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Top majors for getting an investment banking job on Wall Street
In theory, investment banks hire front office employees from a variety of disciplines. On-the-job training in the first few weeks is enough to get any aspiring investment banker up to speed on the...
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Why you cannot be fat in an investment bank or consulting firm
At the end of the first working week in January you may already be lamenting the lack of opportunities for excising the pounds you gained in December. If this is the case, you are right to do so. If...
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Morning Coffee: UBS is HIRING in China, but faces talent challenges
The start of 2016 wouldn’t appear to be a particularly auspicious time for a bank to be talking up its hiring plans in China – markets have been volatile; the circuit breaker has been axed. UBS,...
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Stressed Asian corporate bankers seek sanctuary at local firms
An increasing number of transaction bankers in Asia are deserting global banks in favour of local firms offering less regulatory pressure, more autonomy, and better work-life balance and job security....
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London banker? Look at these salaries and feel the fear
Banking jobs are moving out of London – or are supposed to be. Credit Suisse may have been one of the biggest recruiters in the City in 2015, but it’s busy moving 30% of its staff (at least) to...
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Pay and jobs at seven of London’s biggest hedge funds
The large investment banks are about to wrap up 2015 with their quarterly results in the next few weeks, but for prominent hedge funds – most of which are not publicly listed – January is a time when...
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Morning Coffee: CEO’s top interview tips for jobs at OCBC
Are you intending to apply for a job at a Singaporean bank this year? You are not alone – an increasing number of candidates are considering leaving global firms for local banks. Helpfully, for those...
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Nine high achieving Singaporean bankers you need to know about
Banks in Singapore, with encouragement from the government, are trying to ensure that more local employees are promoted up through the ranks. But the city state’s executive teams aren’t all dominated...
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What front office recruiters want from you in 2016
2016 may not be an easy year in which to find a new front office banking job. Most banks are cutting costs. Those that aren’t are hiring ‘selectively’ and are abnormally fussy about who they take on....
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Hedge fund professionals are trying to move across to long-only asset management
Even top traders in investment banks struggle to make the cut for a portfolio manager or trader role at a hedge fund. Once there, it’s even more difficult to maintain a consistent level of performance...
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Banks are planning further rounds of redundancies before bonuses are paid
If you’ve survived this long, you might be feeling pretty secure. That could be a mistake. Banks have a big overhang of costs to cut from last year, and recruiters in London say they’re preparing to...
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Morning Coffee: Why senior bankers are falling for jobs at Chinese tech firms
Investment banks in North Asia want to beef up their teams covering booming Chinese technology companies this year – trouble is, these same firms seem set on poaching their senior bankers. In the...
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10 methods for landing a bigger banking job in Asia
If you want to get ahead in banking in Hong Kong or Singapore, you won’t want to get stuck covering the relatively small local markets in the two cities. Instead, the best route is to get a banking job...
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20 finance jobs outside of the front office where it’s possible to earn $100k...
Not everyone who works in finance earns mega-bucks, but equally big pay packets are not restricted to revenue generating roles. As regulators crackdown on bonuses and financial services organisations...
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Why you’ll love and hate life at PwC, Deloitte, EY and KPMG
The Big Four accounting firms are often lumped together in the minds of candidates. All are prestigious. All employ and hire tens of thousands of people each year. But this doesn’t mean each Big Four...
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Which investment banks pay the most in London? Try Credit Suisse and Goldman
When people talk about big paying banks in London, it’s always the US banks that come out on top. Maybe this isn’t too surprising when we see figures saying Goldman paid its top people in London £1.6m...
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J.P. Morgan just hired an FX salesperson from Nomura and an IBD VP from Barclays
J.P. Morgan is hiring in London. OK, it can’t be said to be doing so “aggressively”, but it is doing a bit of hiring – even in fixed income. The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Register,...
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How to make managing director in investment banking
The career paths of investment bankers have become decidedly wonkier. The move to managing director was once an annual formality for top performers, but now that the glory days are over and...
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Morning Coffee: Two more banks looking to hire in Asia now
Global banks won’t just be cutting back in Asia this year, despite the recent string of redundancy announcements from the likes of Barclays and Standard Chartered. In addition to UBS saying on Monday...
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Expat bankers want to leave ‘aggressive, unhealthy’ Hong Kong for Singapore
Senior Western expats are tiring of Hong Kong’s pollution and spiralling property prices and are setting their sights – albeit not always successfully – on moving to Singapore. But Hong Kong remains...
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