Investment research firm looking to add headcount in New York
One of the easiest ways to find out where the next big round of hiring will happen in any industry is by reading the real estate clippings. If a company moves into a giant new office building, you can...
View ArticleHow to get an entry level job in investment banking operations
Once you delve into the world of investment banking, you will soon hear the terms ‘front office’, ‘middle office’ and ‘back office’. When people talk about the front office, they’re talking about the...
View ArticleTwo key skills you now need to succeed in a banking job in Singapore
If you’re looking for a private banking job in Singapore or looking to climb the career ladder in your current firm, two skills are becoming increasingly sought after: international-investment...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: Nomura needs to hire VPs to convert to MDs. How hedge fund...
Are you a mid-level investment banker frustrated about your inability to get ahead? Are you also frustrated about your inability to live in London on less than £250k? Solve both problems at once: go...
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Proof that people are the most important factor in banking
It’s a little ironic that the UK has been so quick to bash its bankers when the financial services sector is such a prominent part of the country’s economy. OK, there was that global financial crisis...
View ArticleStudy confirms big pay drop for all who leave finance, finds finance...
A study by academics at the University of Sheffield has confirmed what people working in finance have long known and long suspected. Firstly, they earn more than everyone else, even for comparable...
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Will a STEM degree get you a job in finance?
If you want to work in finance, should you get a degree in a STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) subject? Or should you go for economics? If the past is any indication of the future,...
View ArticleWhen scandal creates job opportunities on Wall Street
Earlier this summer, BNP Paribas agreed to pay nearly $9 billion in fines and pled guilty to criminal charges for violating U.S. sanctions for its dealings with Sudan and other countries. Somewhat...
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This is how much you should earn as an investment banker in your 30s
Banks are paying junior staff more. Just three years out of university, and our research suggests that young front office banking professionals in sales, trading, research, M&A, or capital markets,...
View ArticleDo MBAs have what it takes to work in investment banking now?
It’s getting tougher for MBAs to get into investment banking. Firms are curtailing the number of people admitted on to their associate programmes, preferring instead to focus on fresh undergraduate...
View ArticleJefferies to open another office, new equities group planned in London
In the latest hiring roundup, Jefferies opens a new office, Citi plans a commercial banking push in Asia and an investment research firm looks to double its staff in New York. Jefferies gets Nordic US...
View ArticleSingaporean job seekers regain their swagger, push recruiters hard over pay
Candidates searching for banking jobs in Singapore are growing in confidence, turning the screws on recruiters by making unrealistic demands about compensation and work-life balance. The renewed...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: Orcel’s UBS shakeup gets nasty. Trader makes £200k...
Andrea Orcel is shaking up UBS. As Financial News noted last week. UBS has been hiring all sorts of new senior investment bankers this year (eg. Ian Carnegie Brown, Nick Reid, Giles Borten, Glenn...
View ArticleExpansionary hedge fund continues to tap investment banks’ traders
Millennium Management has continued its London expansion, poaching senior traders, researchers and portfolio managers from JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley and Nomura as well as targeting other hedge funds for...
View ArticleThe 5 most in-demand front office banking jobs of 2015
If you’re in the northern hemisphere, today is the first day of autumn: 2015 is in coming into view. So, will next year bring a resurgence in front office investment banking recruitment? Yes, but not...
View ArticleA peek inside one of the world’s most secretive hedge funds
Most companies have mission statements that spell out the firm’s goals, strategies and details on its ideal corporate culture. Usually, they are a page or two long. Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater Associates,...
View ArticleHFT firm hires 11 traders, increases compensation costs by £17m
How much do you earn working in a high frequency trading firm? Millions, as the popular press would have you believe, or ‘mere’ hundreds of thousands providing that you bring in the PnL? If the...
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Could Tom Brady have won a job on Wall Street?
He’s a three-time Super Bowl champion, a two-time MVP and one of the most famous athletes in the US. But 15 years ago, Tom Brady was just another guy out of college who was looking for a job....
View ArticleThose senior BofA fixed income layoffs? They’re not just fixed income....
Remember the fixed income sales and trading redundancies at BofA? Well. Turns out they happened in London last week. And guess what? They weren’t just fixed income. Nor were they just MDs. Yes, plenty...
View ArticleHow to get an entry-level relationship manager job in Singapore or Hong Kong
Relationship manager (RM) jobs in Singapore and Hong Kong corporate banking are in demand right now as banks look to expand their client base, both locally and regionally, in this lucrative, expanding...
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