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Where to study an MBA if you want to get paid. The best business schools in...
If you’re embarking on an MBA and want to impress top employers, is it really worth the investment? And, if you’re one of the (diminishing number) of business school graduates with an eye on working in...
View ArticleGoldman’s new effort to cut junior bankers’ workload?
It seems that Goldman Sachs may have found another way to cut the workload for its most junior staff. Parts of the pitch books that are the bane of junior bankers’ lives are being repurposed and used...
View ArticleMeet the new members of Deutsche Bank’s analyst class. What makes them special?
As part of our ongoing series scrutinizing the sorts of people who achieve the highly sought-after positions on banks’ graduate programmes, we’ve looked at Deutsche Bank’s analyst class for 2014. The...
View ArticleWhere banks will be hiring in the US in 2015
After a year in which banks cut headcount by tens of thousands in some situations, Wall Street has found more balance in 2014. Banks have continued to cut in areas like fixed income and equities...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: Yet more career options in Asian trade finance
Trade finance professionals in Asia already enjoy one of the most buoyant job markets in the region. As we reported in September, Mizuho is staffing up in the function as it launches a new...
View ArticleHong Kong faces talent shortage as banks battle to expand
Private banks in Hong Kong are in an expansionist mood – but because their growth is fuelled by China, they are finding it hard to source enough staff with mainland client networks. Meanwhile,...
View ArticleThe social media method for finding a banking mentor
You might not think that an investment banking analyst has much to offer as a mentor, but to those struggling to make it into the industry, their advice on how to navigate the graduate recruitment...
View ArticleSo who’s left Citi’s markets business exactly?
Citi has been making redundancies. Reuters reported yesterday that the U.S. bank cut ’35 traders’ from is London business. Only one was named, and that was Valentin Marinov, head of G10 currency...
View ArticleMorgan Stanley signals renewed commodities expansion with senior hire from BAML
In a reassuring sign that public pronouncements from investment banks that they’re retreating from certain business lines aren’t permanent fixtures, Morgan Stanley has been hiring for commodities...
View ArticleWhat can you do now to pass CFA Level I? How to pass Level III? The Institute...
The December sitting for the CFA Level I exams is fast approaching. As we noted last week, many will fail. In most years, the December pass rate is way below the June pass rate – sometimes...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: Morgan Stanley to hike Asian private banking headcount by at...
Yet another bank in Asia is talking up its expansionist ambitions in Asia and how it intends to differentiate itself from the competition. In recent weeks the Asian bosses of Deutsche Bank’s and BNY...
View ArticleHow sales jobs in investment banks fell out of fashion
Pity the investment banking salesperson. Pity – especially the salesperson who deals with mid-sized low value clients. His, or her, job is not what it used to be. Alongside London fixed income traders,...
View ArticleSeven things you need to do now to boost your compliance career in Asia
Compliance is among the most sought-after functions at banks in Singapore and Hong Kong right now. But compliance professionals typically don’t do enough to tailor their careers to take full advantage...
View ArticleInvestment banks’ back office workers: underpaid, under-appreciated and...
Investment banks’ support functions are under pressure – as cost-cutting initiatives clash with swelling compliance expenditure and a need to pay bigger bonuses to top performers in the front office,...
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So, what makes an investment banker?
You want to work in M&A or the broader IBD (investment banking division) of an investment bank. You want to help companies buy and sell their component parts (M&A). Or you want to help...
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Which universities and business schools did Goldman, JPM and others target...
Which university or business school should you be attending if you want to get a job in an investment bank when you graduate? Based upon our own CV database, we’ve already suggested the top 35 MBAs for...
View ArticleYour guide to power networking at financial services conferences
Financial conferences present excellent opportunities for networking. They offer opportunities to meet new people who can help you move your career forward and they can help you strengthen your...
View ArticleKey trends set to shape banking careers in Shanghai over the next year
Shanghai’s finance sector has been in the headlines. Last week witnessed both the launch of the Hong Kong-Shanghai Stock Connect scheme and the announcement of upcoming reforms to the Shanghai Free...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: Hong Kong’s emerging embrace of contracting
It’s a trend we first spotted back in February: banks in Hong Kong are creating more contract jobs, while finance professionals in the city are slowly shedding their traditional reluctance to...
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Where in the world do the top investment banks hire CFAs?
If you’re a CFA charterholder with ambitions to work for Goldman Sachs, it’s worth applying to its London office. Over 35% of the US investment banks’ charterholder employees work in the UK, the...
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