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Senior traders are swapping out of Deutsche’s rates business
Now that Deutsche Bank has paid its bonuses, a trickle of its rates traders are coming onto the market. This is despite Deutsche’s plan to boost its rates business in 2016 after doubling revenues in...
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Why isn’t the Masters in Finance qualification taking off on Wall Street?
The Masters in Finance degree may be replacing the MBA in Europe, but it’s less well-established in the U.S., and Wall Street firms have been reluctant to recruit graduates with these degrees – that...
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This is why you can’t find a new finance job now
If you want a brand new job in banking, you have – in theory – many of them to choose from. With bonuses paid, we’re in the prime hiring season. And yet, if you’re on the market, you may be...
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“My journey from IBD to CEO of J.P. Morgan’s mortgage bank”
Mike Weinbach was appointed CEO of the mortgage banking division of JPMorgan Chase in December after working at the bank in various roles for more than 12 years. He went from investment banking roles...
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10 Singapore finance jobs that pay $10k a month after just three years
You’re a graduate in Singapore wondering which finance job will land you a salary large enough to start saving up for a condo by the time you’re an associate. You want to earn S$10k (US$7.3k) a month...
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How to get a junior relationship manager job in Singapore or Hong Kong
Relationship manager (RM) jobs in Asian corporate banking are in demand right now as banks look to eke out more revenue from corporate clients. But what’s the best route to getting your first RM job in...
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Morning Coffee: How to beat 45 other people to a J.P. Morgan job. Worst...
So, now we know: more people want to work for J.P. Morgan’s investment bank than for Goldman Sachs. Jim Cochrane, J.P. Morgan’s global head of recruiting, told the Financial Times that the bank...
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The most impressive VPs in London
If you’re a believer in the concept of “juniorisation”, then you’ll want to be a vice president (VP) for an investment bank in London. After all, the juniorisation meme goes something like this: banks...
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The best universities for getting a job at J.P. Morgan in the U.S., Europe...
You’re up against some stiff competition if you want a job at J.P. Morgan: the bank receives 45 CVs for every job it advertises. It helps, therefore, to study at the universities that JPM likes to hire...
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FX sales director leaves Credit Suisse
Ivan Dexeus, an FX sales director at Credit Suisse, and lead salesperson for the French speaking countries and Scandinavia, has left the bank. Dexeus departed Credit Suisse last month after working...
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Credit Suisse needs to hire six private bankers a month in Asia…for the next...
Credit Suisse has been recruiting far more relationship managers (RMs) into its private bank recently than main rival UBS, but it still needs to take on an additional 185 RMs to meet its own hiring...
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Nine things you need to know about working for systematic macro hedge funds,...
Winton Capital Management, the hedge fund which originated in the UK’s Oxford and now has offices in London, Zurich, Tokyo, Sydney, Shanghai, Hong Kong, New York and San Francisco, has several things...
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Morning Coffee: Where you’ll find the best bankers in the world. Traditional...
Which city can claim the title of the top financial centre in the world? London or New York? The City versus the City that Never Sleeps? London Wall up against Wall Street? The Union Jack or the Stars...
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Jamie Dimon’s 10 commandments for thriving in an investment bank
Jamie Dimon has issued his annual letter to shareholders. Therein are buried some important nuggets of wisdom for all who would work at J.P. Morgan, despite the considerable competition to get in. 1....
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How you should approach your job search if you were a bad leaver
Everyone wants to be a good leaver, but it doesn’t always work out that way. What if you made a mistake or breached protocol and your previous employer considers you a bad leaver? If there’s bad blood...
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Goldman hired a VP from Deutsche as its juniors quit for private equity
If you’re going to leave an investment bank for a job in private equity this year, now’s the time. With junior bonuses at most banks now paid in January, private equity funds are aware that analysts...
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Seven reasons why compliance candidates want new jobs
If you work in compliance in Hong Kong or Singapore you remain in high demand, unless you have a particularly bad recent track record of job hopping. Banks in Asia continue to hire apace in your...
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Asia has suddenly lost 62 private bankers. This is how it happened
While investment banks in Asia have been hiring and firing en mass since the financial crisis, private banks have been slowly but steadily adding headcount. Until now. New figures from Asian Private...
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Morning Coffee: How much Barclays traders earned aged 25, 26 and 36. Morgan...
The Barclays LIBOR trial is proving instructive in terms of traders’ pay. For anyone wondering how much Barclays’ formerly paid its LIBOR traders in London and New York, the answer is simple: a lot. We...
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An MBA is better than a CFA if you want to make MD in banking
It’s the perennial debate: should you get an MBA or a CFA if you want to get ahead in banking? An MBA from the sort of top tier school banks like to hire from will cost you a small fortune and mean...
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