Standard Chartered paying up to $150k over the odds for support staff in Asia
Standard Chartered is paying a lot for its senior back and middle-office employees in Singapore, whose earnings can eclipse those of counterparts at rival firms by up to $150k (US$112k). But the bank’s...
View ArticleIs Deutsche Bank now overpaying its junior bankers?
Has Deutsche Bank gone too far? We’re just asking, because following our revelation that the German bank finally increased junior salaries by up to 35% two months ago, a new pay snapshot suggests the...
View ArticleHow to excel in an investment banking division (IBD) internship
If you’ve just started an internship in the investment banking division (IBD) of a large bank, you’re one step closer to securing a full-time job in arguably the most competitive areas of the business....
View ArticleWhere you will find the highest salaries in compliance
Want to earn a giant salary in compliance? Work for an investment bank in a ‘compliance advisory’ unit. Want to earn giant pay in compliance? Go for a hedge fund that’s offering a percentage deal – and...
View ArticleThe six hottest boutique investment banks in 2015
Boutique investment banks continue to eat larger firms’ lunch. In the first half of 2015, they accounted for 29% of all M&A deals – and this is down to size of the deals they’re working on, not the...
View ArticleQuestions you will always be asked in a hedge fund interview and how to...
Interviewing at a hedge fund can be an unpleasant experience. Known for testing candidates’ resilience under pressure, hedge funds hire comparatively few people. Therefore, they’re either looking for...
View ArticleGoldman Sachs is drawing in staff from JPM, MS, UBS and Barclays
Is Goldman Sachs consolidating its position and hiring in ‘top talent’ from rivals? We’re just asking because it’s hired a lot of people over the past month, almost all of whom have come from other...
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Investment banks need nicer people…to be replaced by computers
Investment banks are at a crossroads. The culture remains geared towards bonuses, despite regulatory and political pressure to curb this, reputational issues abound and shareholders continue to...
View ArticleSo you want one of those graduate jobs at Brevan Howard?
Brevan Howard is hiring graduates. So says Bloomberg, which claims the hedge fund has set up something that sounds a lot like a graduate training program in the interest of ‘grooming managers in house’...
View ArticleThe quiet hiring spree for Fintech professionals in China
The recent bull-run of China’s stock market has prompted many banks in China to bolster their trading functions, but this has had the knock on effect of increasing demand for technology professionals...
View ArticleGood news for J.P. Morgan people who are moving to Bournemouth
We understand that things aren’t as bad for the J.P. Morgan people who are moving out of London to Bournemouth as they might have been. Recruiters claim they’ve been told that they won’t get a pay cut....
View ArticleThe Career Advice of Goldman Sachs’ Gary Cohn
In banking terms, Lloyd Blankfein is laid back and thoughtful. He likes to lie on the couch at weekends. Under his tenure, Goldman Sachs is a flexible, non-goal orientated place to work. He likes to...
View ArticleSenior partner quits Odey Asset Management after seven years
A partner and former head of research at Odey Asset Management has left the hedge fund after seven years. Jamie Wood, who worked for numerous bank-owned asset management firms before switching into a...
View ArticleRecalibrate your morals to think like a senior banker
Banking leaders are not known for their goodness. In the public imagination, Ken Costa, the ex-UBS and Lazard M&A banker and Christian philanthropist, tends to be eclipsed by the likes of a...
View ArticleWhy Mizuho is expanding in FICC
Most banks are paring bank their fixed income currencies and commodities businesses. Deutsche Bank is expected to make cuts under John Cryan. Credit Suisse is expected to make cuts under Tidjane Thiam....
View ArticleThe 30 year-old hedge fund stars whose world is falling apart
Back in 2013 and early 2014, there was money to be made in Greece. Greek bonds went from 12 to 60 cents on the dollar and the emboldened hedge fund fund managers who bought them up became rich indeed....
View ArticleMeet the top Greek investment bankers of the world
This time last year, bankers with Greek clients were busy. “It was booming,” says one senior Greek M&A banker and private equity professional in London, speaking on condition of anonymity. “Now all...
View ArticleThe eight top career switches in investment banking now
Moving from a back office role into a front office position has become something of a pre-crisis, pre-Kweku dream. And yet, changing tack in your career is still possible. These, according to...
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Study this course and get a job at Google or Goldman Sachs
A few months ago, we noticed a trend. People who had worked in finance were going back to college. And once back at college they were studying an unfamiliar kind of course: machine learning. There...
View ArticleDeutsche Bank Hit by Series of Horrors
This is not turning out to be a good week at Deutsche Bank. Firstly, the bank’s shares fell nearly 6% yesterday over concerns about its exposure to Greece. Secondly, even before outgoing co-CEO Anshu...
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