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Where will you get paid the most as a corporate banker?
If you work as a relationship manager in corporate banking you will never be as well rewarded as the rainmakers in investment banking. On the flip side, corporate banking does offer a more stable...
View ArticleWhat it really takes to build a top financial model
Twenty years ago, when big infrastructure deals were being arranged, developers would concentrate all of their resources on hiring the best brains to get the contracts right. The financial model – a...
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Morning Coffee: The finance skills you’ll soon need to succeed in Singapore
Want to know which Singapore finance jobs will be secure and sought after in a few years? Listen to what a panel of industry bigwigs is saying about the city state’s future as a finance centre – a...
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China Renaissance hires M&A head, HSBC moves AM head to Hong Kong
There have been some key moves in the Asia-Pacific region over the past week, these are the ones you need to know about. China Renaissance hires co-head of M&A Former J.P. Morgan banker Jeremy Choy...
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CFA or MBA: Which is best for a finance career?
If you’re starting out in a finance career, or trying to move up, there’s a perennial debate that needs addressing – do you take the Chartered Financial Analyst qualification or embark on an MBA. An...
View ArticleFocus and fear: Why bankers are cancelling their holidays
You don’t want to be that guy; desperately searching for a signal for your mobile phone, so you can conference into an urgent meeting while your family lazes on a remote Mediterranean beach. You need a...
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Deutsche Bank’s head of technology banking has launched his own fintech firm
Jason Gurandiano, the Deutsche Bank managing director who quit abruptly during the middle of an acquisition deal, has launched his own technology consultancy. Gurandiano departed Deutsche Bank earlier...
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Morning Coffee: The trader who made $34m during the chaos, investment banks...
In case you’re wondering that the market slump correction was in any way detrimental to all apart from HFT firms, Bloomberg has uncovered an individual day trader who pocketed $34m during the market...
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As international banks shrink in China, a new breed of banker emerges
The landscape of investment banking in China is changing. It used to be all about global banks in the noughties. The likes of Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and J.P. Morgan all dominated deals across...
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Asian bankers live to regret accepting “obscene” 50% pay rises
More private bankers in Asia are succumbing to the lure of bumper pay rises at boutique banks, only to find themselves struggling to meet onerous revenue targets a year or less down the track....
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Goldman Sachs’ GSessions creator on why banks stifle innovation
Chris White has been working for large investment banks since the late-1990s, first as a trader and later working on electronic trading platforms. But the creator of Goldman Sachs’ corporate bond...
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Is Nomura about to make rates layoffs too?
Nomura’s mid-August credit layoffs sent a chill through trading floors in London. The temperature could be about to fall a few notches again. – Rumour has it that the Japanese bank is about to make...
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Senior credit banker quits job, becomes blogger
What do you do when you lose your job in credit these days? You probably don’t go straight out and find a new one – most banks had a terrible second quarter in credit and are now looking at cutting...
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The toughest investment banking interview questions and how to answer them
Within the next few weeks, investment banks will start inviting their favourite applicants in for interviews. Full time analysts are typically interviewed first, with summer analysts usually...
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Morning Coffee: Bank on Asian hiring spree offers jobs with a difference
Nomura is expanding its wealth management arm in Asia. So far so bland – plenty of other firms outside Asia’s private-banking elite have announced recruitment drives of late (think Bordier & Cie,...
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16 top Chinese investment bankers you should know about
Global bulge brackets banks have had a good decade in China. Growing together with the banks are a bunch of senior Mainland Chinese and Hong Kong bankers who have made their names in the business. If...
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UBS Singapore COO on what it takes to succeed as a 20-something banker
What does it take to stand out as a young banker in Singapore? The resolve to ask your senior colleagues for advice rather than rely on textbooks and spreadsheets is crucial to getting ahead, says...
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Morgan Stanley’s new guide to the best investment banks to work for in 2015
Morgan Stanley’s banking analysts have produced a new report on the performance of leading investment banks in 2015. If you’re a finance professional and are contemplating where to send your resume, we...
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Strange ways investment banks will be attracting talent
Offshoring is old hat. Internal mobility is a lot like hard work. The new thing investment banks need to start doing to bring in talent is ‘excubation’. If this sounds like a term coined by a...
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Meet the students who ALREADY HAVE internships at Morgan Stanley, J.P....
Most major investment banks have only just started accepting applications for their summer analyst programs in 2016. It’s sort of weird, therefore, that there are already people out there who’ve...
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