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J.P. Morgan’s guide to keeping your banking job in 2016 and beyond
J.P. Morgan’s European banks equity research team, led by Kian Abouhossein, has released a new and timely note on the future of the banking industry today. It’s not ostensibly about keeping your job in...
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The best 30 non-local universities for getting a junior banking job in Hong Kong
You want a junior finance job in Hong Kong this year – or you plan to get one when you graduate – but you didn’t study in the city. Which non-local universities are the most popular with banks who’ve...
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Goldman Sachs’ head of human capital on what it takes to work there
Expect some stiff competition if you want to get a job at Goldman Sachs. The firm receives 267,000 applications every year, and hires just 3% of these people. The strength of Goldman’s appeal is...
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Morning Coffee: 49 year-old Citi analyst shows how to reinvigorate a career....
Todd Bault has been around. The 49 year-old managing director on Citi’s financials research team ranked as one of the best analysts of the year in Institutional Investor’s survey in 2005. He’s been an...
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Six things you need to know about hedge fund jobs today
Not long ago, hedge funds were known for recruiting trading talent from investment banks. However, this is changing. These days, hedge funds are hiring an increasing number of people from masters in...
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Here’s what’s really going on with Wall Street bonuses
Bonuses have disappointed most investment bankers this year, and Wall Street professionals are no exception. Despite pressure on big banks to pressure on big banks to keep their best associates and...
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Tom King isn’t the only big name who’s left Barclays
It’s less than two years since Tom King won his power struggle against Skip McGee at Barclays. Now King is leaving – and he’s not the only one. Since the beginning of February, 21 people have left...
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Top incoming Hong Kong interns at BAML, Credit Suisse, Deutsche, UBS and more
Deadlines for 2016 summer internships in Hong Kong closed late last year and global banks have now chosen the new cohorts of over-achieving students who will join them this summer. Public profiles of...
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Morning Coffee: Credit Suisse’s new job cuts reflect harsh reality. Most...
You survive the first round of job cuts. But can you survive the second? And the third? And the fourth? No? That’s unfortunate, because this is what you’ll need to do if you want to come through 2016...
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Investment banks hand out 25% pay rises to recruit more MBAs
MBAs have fallen out of love with investment banking and investment banks are trying to win them back the only way they know how – by throwing money at the problem. Median salaries for MBAs going into...
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Here’s how good you need to be at coding in Python to get a finance job
Will the ability to code in Python get you a technology job in financial services? Yes. When we last looked at our CV database, there were ‘only’ 7 Python CVs for every Python job advertised on the...
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“How I survived the investment banking application process”
Five years ago, getting a job in an investment bank was a question of completing a numerical test, filling in an application for a summer internship position, attending some interviews and converting...
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Actually, female hedge fund managers are no better than men
Hedge funds run by women perform no better than hedge funds run by men, according to a new academic study that contradicts previous research and an increasing body of evidence that women make better...
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I survived Lehman, I got culture shock at Nomura, I quit Merrill, and now I...
Lyn Sia Rosmarin was only in her 30s when she quit banking, but she’d already been through a lot in her career – from moving countries, to working at Lehman Brothers when it collapsed, to suddenly...
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How finance professionals in the US, UK and Asia are choosing where to work
What do finance professionals across the world want from their employers? The answer partly depends on where they live, according to the 2016 eFinancialCareers ‘Ideal Employer’ rankings. We asked more...
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Morning Coffee: The job every 24-year-old banker should have. Traders at war
Barclays, Citi, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, UBS and now Credit Suisse – fast-tracking analysts to associates after two (rather than three) years has become the thing to do. Associate is fast becoming...
View ArticleEx-SAC UK staff leave employers as just as Point 72 steps up hiring
Point 72 Asset Management, Steve Cohen’s family office and a hedge fund that still employs some 960 people, is doing some big hiring in London. In a change of strategy, it’s also opening the door to...
View ArticleMeet 16 hot young traders moving up the ranks in investment banking
‘Juniorisation’ is the new thing in investment banking. From M&A teams, to research and now bond desks, experienced and expensive employees are being replaced by hot young things. Yes, investment...
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How you can get a job in compliance on Wall Street
While financial services firms cut front office and support jobs, compliance remains a stalwart of expansion. With scrutiny from regulators – not to mention legal and reputational risk – at an all-time...
View Article“My investment banking job hospitalised me three times. Here’s how I escaped”
Two years ago, I quit investment banking. I had known for a long time that I needed to leave. I loved the thrill of the deal, but the unrelenting stress of the process was wearing me down. I should...
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