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Why it’s tougher than ever to be a technologist in investment banking
If you’re wondering how careers in banking technology have evolved over the years, Shakir Ladak is a good man to speak to. He started out at UBS in 1990, when the very concept of technology was light...
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GSElevator: 10 reasons why Wall Street really is still a good place to start...
Banks aren’t sexy anymore. The big bonuses are gone. The culture is boring. The industry is shrinking. Fintech is eating Wall Street’s lunch. Work life balance still sucks. The wild antics have died...
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Morning Coffee: Will staying an MD too long stop you moving to the buy-side...
Is there a limit on how long you can linger in the upper ranks of banking before moving to the buy-side? It appears not, at least in Hong Kong and China. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that...
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Where RBS bankers in Hong Kong and Singapore went next
Royal Bank of Scotland is winding down much of its Asian operations, turning Singapore into a small sales and trading hub as it refocuses on the UK market. Several senior Asian RBS employees are...
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Morning Coffee: How a 34-year-old ex-Barclays trader discovered a whole new...
Bad things are on the horizon for Barclays next year. Following reports that the UK bank is a) making another 20% of its investment banking staff redundant, b) delaying payment of its bonuses and c)...
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Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about getting a job at Rothschild
Thinking of applying to Rothschild? We spoke to Alison Trauttmansdorff, managing director in HR, about what it takes to get a job at the independent investment bank, and why you might want to apply...
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Covert hiring at Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse and Barclays
By all accounts, investment banks’ recruitment is going down faster than the complimentary alcohol at a banking Christmas party. Behind the scenes, however, Europe’s top investment banks are quietly...
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Citi’s new EMEA MD class has one outstanding feature
Citi has just just appointed a new raft of managing directors (MDs) in its investment bank EMEA. An unusually high proportion are women. Citi just promoted 37 people in its institutional clients group...
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The new tech job paying $500k+ on Wall Street
Wall Street has woken up to the need to hire big data professionals. Technologists who can manage, link and explore data are in demand – and financial services companies are willing to dig deep for the...
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Morning Coffee: Top APAC banker did job interview in a church, wearing a T-shirt
While Citi in Hong Kong may be scolding its bankers for dressing too causally – no slippers, bandannas or micro-mini skirts – Shayne Elliott, ANZ’s new chief executive officer, turned up for his first...
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Eight bankers who might hire you in Hong Kong and Singapore in 2016
If you work in Asian banking you’ll probably remember the final few months of 2015 mainly for a string of regional redundancy announcements – from Barclays to Deutsche Bank to Standard Chartered. The...
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Morning Coffee: Man articulates the real reason for leaving finance. Good...
Why do people leave financial services careers? Many are culled – European and US banks have announced 100,000 job cuts in the past year according to the Financial Times. But layoffs aren’t the only...
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Seven exciting new finance firms that could hire you
With big banks scaling back, it’s worth looking at start-up for new job opportunities. Yes, joining a new firm is risky, but there are numerous hedge funds, private equity companies and boutiques that...
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Ten signs you should quit your banking job in 2016
If you want to find a new job in banking, the early months of the year are, theoretically, the time to do it. Budgets are new, bonuses are about to be banked, and you’re filled with renewed enthusiasm...
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The perfect cover letter for getting an asset management job
People often give a short shrift to cover letters, and asset management professionals are no exception. However, together with your resume, cover letters create a hiring manager’s first impression of a...
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Five charts explaining why and where Barclays must cut staff in 2016
March 1st 2016 should be inscribed into the diary of every employee at Barclays’ investment bank. This is the date when Jes Staley, Barclays’ new CEO will deliver the bank’s fourth quarter results....
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Morning Coffee: One reason not to join a Chinese bank
Chinese banks have looked particularly attractive places to work of late. As we noted last month, mainland firms such as Citic Securities and China Securities are starting to dominate onshore Chinese...
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Why 30-something Asian private bankers aren’t getting promoted
Younger private bankers in Singapore and Hong Kong are becoming increasingly frustrated at being stuck in the same junior job rank for too long – and some are trying to move banks or quit the sector as...
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Barclays is fast-tracking its investment banking analysts
The time was that if you started out as an analyst in investment banking, you only had a small chance of making it to associate. Juniors either didn’t make the cut, they burned out or they were eagerly...
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The six hottest programming languages to know in banking technology
If you want to work in a banking technology role these days, it helps to know where the demand is. Yes, there may be plenty of jobs out there for certain skill-sets, but if the candidate market is...
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