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Words you should always include on your banking resume
If you’re going to get a job in banking, then you’re going to need excellent qualifications. But you’ll also need a CV that can make it past banks’ applicant tracking systems (ATS) that check for...
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COMMENT: “Male bankers must be stone cold sober and 100% in control”
If you’re a man who works in a bank and you’re attending a company Christmas party, be careful. This is the most dangerous event in your whole calendar. In the past, banks’ Christmas parties were...
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COMMENT: I’m a junior banker in Asia. I don’t need to work till 4am, I WANT to
If you read my previous article on this site, you’ll know that I’m a front-office first-year analyst at a US investment bank in Hong Kong who grew up in China and recently finished a degree in London....
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Morning Coffee: Weird happenings at McKinsey & Co. Deutsche Bank’s revenue...
McKinsey & Co. made front page news twice this weekend. While one story is much more serious than the other, they both hold potential consequences for the 750,000 people who apply to the management...
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Bank of America made a big hire for its Irish business ahead of Brexit
Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) has made a big hire in its Dublin office. Simon Cahill has joined BAML as a managing director and head of Treasury Risk and Control, chief administrative officer...
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COMMENT: How I got stuck in the wrong hedge fund job
If you’re desperate to get a job hedge fund, you’ll probably accept anything you’re given. And why not? – None of these places are easy to get into. But my own experience suggests you might want to...
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What Credit Suisse’s 173 new managing directors say about working there
It’s promotion season in investment banks. Following on from Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Citi and Barclays, Credit Suisse has become the latest bank to release the names of its all-new managing...
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Have work hours at investment banks gotten worse?
Everyone who accepts a job at an investment bank knows they are in for extremely long workdays for the foreseeable future. Yet it’s not supposed to be as bad as it once was. Banks began rolling out new...
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Brevan Howard takes bigger leap into AI with key appointment
Over the last two years in particular, quantitative hedge funds have begun integrating artificial intelligence and machine learning as part of their strategies. Two Sigma, Citadel, AQR and Man Group...
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COMMENT: It’s almost Christmas. In Asian banking, this is no time to stop...
It’s a common enough scenario in investment banking: you’re in the office over the Christmas season, but you don’t have nearly as much work on as usual (unless you have a bond deal to launch...
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Morning Coffee: The bad news about your bonus for 2018. Google’s new jobs in...
Christmas is coming, but the closer we get to the end of the year the less bountiful things may seem if you work in a bank. The S&P 500 has put in its worst December performance since 1931 and...
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How French banks are using AI to help salespeople and regulators
Machine learning and AI are talking points in many different industries. Finance is of course no exception. Like other industries we are trying to grapple with how they could impact us and as such...
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“None of those equities hires have been game-changers, except….”
If you work in equities and you haven’t had a call from someone representing either Barclays or Credit Suisse in the past 18 months, you can forgiven for questioning whether you are generating a bad...
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Don’t fake it or mention swimming. – Top banks’ recruiters reveal pet peeves
Most career advice that banks dole out on their website is rather generic and unnecessary for the majority of applicants. That said, internal bank recruiters can sometimes slip in more useful advice...
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Goldman Sachs just promoted 1,500 people to VP
If you know anything about Goldman Sachs, you will know that the bank has a lot of vice presidents. – They’re one of the most populous groups in Goldman’s hierarchy, accounting for over 12,000 of its...
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Awful phrases that Asian recruiters hate seeing on banking CVs
Asian recruiters are deluged with CVs in Q4 and Q1 as candidates start planning new year job moves. This is not a good time to send them a CV cluttered with the same old catch-phrases as all the...
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Morning Coffee: JPMorgan traders told to rein in their bright ideas. Goldman...
Creativity is a difficult balancing act. On the one hand, you want people to make suggestions for improvements and new markets. But on the other hand, you don’t want your technology systems to turn...
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Centerview Partners: The M&A boutique with the enormous pay
M&A boutique Centerview Partners has made some big hires from investment banks this year. The company’s latest UK accounts, released today for the year to March 2018, help explain its appeal. In...
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COMMENT: How to survive your first 100 days at Goldman Sachs
When I joined Goldman in 2005 I was told the following: “Remember this: Goldman is always a tough place. It is tough to be hired, it is tough to work here, and it is tough to leave”. With that in mind,...
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The hedge funds and private equity firms with the worst work hours
While investment banks are generally prestigiously places to work, there are reasons that many bankers look to jump to the buy-side after they gain a few years of experience. The opportunity to make...
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