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Are these the only three banks that are safe to work for in Asian M&A?
After rising 41% on 2014, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) volumes in the Asia Pacific region (excluding Japan) were at their highest level ever in the first quarter according to Dealogic. Does...
View ArticleWhy Hong Kong bankers don’t want to work for Hong Kong banks
Corporate banking professionals in Hong Kong still prefer to work for large international banks over those headquartered in their city or in mainland China. Hong Kong’s “big five” commercial and...
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These are the investment banks you can work for if you don’t have a finance...
Investment banks don’t employ many arts students. This is partly because fewer are interested in going into the financial sector than more quantitative graduates, but it’s also difficult for those...
View Article14 lessons in faking charisma
Lloyd Blankfein has it. Bob Diamond had it. Brian Moynihan is notoriously lacking in it, as is Antony Jenkins. Charisma: you already have it or you don’t. But it can be learned. “Charisma is not all...
View ArticleA quick check-in on the morale of finance professionals
People have complained about working in finance since the beginning of time. It’s a rite of passage. So take the latest employee satisfaction survey with a grain of salt, though it is admittedly a bit...
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This is what J.P. Morgan’s results say about your banking job in 2015
J.P. Morgan just published its first quarter results for 2015. They’re unexpectedly good – especially if you work in the investment bank, in M&A, or FX, or US cash equities. And even if you don’t...
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Asian banking jobs where you can earn $100k within six years of graduating
Are you a student or new graduate in Singapore or Hong Kong? Do you want to have a US$100k banking job as soon as possible? We’ve scoured the salary guides of recruiters Hays, Michael Page, Morgan...
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The top ten technology skills at BAML, Barclays, Credit Suisse, Citi, Goldman...
Is Goldman Sachs really a technology company? It employs over 9,000 IT professionals and CEO Lloyd Blankfein reiterated its tech credentials in last week’s annual report. Co-head of technology Paul...
View ArticleQuestions you will always encounter in an M&A interview. And how to answer them
M&A bankers are having a great year. And M&A teams are hiring – especially at the junior end. If you’re attending an interview, which M&A interview questions should you anticipate, and how...
View ArticleBank of America is hiring for FX again
One of the stand out highlights of Bank of America’s Q1 results released earlier today is stellar performance in its FX business. Volatility is back and despite lukewarm figures emerging from BAML’s...
View ArticleWhy you’ll love and hate life at PwC, Deloitte, EY and KPMG
As a follow-up to our comprehensive article on the differences between working for each of the Big Four accounting firms, we’d like to draw your attention to Vault’s new-new ‘2016’ ranking of the best...
View ArticleHalf of DBS jobs now outside Singapore as bank ramps up regional recruitment
Looking for a job at DBS? You should search right across Asia, not just in Singapore. Of the 21,000 employees at DBS, 11,000 (52%) are now based outside Singapore, says Theresa Phua, managing director...
View ArticleWhere the hiring and firing will be on Wall Street in 2015
As Wall Street struggles to appease regulators and repair reputational damage, it’s become clichéd to point to the frenzied recruitment of risk management and compliance staff in investment banking....
View ArticleEx-Morgan Stanley banker aims for resilience and meaning in a time of...
Andrew McNally has done his time in investment banking. In four years at Morgan Stanley and 11 years at Berenberg, he rose from equity analyst to managing director and head of Berenberg’s UK business....
View ArticleTwo politicians just got personal with their war against Wall Street
One is a name that you’d expect: Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, who has used her pulpit and influence on the Senate Banking Committee to push Congress to at least consider new and previously...
View ArticleWhy this could be an ‘easy’ year for getting into at Goldman Sachs
If you work at Goldman Sachs, you have reason to fear the first quarter. More than any other time, the first three months of the year are when Goldman lays people off. It spent the first three months...
View ArticleJefferies has been asking about the Blair Witch Project in job interviews
This is not the late 1990s, the Spice Girls are not at their peak and David Beckham is not being photographed wearing a sarong. Most people also don’t have a strong opinion on the virtues of guerrilla...
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Top Asian MBA programs for getting a front office investment banking job
Ten years’ ago, if you wanted to get into investment banking after completing an MBA, US and European schools were the only options. Not any more – Asia schools are getting a look in. Now that Asian...
View ArticleThe ultimate guide to fast-track career success in banking
Want to boost your banking career, but don’t want to leave your current bank? Clinching a place on a high-potential (hi-po) programme could be your ticket to a fast-track promotion into a leadership...
View ArticleA detailed comparison of pay at BNP Paribas and SocGen
French banks are not known for their generosity when it comes to compensation. Large American investment banks are typically the most remunerative, followed by the Swiss and Germans, followed by the...
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