Clik here to view.
Morning Coffee: The boldest career move at J.P. Morgan. Bankers’ awkward...
Are you working for a large investment bank and hankering to switch out into fintech? No need! Stay working for your current employer, but move upstairs to its new innovation hub. You can wear jeans,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The best time of year to apply for a finance job, by sector
It’s summer in the northern hemisphere – and not just peripheral summer, deep summer. August, when the evenings are already shorter and the banking recruiters and the French are on holiday. Is this,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The perfect resume for consulting
Consulting is a tough sector to break into. Top graduates who would have previously chosen investment banking are now gravitating towards more stable consulting jobs, while the likes of Bain, McKinsey...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Inside the most interesting job in finance
It’s not M&A. It’s not private equity. Nor is it hedge funds, nor systematic trading divisions in banks. If you’re looking for the most interesting, endlessly variable, exciting and glamorous job...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The easiest sectors to get a job on Wall Street now
If you’re planning to venture out into the Wall Street job market, what sort of competition do you face? Predictably, more people are applying to private equity jobs than anything else. A switch to the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Investment banking underwriting bonuses to soar 20% or more
The revival in equity and debt capital markets activity in 2017 is likely to feed through to bankers’ back pockets – bonuses could be up by as much as 20% this year. In its latest update on bonus...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Top Goldman Sachs technologist jumps to Deloitte
A senior Goldman Sachs technologist, who has headed up various IT functions across the bank over 13 years, has just moved to a consulting role at Deloitte. Jon Butler, a New York-based managing...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ANZ hires HSBC director as head of China desk in Hong Kong
ANZ has hired one of HSBC’s leading Hong Kong-based corporate bankers, in a sign that Asian recruitment at the firm is starting to recover. Patrick Chen joined ANZ last month as head of its China desk...
View ArticleClik here to view.
It could now take you 23 weeks to find a new banking job in Singapore
If it feels like banks in Singapore are dragging their heels when hiring you, they probably are. Agency recruiters in the Republic say recruitment times – from placing an advertisement to making a job...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Morning Coffee: When you’re a 27 year-old banker and everyone around you is...
If you work in financial services and you’re aged between 25 and 35, then look around you – most people you see, particularly those working in front office jobs like M&A and sales and trading are...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Barclays has just poached this senior Deutsche Bank technologist
The churn at the top of Deutsche Bank’s technology functions continues. The European head of a function responsible for funky innovations like thumbprint technology and facial recognition has just...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The perfect personality for Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs has tweaked its application process. If you’re applying for a 2018 summer analyst position (ie. internship) at GS in the U.S., you’re probably going to be given some sort of personality...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Morgan Stanley banker in NY makes MD, quits weeks later for academia in...
Making it to managing director in investment banking is harder than ever. There are fewer opportunities for promotion every year, an increasing proportion of new appointments are going to those in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
People keep leaving financial services for the legalized cannabis industry
Quitting finance to focus on marijuana sounds like it’s something that involves finding yourself by surfing and living in a beach hut in California. But with momentum building for the legalization of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How the financial crisis generated a generation of lazy traders
It’s been 10 years. Ten years ago, BNP Paribas suspended withdrawals and investments in three of its specializing in subprime loans and the European Central Bank made an emergency $112bn loan to banks...
View ArticleClik here to view.
BAML’s ex-credit sales chief quits AI start-up after nine months to return to...
Artificial intelligence is the technology that’s about to change everything. It’s been the theme of 2017 that AI and machine learning will encroach on every part of the trading floor and push tens of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ex-trader turns down family office’s $5m, funds cyptocurrency startup via ICO
Ron Chernesky was a proprietary trader on Wall Street for eight and half years, working his way up to the head of U.S. equities trading at prop trading firm World Trade Financial Group (WTFG). As the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Nine top corporate bankers you need to know in Hong Kong
Senior Hong Kong corporate bankers not only lead large teams of relationship managers, they also service a growing client base of both local and mainland companies. But who are the people leading the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
“I’m an Aussie banker in Singapore and I’m shocked by ruthless recruiters here”
I moved to Singapore from Sydney earlier this year to take up a senior front-office job at a US bank. Soon after I arrived I changed my LinkedIn profile to my new city. I was in for a shock! Within 24...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Morning Coffee: The best bank for getting rich now. Ex-banker resurfaces in...
Now’s a good time to be a Citi banker with an employee stock option or stock bonus. Citi’s bonuses tend to include more cash than many of its rivals on Wall Street – however, up to half of the...
View Article