banking fee pool, succeeding in persuading both junior and senior dealmakers across to their ranks and, free...
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How to ace the analyst application and interview process at J.P. Morgan
Are you about to apply for a 2016 analyst job at J.P. Morgan in Europe or Asia? Are you wondering what, exactly, the application and interview process entails? We’ve spoken with Maura Smith in the EMEA...
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How to get through private equity interviews
For any junior investment banker contemplating a switch into private equity, digest these sobering statistics on your chances. Every entry-level role attracts some 300 applications and, of these, 30...
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Morning Coffee: So, do you still want to work for a Chinese brokerage?
What a difference a few days can make in Chinese banking. Last week, CITIC Securities looked like the type of firm any ambitious mainland investment banker would jump through hoops to join. It topped a...
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Seven exit options for Chinese bankers
Investment banking is a volatile career choice. Those that enter it should expect lay-offs at some point and those that survive will be battle-hardened. Assuming that you decide the industry is not for...
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J.P. Morgan is hiring senior bankers and traders as other firms cut
J. P. Morgan has made a series of senior hires for both its advisory and markets business in the past few weeks, capitalising on the exodus from Royal Bank of Scotland and expanding in an area where...
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Bob Diamond’s firm is hiring, from Barclays
Do you want to work for Bob Diamond? Because his firm Atlas Mara is hiring and has been raiding the ranks of Barclays for its senior positions. It’s just released its interim results for 2015 and has...
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