Ten tricky questions recruiters in Asia use to weed out bad candidates
If you’re looking for a banking job in Asia, you are advised to contact recruiters now so you’re on their books when vacancies start cropping up during the busy post-Chinese New Year hiring season in...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: Exciting perks of new £100k finance jobs. Concern as senior...
The European Central Bank is hiring. We’ve been saying so for sometime, but now that we’re in 2014 the ECB’s recruitment has attained an air of increased urgency: it needs to find 1,000 people by the...
View ArticleDeutsche poaches BNP Paribas e-trading chief ahead of rates tech push
Deutsche Bank has poached Martin Zinkin, head of BNP Paribas’ electronic fixed income research and strategy team, as it looks to speed up the electronification of its fixed income business, with rates...
View ArticleSix reasons to work for NM Rothschild, or not
With luck, 2014 will be the year when European M&A warms up. It will also be the year when IPOs are resurgent, when hiring makes a comeback and when bonuses in London begin to be properly...
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Here’s how much you’ll make per hour in M&A or sales and trading
Should you work in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) or should you work in sales and trading? Which is less stressful? And which involves the shortest working hours and the highest pay per hours...
View ArticleWhy you should want to work for this hipsterish hedge fund featuring a man...
In the world of quantitative hedge funds, which tend to attract technologists rather than pure financial types, there’s often a decidedly more relaxed feel. Cambridge-based Cantab Capital Partners says...
View ArticleHow a hedge fund trader quit finance and became a high-powered creative...
Financial services careers are not cool. The only people now who want to wed themselves to a life staring at spreadsheets or Bloomberg terminals are the people with a seriously intense interest in...
View ArticleReal-life interview questions asked by asset managers
If you are looking for a relatively safe and fertile area to work in financial services, asset management may be your best bet. Market conditions were favorable in the second half of the year and...
View ArticleThe bad news about Bank of America’s new working hours restrictions
Like Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan, Bank of America has just introduced a new rule restricting working hours for its most junior staff. Insiders say BAML’s new restrictions state that junior staff must...
View ArticleBanish feelings of inadequacy: How to make it as a big shot before 30
The latest Forbes list of finance wunderkinder ‘30 under 30’ is enough to make even most heavy-hitters feel hopelessly inadequate. While most people are still couch surfing and living off the Bank of...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: Where the junior bankers shall be working hardest of all in 2014
Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, UBS, Citigroup, Barclays, RBS, Evercore, Moelis & Co…. If you’re a junior banker who likes a little weekend time outside the office, these are the banks you might...
View ArticleThe high-paying contract roles with (most of) the perks of a permanent job
In theory, taking a punt on a new job in a distant country is risky enough without the offer being a contract position. But what if it was a contract job in name only, and actually offered all the...
View ArticleLooking for a new finance job in London or on Wall Street? Here’s who you’re...
Now’s the time to find a new job in financial services. According to recruitment firm Astbury Marsden, things are looking up. According to one Morgan Stanley MD this is a great moment to be starting...
View ArticleSeven important things that JPMorgan’s results tell you about the banking job...
JPMorgan’s fourth quarter results are out for 2014 and the US bank has just embarked upon its accompanying conference call. In a busy week for U.S. banking results, JPM is the first U.S bank to report....
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Want a banking job in 2014? Learn about FVA
Looking for a job in banking? As we very correctly predicted in November, it will help if you familiarize yourself with the concept of funding valuation adjustment (FVA). FVA made an important...
View ArticleWho, exactly, is Marianne Lake of JPMorgan?
If you’re listening to JPMorgan’s conference call today, you’ll note the dulcet English tones of Marianne Lake, the bank’s British CFO. Low-key Lake is a bit of a mystery and tends to stay in the...
View Article‘My 7 is your 9 bro’ and the other most arrogant tweets from Goldman’s inside...
Famed Twitter handle Goldman Sachs Elevator (@GSElevator), the anonymous banker that feeds the world blush-inducing Wall Street banter, is finally looking to monetize his immense following. The...
View ArticleFinancial services firms lead the way in Singapore on hiring locals
Singapore’s tightening of the labour market in recent years has seen only minor tweaks in the regulatory environment to encourage employers to hire nationals. The impact, however, has been significant,...
View ArticleDaily Dispatches – Singapore curbs on foreign hiring takes its toll
The government’s ongoing effort to moderate the growth of the foreign worker population has forced some companies in Singapore to scale back their businesses, reports Singapore’s Business Times. About...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: Labour Party wants immediate squeeze on RBS pay. Top M&A...
Investment bankers at the Royal Bank of Scotland don’t have much to look forward to come bonus time this year. As we reported earlier this week, their compensation per head is on track to decline by...
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