What you need to know to get a graduate investment banking job in Asia
Global investment banks in Hong Kong are stepping up their hiring of students from local universities, but competition for graduate traineeships is stronger than ever and banks are increasingly...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: The worst time to start a finance career? Look who’s...
With markets puking over the prospects for low global growth, the resurrection of the eurozone crisis and Ebola, things don’t look fortuitous for the bumper crop of new analysts and associates just...
View ArticleBanks unconcerned about Ebola risks for their globe-trotting staff
If anyone should be paranoid about Ebola on planes, it’s the average senior M&A banker who spends months each year in the sky – especially the average M&A banker focused on clients in...
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Why an anti-EU immigration stance is disastrous for the City of London
In the build up to the UK elections next year, curbing EU immigration is a hot topic. David Cameron, no doubt stung by the election of the first UKIP MP earlier this month, has said that he will have...
View ArticleThe most interesting Wall Street roles in a wild market
Markets have been crazy lately, if you haven’t noticed. Yesterday and Wednesday in particular were just plain nuts, with the Dow dropping as much as 460 points before nearly fully recovering a day...
View ArticleMorgan Stanley proves it’s more than just a wealth manager
When Morgan Stanley Chief Executive James Gorman revealed plans to allocate more resources to asset and wealth management and deemphasize the firm’s once powerful trading business, many in the industry...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: Erratic, controlling, fun, finance superstar now hiring....
Do you want to work for a dyslexic, dyspraxic, easily-frustrated boss who doesn’t want you to have many opinions of your own, and requires that you’re available early in the morning, late at night and...
View ArticleMeet the hedge fund where anyone can work – as long as they have the talent
Despite recent wobbles among computer-driven hedge funds, a good quant remains a valuable commodity. Man Group has its own quant talent incubation centre through its Institute of Quantitative Finance...
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The number of people employed in London’s financial sector now exceeds...
Good news – financial services is back in the City of London! The number of people employed in the sector in the UK now exceeds 2007! The financial crisis is well and truly behind us! OK, maybe not. In...
View ArticleMeet 11 new analysts and associates at Goldman Sachs. What makes them special?
It’s a good time to get an entry-level job at Goldman Sachs.As we were first to observe last week, Goldman Sachs seems to have hired an unusually large number of an analysts and associate this year –...
View ArticleHey young banker, working on that spreadsheet. You’re important
Consider this inspiration for all the twenty-somethings toiling away as analysts and associates at big banks, thinking the spreadsheet that they’re working won’t have any real-world meaning. YOU DO...
View ArticleJPM, MS, GS, Citi and BAC’s guide to the three hottest banking jobs of...
Last week, U.S. investment banks lifted their skirts to display what happened beneath during the three months to September. Based upon those third quarter results, this is where we’d suggest they might...
View ArticleCredit Suisse hiring across regions, Deutsche scarfing up wealth managers
In the latest hiring roundup, Credit Suisse is hiring investment bankers in EMEA and Asia, BlackRock may need more help in fixed income and Deutsche Bank is loading up on US wealth managers. New fixed...
View ArticleThe “big three” banks that keep on hiring in Singapore and Hong Kong
Citi, HSBC and Standard Chartered have generated their share of negative headlines in Asia of late as they retrench some of their operations across the region. But the trio are still generating plenty...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: Barclays’ bankers weep at lavish lives of Bob Diamond...
While Barclays’ contemporary investment bankers wear hair shirts, its ex-investment bankers are still living in the style to which they became accustomed. Rich Ricci, the most recently evicted head of...
View ArticleNine exciting new finance firms that might hire you
If you’re on the look out for new career opportunities in London’s financial services sector, it’s important to know of as yet unheralded companies. Senior bankers at big-name firms are often going it...
View ArticleHow to get a graduate job at Morgan Stanley
If you want to make it into Morgan Stanley’s graduate scheme you need to be able to compete. In the US alone, with around 1,000 places on offer this year, the US investment bank received over 90,000...
View ArticleBring your earplugs: more depressing news for bond traders
After suffering through more than a year of difficult market conditions, fixed income traders were finally having a good couple of months. Volatility spiked in September, leading to...
View ArticleSix things you need to know if you want to get a tech job at Goldman Sachs
In June, Lloyd Blankfein went on Bloomberg TV and told a dirty little secret: Goldman Sachs is a technology company. What he meant, of course, is that electronic platforms run everything that Goldman –...
View ArticleWhy Google hasn’t hired any ex-bankers for its investment arm
Google Ventures has landed. As trailed in July, the investment arm of the world’s second favorite technology firm has manifested in London. Yesterday, Google Ventures set out its strategy for investing...
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