Looking to land a better finance job in Hong Kong? This MBA can help you get...
Alvin Tong’s finance career began far from the gleaming towers of Hong Kong – or any major financial centre for that matter. From 2007 to 2012 he was plying a steady trade as a retail wealth advisor in...
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Moore Capital hires senior portfolio manager from J.P. Morgan’s Chief...
A senior member of J.P. Morgan’s Chief Investment Office has left after eight years at the firm to join hedge fund Moore Capital. Panagiotis Vlachopoulos, who was a senior portfolio manager at J.P....
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Actually, only 28% of City of London key staff come from the EU
Leaving the EU could be a disaster for the City of London. This is certainly the opinion of Goldman Sachs, which has long threatened to shift people out of the City in the event of Brexit, and which...
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3 questions to ask in contemporary banking interviews, from analysts at...
You’re interviewing for a job at an investment bank. What should you ask at the end of the interview when you’re invited to impress with your knowledge of the markets? A new note from the European...
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Any fixed income traders leaving Goldman Sachs might want to join J.P. Morgan
Surprise! Goldman Sachs is making layoffs in fixed income. The Wall Street Journal reports that the U.S. bank is preparing to cut 10% of its 2,500 fixed income traders and salespeople. This is twice as...
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GSElevator: Alternative routes to getting a job on Wall Street
A few weeks ago, I explained why I feel that, despite increased regulatory scrutiny and a less obvious path to personal fortune, Wall Street is still a great place to begin a career. Now for the hard...
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Morning Coffee: Why Asian bankers leave banking
Bankers in Hong Kong and China have been busy shifting to the corporate sector for the past 12 months. Only on Tuesday we noted that Loh Long Hsiang, Standard Chartered’s deputy head of China...
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12 new career options if you’ve just lost your equities job in Hong Kong
Equities sales and trading jobs are disappearing fast from banks in Hong Kong. Standard Chartered started cutting them 12 months ago and now Barclay, Deutsche Bank and BNP Paribas are following suit....
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Why 2016 could be a disastrous year all round in banking
If you’re hoping to find a new front office banking job in 2016, you might want to avert your eyes from the charts below. Produced by the European banking analysis team at Sanford Bernstein, they...
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Who’s winning in equities: Citi or J.P.Morgan?
Behemoths as they may be in other areas of investment banking, both Citigroup and J.P. Morgan are both playing catch up with their rivals in equities trading. Citi has been making some senior hires for...
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The best paying accounting jobs in the U.S.
Accountants are in demand in the U.S., whether that’s in financial services or the public and corporate sectors, and most companies are having to dig deep to get the right people on board. In fact, 54%...
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Morning Coffee: 32 more Hong Kong bankers lose their jobs; more cuts to come
On Wednesday it was BNP Paribas, the week before it was Barclays – now Malaysia’s CIMB has joined the chorus of banks announcing equities jobs cuts in Asia. CIMB is cutting 32 people in both equities...
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Seven ways UBS will hire 600 new staff in China
UBS doing some big hiring in China – it plans to double its headcount there by adding 600 more staff in the next five years across investment banking, wealth management and asset management. Some...
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Biggest banking bonuses 28 times more than consulting. The best paying...
If you’re tossing up between embarking on a consulting career or going into investment banking, as many graduates do, it’s worth noting one thing – you’ll be paid a lot more in banking. It’s all in the...
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Investment banks have now started cutting graduate recruitment targets
Investment banks in London scaled back their graduate recruitment targets for 2016, after a difficult final quarter last year that has led to big job cuts at most firms. Big investment banks including...
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Guy Hands, ex-punk, has this to say about your life and career
Guy Hands, CEO of private equity fund Terra Firma, was once a punk – or, at least, Guy Hands liked punk music. “From the late 1970s, my favourite music was punk,” Hands told students at the annual...
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Wealth management compensation: What U.S. financial advisers get paid
The pay of financial advisers in the U.S. – the wealth management professionals previously known as stockbrokers – is not straightforward. Instead, it’s a complex network of bonuses and salaries,...
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Why an MBA won’t get you the banking job you want. And what you can do about...
Do you aspire to a job in an investment bank in order to recoup the tens of thousands you’ve spent on your MBA? Before you hit “submit” on your application, here are a few things you should bear in...
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Morning Coffee: Stressed staff flee the toughest job in Asian finance
Fretting about your bonus? Worried that you’re about to be axed as banks cut back in Asia? Your troubles are probably not as large as those of employees at the China Securities Regulatory Commission...
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Hong Kong vs Singapore: Which is best for front-office banking jobs?
It may have been hit by new redundancies this year (think Barclays, BNP Paribas and CIMB), but Hong Kong is still a better location than Singapore for most people seeking a revenue-generating finance...
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