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Why and how you should learn to code
Financial services firms are battling for the best and brightest with Silicon Valley, but most who end up in banking are not technologists. Yet, as the industry becomes more automated, traders need to...
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Where financial services firms will be hiring in the U.S in 2016
As 2015 draws to a close, now is the time when most boutique investment banks, large global investment banks, corporate banks, broker-dealers and buy-side firms have started to formulate their hiring...
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Morning Coffee: Will you be on the naughty or nice list for your next job?...
Big scandals at big banks are costing them billions of dollars. Knowing when a bad potential bad apple is about to join is integral to stop the slew of negative headlines – which have emerged in the...
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The 12 days of Christmas (the banking careers version)
Here at eFinancialCareers, we’re now on our Christmas break. This means we won’t be posting as many articles as usual and that Morning Coffee is on hiatus until January 4th. In the meantime, if you’re...
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The most interesting new hires at hedge funds just before Christmas
While investment banks cut, some hedge funds in the UK have continued to add senior staff in the final months of 2015. These are the most interesting senior hires. Millennium Capital Management...
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Morning Coffee: It’s a great time to be an M&A banker. Bond trader? Not so much
With mergers-and-acquisitions activity at a record-breaking fever pitch, it’s indisputable that 2015 has been a great year to be an M&A banker. Many expect that to be the case in 2016 as well,...
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Working for PWC, Deloitte, EY and KPMG. What’s the difference?
If you’ve decided to work for a Big Four accounting firm, you may be ambivalent about which one you go for. After all, they’re all pretty similar aren’t they? That depends upon who you speak to....
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The festive season is upon us and banking professionals are finally taking a break from the stresses of deal-making and regulatory updates. But if you plan to look for a new banking job in 2016, don’t...
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11 banks and finance firms that have definite hiring plans for 2016
If you’re looking for a finance job in 2016, you might be of the opinion that you’ll need to turn a lot of stones to find one. That might be the case if you’re a long-dated rates trader. Nonetheless,...
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Ex-Barclays VP shares top body language tips for banking interviews
Ferdinand Petra started his banking career as an associate at J.P, Morgan. After four years, he moved to Barclays’ investment bank, where he spent five years as a vice president (VP) in client...
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Real life survival tips for Western bankers in Hong Kong
Although its sovereignty was returned to China in 1997, Hong Kong has largely managed to maintain its status as a diverse and international city. Its status as a regional financial centre has continued...
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The most (and least) stressful jobs in banking and finance
If you work in an investment banking division (IBD), or pretty much any other sector of financial services, you are likely spend a healthy part of your day dealing with career-related stress. The...
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Morning Coffee: 46 year-old Goldman banker on track for a giant bonus. J.P.M....
Mirror mirror on the wall, which Goldman Sachs investment banker will receive the biggest bonus of them all (for his work in 2015)? How about Gregg Lemkau? Financial News points out that Lemkau, aged...
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How to master the application process for consulting jobs
Everyone talks about how competitive it is to get into investment banking, but consulting is just as tough. As someone who recently started at a Big Three strategy consulting firm, and who now screens...
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Facebook profile photos that will and won’t get you a job (in banking)
On the first working day after New Year, your Facebook account may be littered with photos of you indulging over the Christmas break. Maybe you tweaked your profile photo to reflect the festive...
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All you need to know about salaries and bonuses at Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan,...
Wondering how much ‘risk takers’ are paid at leading banks in the City of London? By virtue of the British BIPRU rules on remuneration disclosure, you need not wonder long. Introduced after the...
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Are wealth management firms really facing a shortage of financial advisers?
Talented financial advisers are still in high demand, despite upheaval in the U.S. wealth management industry. Whether their business model is built on attracting, training and mentoring recent...
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Morning Coffee: Singapore’s early banking lessons from Oswald Gruebel
He’s better known as the only man to have led both Credit Suisse and UBS (and for his resignation in the wake of the 2011 $2.3bn rogue-trading loss at UBS) – but it appears that Oswald Gruebel also...
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The worst paid banking jobs in Singapore
You’re graduating in Singapore this year and you’ve secured a place on an analyst programme in the banking sector. Your next goal is to land a lucrative job after your training rotation is over. If a...
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The most interesting new hires at J.P. Morgan, BAML, Barclays, Citi, Morgan...
It’s January and in theory investment banking recruitment should start the year with a bang. Considering the ongoing job cuts, it’s more likely to begin with a whimper. And yet, towards the end of 2015...
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