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Investment banks turn to hedge funds and out of the market traders as FICC...
Fixed income recruitment is back, and juniorisation is over. Investment banks on Wall Street are hiring more effusively for their fixed income currencies and commodities (FICC) divisions than at any...
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Bank-by-bank graduate and internship application deadlines in the U.S.
The clock is ticking: Investment banks have opened applications for full-time graduate programs in the U.S. and – assuming you want to be one of the 2% or 3% of applicants who make the cut – it pays to...
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This top tech analyst has just quit banking for a CFO role at social media...
If you work in equity research now, you need to be creative. MiFID II is shrinking job options on the sell-side, and an increasing number of analysts are switching to fund managers – potentially to...
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This former Jefferies analyst is offering a back door into investment banking
There’s a clear path into an investment banking graduate job now. Study at a top university, secure a position on a Spring insight week, convert that into a summer analyst program and then merely...
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Goldman Sachs’ head of recruitment condemns “troubling and grotesque” events...
Edith Cooper is Goldman Sachs’ global head of human capital and one of just 2.6% black executives at the firm. She’s been outspoken about the need to attract more women and ethnic minorities into the...
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Standard Chartered has hired from PayPal for a Hong Kong director role
Banks in Hong Kong don’t just lose staff to technology companies – sometimes they hire from them. Standard Chartered has recruited Gabriel Lo, a senior team head from PayPal, as its new director of...
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A quarter of vacancies at Singapore banks are now in this single job sector
Singapore’s three local banks – DBS, OCBC and UOB – may not being adding headcount as aggressively as last year, but they still have a combined total of almost 400 open vacancies. But which type of...
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Blood on the street at KCG Europe as traders rush to find alternatives
Everyone knows that there’s been pain at KCG in London this summer. Following KCG Holding’s acquisition by high frequency trading firm Virtu Financial, the London proprietary trading business was...
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J.P. Morgan job shows why bankers should choose Frankfurt
J.P. Morgan is expected to move some of its London jobs to Frankfurt because of Brexit. If you’re an employee at the bank who plans to become a parent, that could be good news. A job currently posted...
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12 impressive investment banking analysts starting their careers on Wall Street
Are you a student trying to position yourself for an investment banking internship or applying to full-time analyst programs for after you graduate? Look to people who have been there, done that, and...
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Six months and you’re out: why Asian private bankers aren’t lasting long
Private banks in Asia are dealing increasingly brutally with newly hired relationship managers (RMs) who fail to meet tough shot-term performance targets. “Many private banks in Singapore and Hong Kong...
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12 things you need to know about corporate banking jobs in Hong Kong
If you’re looking for a new role as a corporate banker in Hong Kong, you face a rapidly changing job market in 2017. While Western banks are paring back their hiring of relationship managers, Chinese...
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Morning Coffee: The new top courses for the new top jobs in finance. 23...
If you want the best jobs in finance today, you may not want to do a CFA or an MBA. In fact, as someone who left a comment on a recent article pointed out, these qualifications could actually be...
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This small Japanese bank is making some trading big hires
This year, strangely, has turned into a summer of fixed income hiring, and there’s one small investment bank in London luring trading staff across from big players with the added bonus of a grand job...
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This asset manager only hires graduates WITHOUT internships. Here’s why
If you want to work in financial services after you leave university, you’re probably equipped with finance internships. After all, most successful candidates these days have completed spring...
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This $105bn asset manager has just curtailed its planned Dublin trader hiring...
Dublin has been losing out to Frankfurt in the battle for front office jobs as banks move headcount out of London after Brexit. Now, a planned hiring spree by a $105.7bn Asian asset manager has just...
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This is how much new banking analysts spend on their suits
If you’re a first year analyst in an investment bank, how much must you spend on your outfit? While the suit your mother bought you from eBay is definitely a no-no, do you really need to go very large...
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PE veteran leaps from middle-market firm to become KKR MD
Sixteen-year private equity veteran Nancy Ford joined $140bn PE giant KKR’s San Francisco office last month as a managing director. KKR has been expanding globally, hiring in Europe and Asia, including...
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You have a 50% chance of failing in this Singapore banking job
Any big promotion in the finance sector comes with challenges – but if you’re a priority banker in Singapore who’s just become a private banker, your chances of succeeding in your new job are now less...
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Movies, beer and a bit of work: what Hong Kong bankers did during Typhoon Hato
Typhoon Hato may have smashed skyscraper windows, torn down trees and injured scores of people in Hong Kong, but for some banking professionals it provided a brief respite from the stresses of working...
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