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Where in the world you are most likely to get a front office banking job as a...
If you want to get a job in an investment bank, fund manager or private equity firm as a woman, it’s easy – as long as you want to work in HR, investor relations or PR. HR and recruitment roles,...
View ArticleDartmouth Partners 2014 Analyst Bonus Survey: Bonuses Increase for IBD Juniors
Junior M&A bankers, always well paid, are being paid even more than before. The latest analyst bonus survey from London-based recruitment firm Dartmouth Partners reveals that M&A juniors have...
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MBA or Masters in Finance? That depends upon your age and location
Bankers over 40 are fearful for their employability. And our research suggests they have good reason to be. Younger bankers are often more qualified than they are – especially in London. But if you...
View ArticleNine people you need to know if you want a job in investment banking technology
Technology is increasingly a central function in any large investment bank and recruitment of developers, architects and project managers continues even as most firms cut back from the front office....
View ArticleHow female bankers react to gender bias today
The vast majority of women think that gender discrimination still exists in financial services. A smaller yet still substantial percentage believes it is alive and well at their own firm. But for...
View ArticleJPMorgan bankers to make do, while Goldman staff get fancy new building?
Goldman Sachs is building a fancy new building in London. JPMorgan, maybe, isn’t. While Goldman Sachs goes ahead with the construction of its new £1bn London ‘banking factory’ (which seems to resemble...
View Article10 ways to answer the worst job interview question in Asian banking
It’s a generic and predictable job interview question, but finance professionals in Hong Kong and Singapore are too often stumped by it: “Where do you see yourself in [insert a number over two] years’...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: HSBC’s devoted traders to work through night. Ex-Goldman ED...
As we’ve noted before, HSBC’s foreign exchange traders seem to be among some of the best in the industry. They may not rank highly on the Euromoney FX rankings, they may not earn the most money, they...
View ArticleTudor Investment hires Goldman MD in latest recruitment spree
Tudor Investment has continued its European expansion with a trio of new hires including former Goldman Sachs managing director Robert Gold. Gold joined Tudor earlier this month from Idalion Capital –...
View ArticleHow to get a job at Goldman Sachs – study overseas?
Who does Goldman Sachs like to hire for its London office? Does it take its pick from the UK (and Scotland’s) most illustrious universities? Or does it prefer to cast its hiring net further afield? If...
View ArticleWhat the Calpers exit means for hedge funds
It’s been two days since the California Public Employees’ Retirement System made headlines by announcing that it is pulling all the money it has invested in hedge funds. All $4 billion. The country’s...
View ArticleWant to work for BlackRock? Here’s how to get in
Are you interested in working for BlackRock, the multinational asset management firm? We spoke to Jonathan Jones, BlackRock’s director of global campus recruiting. Here’s what he said about getting in....
View ArticleLGBT and straight bankers not on the same page when it comes to discrimination
Compared to other industries, Wall Street has proven itself to be a champion of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) equality. Banks have installed innovative and productive workplace programs...
View ArticleBut what about Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan in Glasgow?
Scotland may/may not be seceding. Scotland’s banks may/may not move to London. Scotland may/may not keep the pound. Scotland’s fund management industry may/may not wither and die in a wild and cold...
View ArticleThe perfect profile for an investment banking job in Asia right now
If you’re searching for a senior investment banking job in Asia right now, the employment market in mainland China is looking particularly buoyant. Instead of the usual summer hiring lull, recent...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: Google applications crush applications to Goldman Sachs....
Goldman Sachs is a popular sort of a place to work. We know this because earlier this year, Lloyd Blankfein and Gary Cohn disclosed that they received 43,000 applications for the bank’s 1,900 analyst...
View Article$1.1m pay packets as Och-Ziff London profits surge by 115%
If you want to get an idea of what pay is really possible in large, publicly listed hedge funds, it’s worth looking at the figures filed in small subsidiaries over the accounts unveiled by the investor...
View ArticleWhy you wouldn’t want to be an overworked, underpaid M&A professional...
Where must you work as an M&A banker in Europe if you want to earn good money? There is only really one answer: London. New salary and bonus figures for vice president (VP) level M&A...
View ArticleThe top 20 universities globally for getting a job in finance
The QS World University rankings are out. In the British press, there’s excitement over the fact that four of the all-round top six universities are based in the UK. However, if you want to work in...
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Most bankers believe in God
Lloyd Blankfein may have been joking when he said he was doing God’s work, but most people in banking might say the same thing in all seriousness. Surprisingly, perhaps, a majority of bankers in the...
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