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Quantifying the sudden decline in popularity of @GSElevator, John Lefevre

It’s nearly one month since John Lefevre, a 34-year old ex-Citi bond trader was unmasked as the man behind the super-popular @GSElevatorTwitter account. Since then, Lefevre has lost his book deal with...

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“Some FX traders at RBS are so happy with their bonuses, they’ve dropped...

Reports of widespread withholding of foreign exchange bonuses at Royal Bank of Scotland, Barclays and Citi may have been overdone.  The Financial Times reported earlier that FX bonuses at these banks...

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Job Market Pulse: Fund manager makes U.S. hiring push, London finally adding...

In this week’s hiring roundup, a European fund manager eyes US expansion, Pimco prepares for an equities push and Millennium refuses to stop hiring on the buy-side. French fund manager hiring in U.S.,...

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Six finance jobs that pay a minimum of £1,000 a day

The financial services contract recruitment market has improved over the past few months, but rates are still being crushed by some investment banks who view temporary hires as an easy way to cut...

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Morning Coffee: Yes, BAML is hiring in London. How to be 26 and drive a...

While senior fixed income bankers quit the likes of Morgan Stanley for hedge funds, one bank seems to be building its fixed income business despite the challenging market conditions. That bank is Bank...

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The international hunt for talent for this new financial regulator

Financial regulators around the world are staffing up – the European Central Bank is adding an additional 1,000 people, the Bank of England is in the midst of a risk recruitment spree and the SEC has...

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Confessions of a former HR director from a major US investment bank

What really happens behind the scenes in a big US investment bank? We spoke to a director of HR who recently left one leading US bank in the City. He’s still in HR, but not in banking any more. He...

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75 names you need to know if you want a job at BAML, UBS, and Credit Suisse

It’s that time of year: banks (in theory) are hiring for their front office businesses after bonuses have been paid. Who are the decision makers who will determine hiring in their key businesses...

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A breakdown of private equity earning power by company size

Relative to their size, smaller private equity firms offer more job opportunities, but if money is your main motivation it’s best to target the larger companies. Making the switch into private equity...

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The six most common investment banking interview questions and how to answer...

For recent graduates, investment banking interviews are built on two main structures: personal behavioral questions and technical queries. As we’re told, the latter tend to be rather formulaic. There...

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Was this ex-head of equities at Credit Suisse too confident about his job...

It would be difficult to be much more upbeat about leaving your job of six years at the top of a major investment bank than Matt De Salvo, the ex-head of  U.S. equities sales and trading at Credit...

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The private banks that are hiring in Asia right now

If you’re looking for a job in Asian private banking but you’re sick of working for a major multinational, both boutique European firms and expanding Asian banks are staffing up on relationship...

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Morning Coffee: Skip McGee richer than before. McKinsey’s stupid slogan for...

We’ve pointed out previously that it was the ex-Lehman bankers at Barclays in the U.S. who were responsible for the swollen bonus pool that’s causing the fuss surrounding Barclays in the UK. Today...

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Cost-cutting Credit Suisse loses more expensive bankers who’ve worked there...

Credit Suisse is on a cost cutting mission. In the fourth quarter of 2013, expenses were 101% of revenues at its investment bank. That’s not so hot on any measure, and particularly when you consider...

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Barclays’ investment bank is currently valued at nothing at all

Barclays’ investment bank used to be the jewel in the crown. Right now it looks like a piece of worthless coloured glass. Analysts at Deutsche Bank point out that at Barclays’ current share price, the...

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Uncovering the investment banking cliques

Investment banks, despite being global behemoths, would have you believe that everyone is singing from the same hymn sheet. Everyone is indoctrinated into the same training scheme, everyone is on...

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Is this the most simultaneously interesting and underpaid trading job in an...

If you want to work as a trader in an investment bank, you probably haven’t thought of targeting the ‘capital management desk’. That might be a little remiss of you. By all accounts, capital management...

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Ex-Citi UK chief now free to don frilly cravats, tights and knickerbockers

Maurice Thompson, the former head of Citigroup’s UK operations whose departure was announced last month, has now formally left the bank, according to filings on the FSA register. He’s off to pursue...

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The best (and worst) ways to sign off a work email

While the content of your automated email signature is certainly nothing to lose sleep over, it does convey something about you, whether you recognize it or not. Perhaps the most important aspect is...

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Yes, you need a rich family to work in finance

This was spotted by Matt Levine at Bloomberg and originally ran on NPR, so we’re presenting it to you kind of third hand. Nonetheless, it makes for interesting reading if you’re hoping to work in...

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