Six financial services firms that will be hiring in the Middle East in 2014
Optimism about the financial services job market in the Middle East has been hard to come by in recent years. International investment banks have been pulling out of the region in the wake of the...
View ArticleEight CV fixes that will get you a financial services job in 2014
It’s a new year. Banks are hiring. Things seem to be looking up. However, before you rush into sending out your CV in application for all the financial services jobs you want, it’s worth making sure it...
View ArticleGraduate jobs and internships banks still can’t seem to fill
Want to secure a graduate job or summer internship at an investment bank this year? Good luck – the vast majority of permanent roles have been filled months ago, and there are few gaps left in...
View ArticleWhen hedge fund jobs turn out to be immensely boring
Congratulations – you’ve got a job in a hedge fund! You’re an ‘execution trader.’ Isn’t that exciting? Or not. According to various covert and not-so-covert sources, execution trading jobs in hedge...
View Article‘Does Goldman Sachs drug test?’ and other popular candidate inquiries
Google’s autocomplete function – aimed at saving users milliseconds of laborious typing – offers a fun little byproduct if you have a few minutes. Start typing a query and you’ll be greeted with a list...
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More finance jobs in Asia in 2014 but it’s not all good news in Singapore
Two new surveys by recruitment firms operating in Asia point to good hiring prospects for financial services candidates in the region, with a significant proportion of firms looking to add staff and...
View ArticleDaily Dispatches – Hong Kong bank workers expecting bumper bonuses
Hong Kong employees of Asian financial companies, including mainland banks and securities firms that have expanded their offshore business in the city in recent years could be in line for bonuses that...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: More redundancies coming soon at Credit Suisse? Bad news for...
As of yesterday, any Credit Suisse fixed income professionals who thought their jobs were safe because they avoided last year’s cuts look sadly deluded. Credit Suisse was one of the banks guilty of...
View ArticleHedge fund Capula slashes partner to a mere £2.2m average, but keeps on hiring
Hedge fund Capula Investment Management has slashed partner pay by more than half following a big drop in profits for the year to March 2013. However, it’s also been indulging in relatively prolific...
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JPMorgan’s verdict on the best investment banks in Europe
If you aspire to change jobs this year and are wondering which bank to work for, you could consult our 2014 strategy primer. Alternatively, if you want to work for a European investment bank...
View ArticleThe 2013-2014 investment banking and financial services graduate interview...
Want a graduate job or internship in an investment bank? Wondering what kinds of questions you’ll be asked apart from the standard ones that come up at every banking interview? We asked you to send us...
View ArticleBernie Madoff was honest about one thing: J.P. Morgan would pay
The writing had been on the wall for months: J.P. Morgan would be fined for its alleged involvement in the Bernie Madoff scandal. Yet, while the outcome was nearly inevitable, no one really knew what...
View ArticleThe dangers of employing young, ambitious investment bankers
The chances are that if you’ve made it into an investment bank, you’re competitive by nature. Not only is the recruitment process highly selective and rigorous, but only 20% of candidates who get in...
View ArticleDaily Dispatches – Singapore’s OCBC bids for Wing Hang to drive Greater China...
OCBC, Southeast Asia’s second largest lender, says that it’s bid for Hong Kong bank Wing Hang will help its ambitions for expansion into greater China. According to a report by Asian Banking &...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: This is the most dangerous time of year to be a top performer...
Christmas is over, but if you work in an investment bank you still have something to look forward to: bonuses. Most banks announce annual bonuses for the previous year in January or February and pay...
View ArticleSenior Deutsche Bank deal-maker dies at 51
Miklos Kormos, the head of investment banking coverage for Central and Eastern Europe, Israel and Turkey at Deutsche Bank, has died after a battle with cancer, aged 51. Kormos passed away in December....
View ArticleSenior Morgan Stanley banker says 2014 is a very propitious year for starting...
If you haven’t yet applied for your trainee position in an investment bank for 2014, you may be a little late: most banks closed their full time applications in December, although you can possibly...
View ArticleBlueCrest is still providing a happy home to ex-bankers and SAC employees
It’s no secret that hedge fund BlueCrest Capital Management has been among the most aggressive recruiters of the past 12 months. It’s hired traders from Brevan Howard, Nomura, Credit Suisse, Deutsche...
View ArticleThe most (and least) stressful jobs in banking and finance
If you work in banking or other sectors in financial services, you likely spend a healthy part of your day dealing with career-related stress. The hours, the responsibilities, the external pressures to...
View ArticleBlame compliance for banks’ totalitarianism and the loss of traders’ chat rooms
As we go into 2014, traders in investment banks face a very different landscape: they’ve lost their chat rooms and the vital market color these provided. Compliance departments are largely to blame....
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