The perfect CV for a career in trading
If you want to make it through the door within investment banks’ markets divisions, you’ll be facing some very stiff competition. Gone are the days of ‘barrow-boy’ traders: trading floors today are...
View ArticleGoldman Sachs employees just got paid, but they certainly earned it
Dream up any superlative that you like and you can attach it to Goldman Sachs’ first quarter performance. The bank posted its highest revenue in four years as every single one of its businesses topped...
View ArticleThis Deutsche Bank job encapsulates the strangeness of contemporary banking
Deutsche Bank is looking for someone, and not just anyone. An advertisement for a role at its ever-expanding Birmingham office suggests that the German firm is looking for someone to join a team that...
View Article6 London postcodes that show you’ve made it in banking, and the bankers who...
If you’re a banker and you live in London you probably don’t want to live in Lewisham, Edmonton, Enfield or anywhere much beyond zone two unless it’s Richmond (zone 4) or Chiswick (zone 3). So, where...
View ArticleTen interview mistakes that will make recruiters reject you within ten minutes
If you’re meeting a recruiter about a banking job in Singapore or Hong Kong over the next few weeks, beware. Recruiters are not just the first line of defence, in a less buoyant job market they’re...
View ArticleWhat GS, JPM, MS, BAC and C say about your banking job in 2015
So, you want to work for a US investment bank? Or, you already work for a US investment bank and want to continue doing so for the foreseeable future. What did last week’s results from Goldman Sachs,...
View ArticleMeet five new analysts who have joined Deutsche Bank
What does it take to get a graduate job at Deutsche Bank? Following on from our profiles of top graduates getting front office jobs at top investment banks, we’ve profiled the new class of 2015 that...
View ArticleWhy banks are quietly happy to reject your application
Banks, technology companies and universities have really elevated their game with a rather strange form of public boasting: how many doors they slam in people’s faces. Low acceptance rates are what’s...
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Why Morgan Stanley’s FICC traders look more talented than JPM’s and Goldman...
Morgan Stanley is the latest US bank to report its first quarter results. As at J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs, its traders had a brilliant first quarter. Moreover, they did so within greater...
View ArticleHow to become a hedge fund quant when you haven’t attended a top school
If you’re quantitatively-inclined and you want to work for a hedge fund, you may be finding it difficult to get in. There are hundreds queuing up for a role and most of them have attended top...
View ArticleHow private equity firms are poaching from banks in China
Private equity firms are poaching young analysts from investment banks the world over, but if you want a job in China, the key is experience. Private equity is not a training school for investment...
View ArticleExpats in limbo in Asia’s banking sector as localisation takes hold
Expat banking professionals in Hong Kong and Singapore are being locked out of the finance job market. After years of enjoying a relatively privileged position, Westerners now face limited...
View ArticleThe 20 top life hacks of successful bankers
Working in investment banking isn’t easy. The money may be good but the hours are long, the politics pernicious and the travelling arduous. Time-poor finance professionals end up feeling pulled in...
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Credit Suisse has hired 400 people for its investment bank, and other...
Credit Suisse is the first European firm to unveil its Q1 results for 2015. US investment banks were generally bullish after their FICC divisions bounced back and life returned to the FX and rates...
View ArticleHow to survive as a trader in age of robots
Two Sigma, a $24bn hedge fund in New York’s Soho, has robots roaming the halls. Seriously. But they aren’t doing much. The Wall Street Journal says they’re restricted to tasks such as playing...
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The hottest banking jobs for 25-year-olds in Asia right now
Are you slogging your way through a graduate analyst programme at a bank in Singapore or Hong Kong? Are you wondering whether to stick with your current firm after your traineeship is over or look to...
View ArticleGlobal investment banks are still doing some big hiring in Asia
Based upon recent reports, you could be forgiven for thinking that large international investment banks are giving up on the Asian dream. Standard Chartered, Nomura, CIMB, Macquarie, RBS, Barclays and...
View ArticleWhy this UBS MD left a seven-figure salary to start a fintech firm
When Stu Taylor decided to quit his job at UBS to start his own business in 2012, he was giving up a seven-figure salary and a managing director role leading a team globally. “It was a big gamble, I’ll...
View ArticleThe truth about motherhood and Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs is a nasty employer that doesn’t support mothers, compels women to breastfeed in parked cars and sidetracks them at the first sign of fecundity. So far, so squid-like. But is this really...
View ArticleLife is getting in the way of my promotion prospects
‘Brian’, a director in an investment bank in London, admits he probably left it a little late to start a family. In his late-30s and still trying to make the difficult step up to MD, he bit the bullet...
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