The tragic, romantic tale, of the ex-Deutsche Bank VP who died in the storms
As stormy weather batters both the UK and the US – again – today, it’s worth remembering Susan Hewitt, the former Deutsche Bank VP who died in the UK’s storm conditions just before Christmas. While...
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Meet the singing, synchronised swimming Citi trader looking to improve...
Alex Magliaro, the bond trader who took a lead role in Citigroup’s choir last year, doesn’t exactly fit the mould that many associate with the macho image of the trading floor. He’s an aspiring...
View ArticleThe hot finance sector set to provide better jobs than banking in Asia this year
The insurance industry has historically been seen as less attractive than banking when it comes to exciting career opportunities and earning potential. This perspective has changed somewhat within the...
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Morning Coffee: Best day of the year to find a finance job as banks face...
Welcome to the first full week of work in 2014. Welcome too to what may be the best week of the year to put your CV about in search of a new job in financial services. As we noted in our articles over...
View ArticleFinancial services recruiters’ predictions for 2014: A return to expansion
Financial services recruiters have been forced to diversify in order to survive in recent years, as banks’ tendency to build out internal recruitment teams and cut their hiring budgets has had a severe...
View ArticleSo, these are the people who’ve found new banking jobs already in January 2014
It’s only January 6th. 12th night has not yet fallen, people in Latin America are still waiting for their presents, New Year’s resolutions have yet to be broken, but some people working in financial...
View ArticleIntroducing you to BNP Paribas’s quiet global prop trading business
BNP Paribas has a global proprietary trading business. Who knew? Certainly not us. We thought it was a nice French universal bank with a moderately-sized, risk-averse, market-making, corporate and...
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Forget investment banking, the real money to be made in the Middle East is in...
Five years ago, investment banks were shipping their top talent out to the Middle East under the misguided assumption that the sector was set to boom as revenues were depleted in Western markets after...
View ArticleHow to handle interviews with finance professionals who may have Asperger’s
The prevalence of people with Asperger’s Syndrome (also known as High Functioning Autism or HFA) in the financial services business is well-documented. Michael Burry, the blogger and trader credited...
View ArticleHead of trading at booming hedge fund leaves after 14 years
Despite the hire-and-fire mentality of investment banks, longevity is surprisingly common, with the likes of Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley boasting plenty of lifers who make it to the senior ranks....
View ArticleDeferred bonuses giveth, and deferred bonuses taketh away
Five years ago, in the aftermath of the economic crisis, Wall Street banks joined hands to better align employee compensation with the performance of the firms over the long haul. The decision to pay...
View ArticleExpats in top demand for Chinese state-owned enterprises
There has been a significant increase in the demand for foreign professionals to represent Chinese state-owned enterprises abroad as the nation gears up its global commercial activities and plans...
View ArticleDaily Dispatches – UBS tops the rankings for second year running in Australia
The Australian arm of UBS has again been named the best investment bank in Australia by East Coles, an independent market research firm, according to Asian Banking & Finance. The study, which has...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: The traders and ex-bankers who’ve made it in their 20s. What...
If you’re in your 30s or (God forbid) your 40s and are feeling quite satisfied with your situation at the start of 2014, then you are well-advised to ignore Forbes’ new list of the top 30 people under...
View ArticleSix financial services firms that will be hiring in the Middle East in 2014
Optimism about the financial services job market in the Middle East has been hard to come by in recent years. International investment banks have been pulling out of the region in the wake of the...
View ArticleEight CV fixes that will get you a financial services job in 2014
It’s a new year. Banks are hiring. Things seem to be looking up. However, before you rush into sending out your CV in application for all the financial services jobs you want, it’s worth making sure it...
View ArticleShort video provides highly accurate summation of life as a senior M&A banker
Ok, the existence of a junior M&A banker may be limited to 14 hour days in boiler rooms churning out pitch-books and finessing financial models, but life as a senior dealmaker is a little more...
View ArticleGraduate jobs and internships banks still can’t seem to fill
Want to secure a graduate job or summer internship at an investment bank this year? Good luck – the vast majority of permanent roles have been filled months ago, and there are few gaps left in...
View ArticleWhen hedge fund jobs turn out to be immensely boring
Congratulations – you’ve got a job in a hedge fund! You’re an ‘execution trader.’ Isn’t that exciting? Or not. According to various covert and not-so-covert sources, execution trading jobs in hedge...
View Article‘Does Goldman Sachs drug test?’ and other popular candidate inquiries
Google’s autocomplete function – aimed at saving users milliseconds of laborious typing – offers a fun little byproduct if you have a few minutes. Start typing a query and you’ll be greeted with a list...
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