Bad things J.P. Morgan’s results are telling its investment banking employees
J.P. Morgan’s fourth quarter results are out. You can see them here. Or, if you work for (or aspire to work for) J.P. Morgan’s investment bank, you can read a summary of the bad news below. 1. J.P....
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CV Clinic: Can I get a job in investment banking?
Here’s the latest installment of our semi-regular ‘CV Clinics,’ where we have industry experts and recruiters analyze student or financial-professional resumes and assess their chances of scoring a job...
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This chart from J.P. Morgan explains why pay is highest at Goldman Sachs
Just before J.P. Morgan announced its fourth quarter results today, J.P. Morgan’s banking analysts followed in the footsteps of Morgan Stanley and Barclays with their appraisal of what’s coming up in...
View ArticleWhy work for an investment bank when you can work for Blackrock?
The virtues of making the move across to the buy-side from investment banking are many. Fund managers can still pay their employees pretty much what they like, thanks to side-stepping the EU’s bonus...
View ArticleHappiness and despair at Goldman, J.P. Morgan and Wells Fargo
Wednesday was a big news day for Wall Street. Pay is being cut here, people are getting raises there and a big-name CEO accuses the government of assault and battery, kind of. First, J.P. Morgan got...
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What’s really going on in Citi and BofA’s investment banks?
Citi and BofA have both reported their results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2014. When it comes to their investment banking and markets businesses, neither looks too hot but both do – at...
View ArticleBanking interview questions: What are the implications of the soaring Swiss...
As part of a new series for students interviewing with investment banks, we’ll be running concise advice articles on how to answer questions on the big finance issues of the day. Today: the shock...
View ArticleThe types of banks to work for in Asia if you want a big bonus percentage
If you are forging a career in private banking in Singapore or Hong Kong – or if you want to break into the sector – you have, in theory, a wide range of employers to work for. Many private banks in...
View ArticleHigh-paying hedge fund ramps up compensation and headcount
Following an uptick in revenues, Capula Investment Management, the $13bn hedge fund set up by former J.P. Morgan trader Yan Huo, has hired more partners and research staff over the past year. It’s also...
View ArticleThe 15 highest paid accounting in finance jobs globally
If you make it to the top in an accounting job in financial services, the rewards can be great wherever you work in the world. But for rank and file staff, it takes years of post-qualified experience...
View ArticleIs it really this amazing to be an MD at Morgan Stanley?
How amazing and incredible is to be an MD at Morgan Stanley? Ask Nick Bishop, the former head of EMEA retail investment banking at UBS. As the Financial Times reported earlier this week, Bishop is...
View ArticleHow Goldman Sachs compares with JPM, Citi and BofA
If you’re interested in Goldman Sachs careers, you should also be interested in how Goldman Sachs is performing compared to its closest rivals. Now that Goldman’s reported its full year results for...
View Article“Junior banking jobs go to the rich students”
“I’m an economics student at a top university in the UK. Like a lot of my course mates, I want to go into investment banking. Unlike a lot of my course mates, I don’t come from a family with banking...
View Article10 Swiss finance jobs in which you can now earn very good money
Jobs in Geneva, Zurich or (more specifically), Pfäffikon, have always had a certain appeal. Like a Bogner ski jacket, they are both functional and stylish. You can both live well, and earn well, far...
View ArticleA whole new reason why you don’t want to work for a top hedge fund
Do you really want to work for a top hedge fund? After all, they’re notoriously unwilling to commit. They’re only really interested in hiring people with prior hedge fund experience. And…you may...
View ArticleGoldman, Cantor, BTG all hiring
In the latest hiring roundup, Goldman is adding headcount in pockets, one firm is actually hiring in fixed income and Cantor Fitzgerald is hiring…again. Designers in high demand The new in-demand job...
View ArticleBehold the best careers in Asian M&A in 2015
M&A bankers in Hong Kong and Singapore should prepare themselves for busy workloads in 2015 and take solace that their sector will stay largely immune from layoffs and will experience some spurts...
View ArticleThe 3 most in-demand banking jobs of 2015
As we move into prime hiring season, which skills will banks be chasing most energetically this year? Who can be assured of finding a new job before the summer? And which recruits will be able to write...
View ArticleCareer lessons from a man who was fired, and re-hired, by Goldman Sachs
Anthony Scaramucci, known in finance circles as the ‘Mooch’, is one of Wall Street’s schmoozers. Founder and managing partner of hedge fund SkyBridge Capital, he’s also the brains behind the annual...
View ArticleMoney managers aren’t providing value, and investors are noticing
One of the bigger trends of 2014 was that institutional investors (finally) began pushing back on hedge funds and large asset managers that charge big fees but, over the last half-decade at least,...
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