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By this time next year, the worst job in finance could be the best (if you...
If you’re an equity researcher at an investment bank in London now, you could be forgiven for feeling a little…queasy. Something horrible has been lurking around the corner all year and as we enter the...
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When leaving a Goldman or JPMorgan for a boutique makes sense – and when it...
If you are currently working at a huge bank like Goldman Sachs or J.P. Morgan and feel like your career growth has stalled, how can you tell when the time is right to join a smaller firm? For Mark...
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“I’ve just joined Goldman Sachs, and this IS a special place”
I’ve been around. I’ve spent fifteen years working in a middle office job in investment banks and I’ve seen a few. I’ve worked for several of the big U.S. investment banks (you know the ones I mean)...
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Eight critical questions you must ask finance recruiters in Asia
Over the next few weeks finance recruiters in Singapore and Hong Kong will be meeting candidates for jobs starting in the post-bonus season early next year. If you’re meeting a recruiter yourself, you...
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Morning Coffee: UBS’s top banker’s big break at 27. The one trait that will...
It’s difficult to imagine for students toiling away through multiple internships, while attempting to secure amazing academics to land their first banking job, but things were a little more relaxed for...
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AQR Capital Management’s UK operation paid its staff £658k last year
In hedge fund terms, AQR Capital Management is a giant. It has 800 or so employees globally, $185bn in assets under management, and earned profits of $530m last year – more than the world’s biggest...
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The most competitive jobs on Wall Street this year
It may be unusual for bankers to make a move in the fourth quarter, but firms are still making hires for front-office roles – even when they have to buy out or guarantee the new hire’s bonus. If you’re...
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26 year-old banker lands big new job after having entire summer off
It’s that time of year. You probably feel a bit fatigued. – Maybe you feel a bit rheumy with latest viral syndrome? Maybe you’ve been slowly destroying your mental and physical health with less than...
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Deutsche Bank’s head of prime broking in the U.S. has returned to Goldman Sachs
The head of Deutsche Bank’s prime broking business in the U.S. has departed to return to his former employer, Goldman Sachs, in a senior equity sales role. Marcelo Pizzimbono has left his role within...
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Bluecrest and Moore Capital cut heads and pay after a tough year
Now is a precarious time to work for a large hedge fund. Both Bluecrest Capital Management and Moore Capital Management, run by billionaires Louis Bacon and Michael Platt respectively, have been...
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The 13 Singapore banking jobs with the biggest pay rises
As recently as two years ago banks in Singapore were offering pay rises of more than 20% to lure new recruits. Not anymore. But 10%-plus increases are still possible for candidates moving between...
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J.P. Morgan wants to hire PhDs who can master machine learning – and markets
If you want to work on J.P. Morgan’s Quantitative and Derivative Strategy team within the bank’s Global Research group, then you better have a PhD in one of three areas: applied mathematics, computer...
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6 things to know before applying for a job in trading technology
If you’re applying for a technology job in an investment bank, you’ve probably thought of working with the systems that support banks’ sales and trading activities. After all, this is where the highest...
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Morning Coffee: Where to study when you want Google AND Goldman to come...
If you want to adorn yourself with desirable qualifications and valuable knowledge of the sort that leading banks are desperate to find now, you want to avoid doing an MBA and probably even a Masters...
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Hot quant fund run by ex-Barclays traders has been doing some big hiring
The quant hedge fund spun out by the systematic trading prop trading team at Barclays two years ago, has nearly doubled staff and massively hiked up compensation for its London operation over the past...
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How to get a job at a Big Four firm now. In numbers
There are many reasons to work for a Big Four accounting firm (ie. Deloitte, PWC, EY or KPMG). Chief among them is the fact that they hire literally huge numbers of people. In 2017, for example,...
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Credit Suisse heavy-hitters team up to help banks with everything from Brexit...
Three Credit Suisse heavy-hitters have left the bank to launch a new consultancy to help investment banks with everything from planning for Brexit to hiring the best staff. David Long, who held various...
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Point72 wants young women and atypical 20 year-olds
It’s not easy to find exceptional 20-somethings to join a hedge fund nowadays. Admittedly, Steve Cohen’s Point72 isn’t strictly a hedge fund (it’s a family office managing Cohen’s own money), but it...
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Masters of the Universe adjust to the new reality as tech hits government bonds
Technology is creeping towards the bond trading desks of large investment banks. Government bond traders may have been the Masters of the Universe in the 1980s, but they’re going to have to accept that...
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I sat the CFA in Asia. I was surrounded by money-hungry teenagers
Studying for the CFA is by in large a lonely experience – you clock up your 300 hours holed up in your bedroom. But then, suddenly, you’re sitting the exam with a lot of other people. It’s only then...
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