Morning Coffee: James Gorman tells ingratiating intern how to get job at...
How do you get a job at Morgan Stanley? As we reported earlier this week, it won’t happen for you if write ‘lol’ in your application or unleash drunken photos of yourself the internet. It will happen,...
View ArticleJPMorgan has re-hired UBS’s rates and credit chief
Daniel Theurkauf, the head of rates and credit for Germany and Austria at UBS, has left the Swiss bank to rejoin JPMorgan after three years away. Theurkauf held various senior positions during his ten...
View ArticleWill this qualification get you a £120k job in risk management?
Risk management jobs are hot. As banks like JPMorgan try to make the same amount of money while taking a lesser amount of risk, risk management expertise has become a crucial component of revenue...
View ArticleBank-by-bank MBA associate programmes deadlines (London)
MBAs, as has been well-noted in recent weeks, are choosing to stay away from investment banking and are gravitating towards more glamorous positions in tech companies or taking the traditional route...
View ArticleWhy you shouldn’t get excited about Goldman Sachs’ results...
Goldman Sachs’ third quarter results are out. They’re good news for anyone looking for an entry-level job at the firm. They offer less cause for excitement if you’re looking for evidence that fixed...
View ArticleTen interview questions designed to stump bankers and consultants
You won’t find many people out there that believe interviews are “fun,” particularly in banking or consulting. At best, they are an endurance test that you can derive some joy out of passing. But some...
View ArticleWhat you need to know to get a graduate investment banking job in Asia
Global investment banks in Hong Kong are stepping up their hiring of students from local universities, but competition for graduate traineeships is stronger than ever and banks are increasingly...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: The worst time to start a finance career? Look who’s...
With markets puking over the prospects for low global growth, the resurrection of the eurozone crisis and Ebola, things don’t look fortuitous for the bumper crop of new analysts and associates just...
View ArticleBanks unconcerned about Ebola risks for their globe-trotting staff
If anyone should be paranoid about Ebola on planes, it’s the average senior M&A banker who spends months each year in the sky – especially the average M&A banker focused on clients in...
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Why an anti-EU immigration stance is disastrous for the City of London
In the build up to the UK elections next year, curbing EU immigration is a hot topic. David Cameron, no doubt stung by the election of the first UKIP MP earlier this month, has said that he will have...
View ArticleThe most interesting Wall Street roles in a wild market
Markets have been crazy lately, if you haven’t noticed. Yesterday and Wednesday in particular were just plain nuts, with the Dow dropping as much as 460 points before nearly fully recovering a day...
View ArticleMorgan Stanley proves it’s more than just a wealth manager
When Morgan Stanley Chief Executive James Gorman revealed plans to allocate more resources to asset and wealth management and deemphasize the firm’s once powerful trading business, many in the industry...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: Erratic, controlling, fun, finance superstar now hiring....
Do you want to work for a dyslexic, dyspraxic, easily-frustrated boss who doesn’t want you to have many opinions of your own, and requires that you’re available early in the morning, late at night and...
View ArticleMeet the hedge fund where anyone can work – as long as they have the talent
Despite recent wobbles among computer-driven hedge funds, a good quant remains a valuable commodity. Man Group has its own quant talent incubation centre through its Institute of Quantitative Finance...
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The number of people employed in London’s financial sector now exceeds...
Good news – financial services is back in the City of London! The number of people employed in the sector in the UK now exceeds 2007! The financial crisis is well and truly behind us! OK, maybe not. In...
View ArticleMeet 11 new analysts and associates at Goldman Sachs. What makes them special?
It’s a good time to get an entry-level job at Goldman Sachs.As we were first to observe last week, Goldman Sachs seems to have hired an unusually large number of an analysts and associate this year –...
View ArticleHey young banker, working on that spreadsheet. You’re important
Consider this inspiration for all the twenty-somethings toiling away as analysts and associates at big banks, thinking the spreadsheet that they’re working won’t have any real-world meaning. YOU DO...
View ArticleJPM, MS, GS, Citi and BAC’s guide to the three hottest banking jobs of...
Last week, U.S. investment banks lifted their skirts to display what happened beneath during the three months to September. Based upon those third quarter results, this is where we’d suggest they might...
View ArticleCredit Suisse hiring across regions, Deutsche scarfing up wealth managers
In the latest hiring roundup, Credit Suisse is hiring investment bankers in EMEA and Asia, BlackRock may need more help in fixed income and Deutsche Bank is loading up on US wealth managers. New fixed...
View ArticleThe “big three” banks that keep on hiring in Singapore and Hong Kong
Citi, HSBC and Standard Chartered have generated their share of negative headlines in Asia of late as they retrench some of their operations across the region. But the trio are still generating plenty...
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