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9/11, reflections of a survivor
It’s been long years since the planes came in and changed the landscape of lower Manhattan forever; long years since two commercial passenger airliners were turned into weapons of mass destruction by a...
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Morning Coffee: KPMG on Singapore hiring spree, headcount up 14%
In a sign that Big Four hiring is far outstripping that of the large banks in Singapore, KPMG has revealed a 14% increase in its headcount in the Republic over the past year. The headcount rise has...
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11 stunningly successful ways to negotiate better pay in banking
You work in a part of the Asian finance sector where talent is supposedly in short supply (compliance or private banking perhaps) and you’ve heard that big salary rises are on offer for those willing...
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Why bankers are (still) paid so much
If you work in banking, you will earn a lot of money. For all the talk of ‘rebasing banking pay’ by hiring juniors with no recollection of the good old paydays, banking is still abnormally...
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Is Deutsche Bank about to make 27% of its technology staff redundant?
If Reuters is right, Deutsche Bank is on the cusp of some huge job cuts. The news service reports that the German bank is preparing to make 23,000 staff redundant and that technology staff and Postbank...
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Morning Coffee: Rare case of potential job losses at Singaporean bank
Singapore’s three domestic banks, DBS, OCBC and UOB, have become renowned of late for their attractiveness to job seekers and their overseas expansion. It’s decidedly rare to hear that one of them is...
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Would you really quit Credit Suisse or UBS for one of these small banks?
A string of smaller private banks have recently announced ambitious hiring plans in Asia – BMO, BNY Mellon, Bordier, Nomura and Vontobel all want to expand their ranks of relationship managers (RMs) in...
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The seven questions that will convert your banking interview into a job offer
Are you going for a banking interview? Do you intend to achieve a job offer as a result? If so, you’ll need to ask some questions of your own when the interview comes to an end. Interviewers frown upon...
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Citi cleaning up on London markets hires
If you’re looking for a job in sales and trading, Citi is hiring. As reported earlier this month, Citi is looking to build its equities business under Murray Roos, the man it hired from Deutsche Bank...
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Do traders need to know how to code?
You want to work as a trader. Does this mean you need to learn how to code? If you want to build an enduring career, the answer is almost certainly yes. “If you’re simply a market maker or a...
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Morning Coffee: Citic Securities and the rise of the scandalous Chinese banker
Rewind to 2008 and Chinese bankers could reasonably claim their moral high-ground over their Western counterparts – the financial crisis didn’t immediately claim many Chinese scalps or create many...
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Meet the Hong Kong bankers cashing in on China’s market turmoil
Wealth managers in Hong Kong face heavy workloads and the higher client revenues as anxious mainlanders turn to the territory as a safe haven for their investments in the wake of market volatility and...
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Is fintech over-hyped?
Fintech is reaching fever pitch. Over the past two years, the sector has evolved from an outlet for frustrated investment bankers and traders to embark on something entrepreneurial, to a multi-billion...
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How to get a job at Robey Warshaw
London’s hottest finance boutique is, officially, Robey Warshaw. Despite employing now fewer than nine registered people according to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), despite being founded only...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: How bankers in Asia work differently from bankers in Europe
What makes Asian private bankers different from European private bankers? It’s mainly to do with their clients, according to a new survey. Asian millionaires and billionaires have a higher demand for...
View ArticleThe remarkable rise of the ‘introductory’ job interview. And how to prepare...
A senior manager at a rival bank would like to ‘interview’ you, but it’s not part of a formal hiring process, no HR people are coming along, and they want to meet over a coffee, not at their office. In...
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A typical day of a Chinese portfolio manager in … London
Being a Chinese national, working as a portfolio manager who mostly look at Asian stocks in a fund management house in London, this is a typical description for an increasing number of Chinese...
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The 100 best universities to attend if you want to work in fintech
Fintech recruits are not taken from the same pool of candidates as those working in front office roles. Yes, there’s an increasing contingent of senior bankers and traders launching their own fintech...
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Want to become a partner at McKinsey & Co.? Prepare to be battered by doubters
Becoming a partner at McKinsey & Co is not easy. Much like at Goldman Sachs, the partnership selection program is deep and deeply painful. If you don’t make it through, you’re reportedly encouraged...
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The new reality of switching from investment banking to private equity
If you’re a junior investment banker pondering a move across to private equity, there’s some good news – private equity firms, faced with a shortage of talent in investment banks are becoming more...
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