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Barclays’ guide to what’s coming for investment banks in 2015
We’ve already chucked the gauntlet at your feet and suggested that 2015 might be a pretty good year for anyone seeking out a banking job. Now leading investment banks are following in our footsteps and...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: Veteran female banker leaves HSBC Hong Kong
News about banking careers in Asia has been dominated by Standard Chartered’s big job cuts over the past 24 hours (click here and here for our coverage), but another Asia-focused UK bank, HSBC, has...
View ArticleBanks in Singapore double salaries to retain staff
Banks in Singapore are finding it more difficult to recruit and retain the foreign staff who make up a large share of their junior financial-technology roles – and they are sometimes raising salaries...
View ArticleHow to land a 2015 graduate job in finance if you don’t already have one
You’re leaving university in 2015 and you haven’t yet secured a graduate job in an investment bank. As you will know from our comprehensive list of investment banking application deadlines, you’re a...
View ArticleVeteran CFA exam takers dole out advice for rookies
The next CFA exam date is fairly far off – June 5. But the CFA Institute has started offering mock exams this month for those who have already put in most of the 300 hours needed to pass just the first...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: Citi Hong Kong brings in senior New York banker
Citi has named Gonzalo Luchetti as its new head of retail banking for Asia Pacific, reports Reuters. Luchetti is transferring to Hong Kong from New York and will also continue his current job as Citi’s...
View ArticleCould this qualification be your ticket to a career change in Asian banking?
Late last year the London-headquartered Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) launched a set of global management-accounting principles in Singapore – the first ever codification of its...
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How old is too old to be bothered with the CFA exams?
If you’re looking for a qualification to embellish your financial services CV, the exams by the CFA Institute are a good place to start, Every year, over a hundred thousand people globally sit for the...
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How much will you really earn as a graduate in an investment bank?
Guess what? On average, the investment banking sector pays graduates the most. Research firm High Fliers asked Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, J.P....
View ArticleMeet the ex-Goldman employee turned juicing evangelist
How much do you know about juicing? Can you differentiate between cold-pressed juices and hot-pressed juices? Do you like your juices watery? Or are you a bit more discerning? Jo Symes, ex-Goldman...
View ArticleDeutsche Bank hiring back office staff and junk bond traders; Barclays fund...
In the latest hiring roundup, Deutsche Bank is adding back officer staffers in the US, investment banks are desperate for healthcare specialists and several new hedge funds have recently launched....
View ArticleMorning Coffee: Potential RBS Asian exit creates poaching opportunity for rivals
Royal Bank of Scotland is considering withdrawing from corporate banking in Asia, reports Bloomberg. And as it plans the potential cut-backs, some of its rivals are already likely to be eyeing up its...
View ArticleWhat now for equities careers in Hong Kong as Stan Chart bankers flood market?
Newly redundant Standard Chartered employees in Hong Kong are an unwelcome addition to an equities job market which is already oversupplied with talent. Of the 200 people laid off globally last week...
View Article35 banking jobs for 2015 that pay £100k+ outside the front office
You want to work in banking, but you don’t want the excruciating hours of a front office job in M&A or sales, trading, or research. You do, however, want to earn a healthy six figure salary. Which...
View ArticleSingapore finance firms will want ‘smart’ cost-cutters in 2015
Most finance jobs require long hours, face time in the office and ability to work at unsociable hours at the behest of demanding managers. But could it be in the coming year that financial services...
View ArticleJunior banker career advice from @GSElevator
Wall Street can be tough on juniors, that much is obvious. The hours, the work, the lifestyle – investment banking just isn’t meant for everyone. Do you have what it takes to make it today? Could you...
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Morgan Stanley’s guide to what’s coming next for investment banks in 2015
It’s the season for staring into the future. Barclays’ banking analysts have already issued their appraisal of the shapes in the banking ether. Now Morgan Stanley’s banking analysts are having their...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: Most Hongkongers wouldn’t work in mainland China
Hong Kong is continually strengthening its financial ties to the mainland – the city has cemented its place as the world’s leading off-shore yuan hub and launched a stock connect scheme with Shanghai....
View ArticleThe pros and cons of being a career contractor in Asian banking
Banks in Singapore are abandoning their traditional reluctance to employing contractors and are increasingly using them to lead urgent projects and plug skill shortages in their operations,...
View ArticleHigh stakes, huge pay days: How six UK hedge funds performed in 2014
2014 was not a good year for the hedge fund industry. 889 hedge funds shuttered their doors throughout the year, according to data from EurekaHedge, and some big-name firms like Brevan Howard took the...
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