Eight crucial questions that finance professionals in Asia must always ask...
Bonuses are being paid, Chinese New Year is on the horizon – in Hong Kong and Singapore the traditional busy season for recruiters to meet job seekers has begun. Banks in Asia, meanwhile, are putting...
View ArticleThe body language that’s making you unemployable
Why have you been to multiple job interviews and had no job offers? Why do your interviewers look at you as if you're Nigel Farage? Share on twitter Why do they stare out the window while you explain...
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Should you move to London or New York for these hot jobs?
In theory, information security and big data roles are part of a bank’s technology function. However, with financial services firms under attack from cyber criminals and keen to mine the data at their...
View ArticleSo, Santander has been quietly hiring in London
We remarked upon Santander’s secret sucking up of fixed income traders in London back in September 2014. Guess what? Much like RBC, it seems the Spanish bank is hiring still. Santander just announced...
View ArticleHSBC has just poached Barclays’ chief information officer
Darryl West, chief information officer at Barclays, has left the bank to become group CIO at HSBC, according to sources close to the situation. In a world where banks are increasingly competing against...
View ArticleFive ways you can screw up a management consulting interview
The hardest part of any management consulting interview is the case study portion, where you will break down a hypothetical business problem and offer a recommendation. It’s essentially doing the...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: Private banks in Asia continue to hire IT staff
Wining the battle to manage the assets of Asia’s wealthy isn’t just about hiring the best private bankers – it’s increasingly also about how you service high-net-worth clients via the latest IT...
View ArticleJob applications to Singaporean banks surge 30%. Here’s why
Banking professionals in Singapore are sending their CVs in increasing numbers to the city state’s three home-grown banks, DBS, OCBC and UOB. Recruiters say they are now receiving about 20% to 30% more...
View Article10 phrases you need to know if you want a job in electronic trading
Trading jobs are not as exciting as they were. Human beings are being displaced by algorithms. And algorithms are becoming more effective while human intelligence is diverted by videos of cats chasing...
View ArticleIs this the perfect junior banking job for moving a hedge fund?
If you’re looking to get hired by a bank and then move to a hedge fund, leveraged finance looks like the place to be. Banks are engaged in some big leveraged finance hiring and hedge funds are poaching...
View ArticleThe worst paid jobs on Wall Street and in the City of London
Not everyone who works in finance can take home six-figures after a few years in the industry. Not everyone is a ‘banker’ and there are plenty of jobs on offer in both the City of London and Wall...
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Consultants lure MBA interns with better pay than investment banks
Choosing an internship should never be about the money, particularly for MBAs who likely have a fairly clear plan in place for their career. That said, who isn’t curious about what other people are...
View ArticleIs working for Goldman Sachs really so different to working for BAML?
It’s not often you get to join Goldman Sachs as a partner. It’s even less often that having joined Goldman Sachs as a partner, you decide to quit within the year and return to your previous employer....
View ArticleMorning Coffee: China’s reserve-requirement cut could create banking jobs
China’s move on Wednesday to cut bank reserve requirements was primarily designed to inject more liquidity into the economy and ward off a slowdown. But it may also be a boon for banking jobs in China....
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CV Clinic: Can I clinch a graduate banking job in Asia?
If you’re looking for a graduate banking job in Hong Kong, you face formidable competition, not only from local Hong Kong nationals but from the mainland graduates that banks are hiring in increasing...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: The new financial instruments set to drive growth at...
The first ever covered bonds issued in Singapore could hit the market in the middle of this year – and in the longer term they could help drive business expansion (and new hiring) at the three local...
View ArticleWhat you need to know about venturing out into the private equity job market
You’re an experienced private equity (PE) professional and you want a new job. Be warned: making a lateral move within the PE industry is nothing like getting your first job on the buy-side. Moving...
View ArticleWhere to next for elite bankers in Asia in need of a career challenge?
What do private bankers in Asia do when their client books are bulging, their asset under management have hit new heights and they’ve reached the peak of their profession? Increasingly, they are...
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Three charts which put your chances of getting a new finance job into context
If you’re struggling to get a job in financial services, that’s a shame. In London, the industry is now easier to get into than it has been for a while. At least this is what we conclude from looking...
View ArticleHow to be humble when you’re 25 years old and earning $150k
Like it or not, young bankers have an image problem. The 2006-stereotype of models and bottles and arrogant young men waving money out of windows might seem unfair when you’re working 18 hour days and...
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