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Morning Coffee: You have three weeks to quit, Asian bank tells staff
Want to leave the Asian banking sector to set up a fintech firm, join a charity or perhaps run a boutique hotel? If you work for RHB you have just under three weeks to make up your mind. The Malaysian...
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I quit a hedge fund to set up a personal styling business
Working for a hedge fund is the ultimate aim for a lot of traders working in investment banking. If you made it into a Wall Street buy-side firm would you quit to start your own business in China? This...
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CFA, MBA, or…coding course?
Jordan Poulton is a man with a vision. “In future, there will be machines, there will be people who tend the machines, and there will be people living in mud huts, ” he says, only half-jokingly. “If...
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The ultimate guide to writing achievements for your resume
You are revamping your resume for your next banking job. You know that the key to any successful CV is to incorporate achievements rather than simply list what you did in each job. But what, exactly,...
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35 year-old bankers who lose their jobs in 2015 may never get rehired
2015 is not going well. After the chaos of August, J.P. Morgan analyst Kian Abouhossein is predicting that banks’ revenues and earnings per share could fall all the way through to 2017. And not just in...
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Morning Coffee: No panicked layoffs yet at global banks in China
Deutsche Bank is considering selling its 20% stake in Chinese brokerage Hua Xia, but mainland-based jobs at the German firm – and foreign banks in China in general – appear relatively safe from...
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Mitsubishi UFJ appoints Greater China executive, Citi private bank brings in...
There have been some key moves in the Asia-Pacific region over the past week, these are the ones you need to know about. Mitsubishi UFJ Securities appoints Greater China executive Japanese bank...
View ArticleAll in the name of serving clients – my move from Banking to Consulting
Before working at KPMG, Sonika worked in a product control role in a City investment bank. She is currently a consultant in KPMG’s Financial Services Advisory practice. You recently moved across to...
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The five things recruiters look for on your hedge fund resume
You want to work for a hedge fund. That’s fine, but don’t expect finding a job to be easy. Like private equity jobs, hedge fund jobs are massively over-subscribed. If you’re going to get in, you’ll...
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Ex-top Deutsche M&A banker perfects the art of switching jobs, keeping...
Jason Gurandiano has had a very busy month. Until August, the 41 year-old was working for Deutsche Bank, where he was head of financial technology banking in the U.S. When he quit, Gurandiano was...
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Where will you get paid the most in compliance?
If you work in compliance your services are sought after across all major financial centres. Recruitment is happening on a large scale – HSBC alone hired 2,200 compliance staff globally just in the...
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Morning Coffee: Stan Chart reportedly set to axe scores of MDs
When we spoke to banking analysts back in March about the challenges awaiting new Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters we were told the bank needed to “improve efficiencies” – in other words, cut...
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Why so many bankers in China have two bosses
Setting up co-heads of investment banking is the new thing. Most international investment banks have reorganised their leadership in recent months, but what used to be the job for one head honcho has...
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Summer analysts in Singapore and Hong Kong reveal realities of their banking...
Are you gearing up to apply for a 2016 summer analyst job at a bank in Asia? Are you buying into banks’ hype about internships being ‘valuable learning experiences’ with limitless ‘networking...
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Six exciting new finance firms that could hire you
If you’re on the hunt for finance job, it helps to know of some new firms that have launched relatively under-the-radar. Over the past month, these are some of the most interesting new hedge funds and...
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How to earn a million in banking
It is the perennial question. Will banking make you rich? Or will it just make you overworked and sad? If banking will make you rich, is it worth it? And what is the best method of putting yourself in...
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Have this year’s analysts joined investment banks at a bad time?
Three months into the 2015 analyst class and things are looking a little uncertain. Following the volatility in China over August, J.P. Morgan banking analysts are suddenly predicting that revenues...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: Why Hong Kong brokers might have hired too many staff
Brokerages in Hong Kong may be left with too many staff twiddling their thumbs if the proposed plan to connect the Hong Kong and Shenzhen stock markets is postponed until next year. When the link-up...
View ArticleFront office and ops MDs most at risk as Stan Chart plans Asian job cuts
Managing directors at Standard Chartered in Hong Kong and Singapore face a nervous few weeks as the bank finalises plans to potentially cut hundreds of senior staff. MDs who don’t directly generate...
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Which banking jobs are safe and which banking jobs aren’t for the rest of 2015?
Investment banks have started trimming headcount again. Some, such as Standard Chartered and (probably) Deutsche Bank, are making wholesale changes. This is unfortunate, since it follows one of the...
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