Why it’s so hard to move from banking into a private equity job in Asia
Making a career change from a banking job into a private equity job in Singapore is typically more difficult than it is in Western markets. It can be an arduous and drawn-out process even for top-rated...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: Five career tips for budding bankers by JPMorgan exec,...
Jimmy Lee, vice chairman of JPMorgan and renowned investment banker, has been doling out career advice to young bankers who want to succeed. There are five pieces of guidance, some seem obvious – but...
View ArticleRBS’s investment banking headcount is really quite tiny, but can it afford...
Royal Bank of Scotland is the latest bank to unveil its Q3 results and, perhaps predictably, its vastly shrunken investment bank continues to drag on profits. Like its peers, RBS has put aside hundreds...
View ArticleThese are the companies hiring ex-senior Barclays investment bankers
If you’re one of the supposed near 30% of Barclays’ investment bankers hitting the job market now, it’s a tough time. Some banks are refusing to pay recruiters’ fees on Barclays bankers put forward –...
View ArticleWhy you should quit your banking job and become a recruiter
You’re unemployed, underemployed or just simply sick of your role in banking and are looking for a change. You’re not alone. Bankers burn out and leave the industry all the time, and they’re never...
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Investment banking, accounting or technology: What are your chances?
Technology is the place to be. While investment banks continue to lick their reputational wounds inflicted by the financial crisis, top graduates and MBAs are all seemingly gravitating towards jobs at...
View ArticleHedge funds vs. asset management – Man Group or Blackrock, which is right for...
Buyside opportunities for graduates are not as plentiful as those in either investment banking, consulting or professional services. Few hedge funds recruit graduates directly out of university and...
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HSBC’s compliance binge and how you can get a 6 figure compliance job
HSBC’s interim results are out. Aside from the bank’s $378m provision for fines related to possible FX fixing, the big news is its continuing binge on control staff. Just a few years ago, HSBC had...
View ArticleRough week could result in cuts at Standard Chartered
Mess with U.S. laws and we will rough you up. That’s the tune regulators have been singing this year as they’ve aggressively gone after foreign banks that operate in the U.S. but skirt the nation’s...
View ArticleWhat it is to work in investment banking, by a director at Deutsche Bank
We spoke to Xanyar Kamangar, a director in the Technology, Media & Telecom (TMT) team at Deutsche Bank in London. He offered some advice on how to become an investment banker, told us what an...
View ArticleTudor keeps hiring; Goldman eyes one particular kind of banker
In the latest hiring roundup, Goldman wants to rehire some of its alumni, Citizens eyes US growth and banks everywhere need tech talent. Tudor sticks to hiring plan Despite a “brutal” October, Tudor...
View ArticleHow investment banking careers are changing in Asia
Global investment banks in China are trying to recruit a “new breed” of bankers as they focus on domestic clients with international ambitions. Brian Gu, co-head of China investment banking at...
View ArticleExodus of talent the “biggest challenge” facing investment banks now
Investment banks are competing against an ever-growing band of competitors looking to hire the best and brightest graduates and face a stiffer challenge retaining staff once they’re recruited,...
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Rurik Jutting’s controversial jobs at BAML and Barclays
What did Rurik Jutting, the ex-Bank of America banker accused of murdering two women in Hong Kong, actually do? According to his LinkedIn page, he worked in structured capital markets at Barclays and...
View ArticleReal reasons recruiters ignore your banking resume
You’ve sent your CV off for a gazillion jobs and you’ve had an equal amount of automated responses. Something tells you humankind is overlooking your job applications. Why? Speaking strictly off the...
View ArticleDrama at Jefferies continues as firm calls out competitors
Sage Kelly, the now former head of Jefferies’ healthcare division whose in the midst of an embarrassing public divorce, has left the investment bank with plenty of cleaning up to do. The firm is the...
View ArticleOne good reason why it pays to be a nice equity analyst
“Great quarter guys.” If you’ve ever been on an earnings calls you’re bound to hear it, unless of course the quarter was an absolute dumpster fire. The common idiom was uttered 26 separate times...
View ArticleWhy you’d rather have an MBA in New York over London or Singapore
CFA or an MBA: the debate has raged on for years. An MBA costs more, but once you’re admitted, your chances of ending up with a diploma are excellent. Taking one of the three levels of a CFA exam costs...
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How it is to have a trading job at Goldman Sachs or Morgan Stanley
Both Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have now released their 10Q forms for the third quarter of 2014. As usual, these contain details of their trading revenues on a daily basis over that three month...
View ArticleWhy banks in Hong Kong no longer need to hire young expats
It has not been a good week for the reputation of expatriate finance professionals in Hong Kong. In the wake of Rurik Jutting’s arrest several media reports have painted a picture of drug-fuelled young...
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