“I’ve spent the last four years trying to get a banking job in London – now...
It’s June, and the initial batch of junior bankers have arrived for their first banking job in London. By August, all of class of 2016 will have started their analyst training programme in the City....
View ArticleLondon bankers to be paid in dollars?
With many thousands of London banking jobs expected to disappear on the back of the Brexit vote, now may not be the time to start thinking about pay. But if you work in finance, thinking about pay is...
View Article10 questions about your London banking job post-Brexit
So, what next? What happens when you go back to the office on Monday? If you’re a finance professional in London, everything has changed. Below, we’ve attempted to answer some of the key questions...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: “It looks an inspired move to base our European HQ in...
In the event that jobs move out of London after the EU referendum, will Dublin be the beneficiary? At least one firm seems to have decided so. “The talk in our office is that it looks like an inspired...
View Article“Brexit is not the end of the world for the City of London”
It’s four days since Britain voted to leave the European Union and there’s already been dire speculation about the likely implications for the City of London and people saying, ‘I told you so’. Before...
View Article“Dublin, Frankfurt or Paris? Actually, I’ll be trying to get a job in the U.S”
If finance professionals can’t work in London, where do they want to go? Paris, Dublin and Frankfurt have all presented themselves as alternatives. Milan, Madrid and Amsterdam are also seen as...
View ArticleLawyers on London banking jobs post-Brexit: this is the reality
If you work in finance in the City of London, your job is now in the hands of the lawyers. It’s no coincidence that banks pre-booked law firms ahead of the referendum result. Nor is it any coincidence...
View Article“I’ve been a senior banker in London for 20 years. I’ve never seen anything...
“I’ve been working in banking for 20 years in London and never witnessed so much anxiety from the international community living in the City. This goes beyond the Lehman default period and it affects...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: UBS’s Brexit mistake. Pedants wanted
It’s not just Goldman. While the US bank puts the finishing touches to it fancy new European headquarters in London’s Farringdon, due for completion next year, UBS is also preparing to occupy its own...
View ArticleThere’s still hiring in London. Brexit cuts slated for September
It may seem like the world fell of a cliff last Friday, but finance recruiters in London say life goes on. Job vacancies haven’t been cancelled; roles are still being filled – albeit more slowly than...
View ArticleLondon-based U.S. bankers eye a post-Brexit move home, but this could be...
As the UK deals with the fallout from Brexit, U.S. financial services professionals in the City are looking to orchestrate a move home. But with Wall Street banks dealing with their own problems, how...
View ArticleJoseph Mauro retiring from Goldman Sachs, joining hedge fund
Joseph Mauro, Goldman Sachs’ head of fixed income, currencies, and commodities European hedge fund sales, co-head of European macro rates sales, and the man who wrote “that memo” is leaving Goldman...
View ArticleThe J.P. Morgan guide to banking jobs post-Brexit
If you work in banking and are trying to navigate the post-Brexit landscape, J.P. Morgan’s European banking analysts are here to help. In a note out yesterday, they look at the implications of the UK’s...
View ArticleHundreds of London bankers compete for low paid trading jobs in Dublin
Remember when Credit Suisse said it was moving 40 prime brokerage trading jobs from London to Dublin? Dublin-based recruiters say those jobs are now filled, and that they weren’t filled with existing...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: The ex-hippy who started an investment bank during a crisis....
With Brexit bleakness taking hold, now’s the time to look for some inspiring stories of success in terrible conditions and Ken Moelis – the previously bandana-sporting investment banker who launched...
View ArticleHow to land a London banking job now
However unsettled the City of London has been by the result of last week’s referendum and whether or not banks move thousands of jobs overseas, finance hiring in London has not stopped. Surprisingly –...
View Article“Brexit just made life a whole lot more complicated for FinTech start-ups”
As the CEO of a FinTech start-up, I’m used to dealing with threats to the existence of my company. It’s the nature of the business that you have to fight for survival. – Factors are out of your...
View ArticleHow you should respond to these weird Wall Street job interview questions
While some Wall Street interviewers go by the book when it comes to asking candidates questions, others try to keep financial services job-seekers on their toes by throwing them curve balls. Some Wall...
View ArticleLondon banking recruiters excited about hiring internationally again
Brexit may mean thousands of banking jobs leave London. It may mean that people who are looking for jobs this summer need to cut their pay expectations. It may even mean that European bankers living in...
View ArticleMachine learning expert leaves Millennium Capital for quant university
A senior quant at Millennium Capital Management in London has left the firm to teach machine learning at WorldQuant University. Hammad Khan, a managing director and quant portfolio manager at...
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