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Hong Kong bankers now out-earning Singaporeans by 25%
Bonuses in Hong Kong have generally been disappointing and investment banks there continue to trim costly under-performing senior staff. But there’s more encouraging news for investment bankers in Hong...
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Mike Pringle, former head of equities at Citigroup, has left Moore Capital
Mike Pringle, the former global head of equities at Citigroup who joined Moore Capital Management in 2014, appears to have left the hedge fund. Pringle departed earlier this month, according to filings...
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What are your chances of getting a graduate job in a European investment bank...
Investment banks are focusing on juniorisation, but the graduate pipeline has not been spared from cuts. While more graduates are still expected to be hired this year than in 2015, recruitment targets...
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Barclays’ diminutive analyst bonuses said to trigger resignations
It’s not just senior staff at Barclays’ investment bank who’ve had their bonuses paid at a different time this year. Recruiters in London say the British bank also switched its analysts to a different...
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Where are the best jobs at Deloitte, EY, KPMG and PwC in Asia?
Led by a hiring spree at EY, Singaporean advisory professionals – particularly those with cyber security and financial crime skills – are the most in demand of all Big Four candidates in Singapore and...
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Deutsche Bank’s John Cryan to benefit from ‘personal branding guru’
As Deutsche Bank progresses with the implementation of ‘Strategy 2020′ under CEO John Cryan, it’s doing more than hiking salaries and cutting headcount in the back office. The German firm has also...
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Morning Coffee: One ex-JPMorgan banker earns 2X Jamie Dimon; Deutsche Bank’s...
If you earned almost twice as much as JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon last year, then it’s safe to say you’re doing very well for yourself and you’re essentially made of money. Not many people can say...
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The small e-trading firm hiring traders from big investment banks
If you work in sales and trading within a large, currently shaky, institution, the chances of finding another opportunity are relatively slim. Assuming you want to be able to indulge in proprietary...
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Why I switched out of M&A into fintech at J.P. Morgan
When I started my career as an investment banker at J.P. Morgan, it was months before the collapse of Lehman Brothers and height of the financial crisis. The already competitive sector to break into...
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The best career advice from senior investment bankers, hedge funds and...
We’ve spoken to various senior financial services professionals over the past few months, who have all offered their fair share of advice for those lower down the ranks. Below are the best pieces of...
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Eight of the most in-demand candidates in Asian banking this quarter
It hasn’t been the best of starts to the year in some parts of the Asian banking sector – equities traders have been axed as have senior investment bankers. But away from the front office, there’s...
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Morning Coffee: 36 year-old hedge fund managers to make you weep. Scary...
If you’re around 36 years of age and you haven’t a) very nearly retired, b) undertaken “the work of six people,” or c) registered plans to build a “super basement” under your “£2 million mansion”,...
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This is who Steve Cohen’s Point72 is hiring in London now
Point72, the-hedge fund-come-family-office formerly known as SAC Global investors that now manages the vast wealth of founder Steve Cohen, is building its London office. It hasn’t been fielding...
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The absolutely definitive guide to top tier investment banks by sector
Never has it been more important to work for a top tier investment bank. Analysts at Oliver Wyman and Morgan Stanley point out that margins are much higher for market leaders in particular sectors and...
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“I left banking because I was burned out. Two years later, I’m back”
In 2014, I was fed up with finance. I’d worked in the industry for nine years – seven of them in client-facing roles, and I was exhausted. I was completely burned out and demotivated. As far as I was...
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Ex-traders are reinventing themselves as expert witnesses
If you’ve spent your working life on the trading floor, glued to a Bloomberg terminal, you may not feel especially equipped to do anything else. However, not all ex-traders disappear into obscurity or...
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This is what your banking IT salary should be in Singapore
Banks in Singapore are pitching themselves against large tech firms for IT talent. Traditionally, the salaries and bonuses on offer in banking have been the main selling point, rather than the...
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Jobs at Hong Kong’s ‘big five’ banks fall 31% in 12 months
Vacancies at Hong Kong’s de facto ‘big five’ banks have slumped by 31% over the past year. In early April 2015 the firms – Bank of China, Bank of East Asia, Heng Seng Bank, HSBC and Standard Chartered...
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Morning Coffee: When $500k a year just isn’t worth it. The riskiest jobs in IBD
When you’re 29 years old, laden with student debt, and facing the prospect of a huge mortgage, $500k (£350k) a year might sound like the sort of money you’d happily work 18 hour days for. And yet, you...
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“I left banking to start a fintech firm that failed. This is what I’ve learned”
Four years ago, Paul Reynolds left 26-year investment banking career to start his own fintech firm, Bondcube. By the time the hype around fintech built up to fever pitch last year, Bondcube had 35...
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