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Moving finance jobs in 2016? This is how to make the right decision
It’s 2016, investment banks are cutting headcount, and hedge funds are floundering. In such an uncertain market, making the move to pursue another opportunity could be risky. But there are still...
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Want to be a trader in 2020? Look at these charts
If you work in trading, times remain ‘uncertain.’ J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs keep talking up a revival of fixed income revenues, but it hasn’t happened yet. J.P. Morgan’s banking analysts actually...
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You’re a 20-something trader. Here’s how to survive this market
When you’re a trader, a period of extreme volatility and market crisis can mean feast or famine, on a huge scale. The increased volatility provides a myriad of opportunities, but at the same time it...
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So, this is the minimum score you can get on CFA Level I and still pass…
If you took the CFA Level I exam in December, you will just have received your results. Chances are that you failed. – The CFA exams are notoriously hard and this December’s pass rate was only 43%....
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Banks in Asia poach ‘cheap’ 20-somethings from rivals’ graduate training...
Is your analyst rotation about to end in Hong Kong or Singapore? You may be more in demand than you think – and not just at your current employer. Banks are increasingly lining up to poach the people...
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Morning Coffee: Looks like this is the kindest, most generous bank to work...
Which investment bank does the right thing? Which investment bank cuts entertainment and travel costs before even thinking of lobbing people overboard? Most importantly, which investment bank only lets...
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The 10 biggest surprises in Deutsche Bank’s results. And what they mean for...
Today is the day of Deutsche Bank’s fourth quarter results. They’re not exactly what you’d expect. Behind the steely grey facade, unexpected things are afoot within the house of Cryan. 1. Deutsche Bank...
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Will Goldman Sachs employ Louis Bacon’s other children too?
Louis Bacon, 59 year-old founder of hedge fund Moore Capital Management ($15bn under management, net worth $17bn), is pretty fecund. Vanity Fair reported last year that Bacon has fathered seven...
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It looks like two more ex-bank traders just left Brevan Howard
When traders leave investment banks for hedge funds, it doesn’t always work out. For whatever reason, the tenure of the ex-bank traders can be short. Historically, some hedge funds have had a...
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Morning Coffee: Is this now the perfect career path for a senior private banker?
Back in November we reported on the new skills you need to thrive as a private banker in Asia. In short, wealthy clients are increasingly being served by multiple relationship managers from several...
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How to avoid horrendous fashion mistakes when working in Asian banking
When it’s hot and humid every day in Singapore, dressing for the beach can be more tempting than dressing for the office. And even in supposedly more formal Hong Kong, where temperatures are currently...
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I left Greenhill, my brother left Goldman Sachs, and we started a baby app
A year after leaving his investment banking job to build an app, Nick von Christierson was ready for his first big pitch. Dressed in a sharp suit and armed with a Powerpoint presentation crimped from...
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The best paying jobs in risk management, by bank and title
Risk management jobs are hot. When Deutsche Bank announced its results for 2015 yesterday, it revealed the addition of nearly 2,700 people in non-front office jobs last year. Risk managers and...
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Do this and clients will love you. One bank’s curious way of increasing revenues
If you work in a sales job in an investment bank, there’s something you need to know: clients will like you a lot more if you seem vulnerable. This was something that ex-Goldman wealth manager Anthony...
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Why you feel special when you work in finance
Do you work in the financial services industry? Do feel a bit unique? There’s a reason for that. Lars Meier, a researcher at the Institute for Employment Research in Nuremberg, Germany, just published...
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Why young Asian bankers STILL want to work for Barclays, Deutsche and Stan Chart
Standard Chartered, Barclays and Deutsche Bank are cutting jobs in Hong Kong and Singapore right now. All this trimming might make them seem like unstable, undesirable employers in the minds of Asian...
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Here’s what happened in my J.P. Morgan trading interview(s)
A few months ago, I interviewed for a summer analyst position on J.P. Morgan’s trading floor in London. The interview process was pretty rigorous and detailed and I want to share it here for the...
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Time to quit Wall Street for a job in the Caribbean? South America?
It’s winter on Wall Street. Your bonus is down, layoffs loom, and the weather is fierce. If there were ever a time to move to a more exotic location, this might be it. Want a job in the Caribbean or...
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The top 13 analyst banking jobs for landing a big pay rise in Singapore
Are you looking for junior banking job in Singapore for which big pay rises are still on the cards? You’re advised to work in corporate banking. Corporate banking juniors in Singapore received handsome...
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Morning Coffee: The only reason to want to work for Google. Barclays’ extreme...
So you want to work for Google (Aka Alphabet) because you want three free Gourmet meals a day, to play with a Scalextric at work, or to have free access to a room filled with musical instruments? So...
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