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The three best jobs on Wall Street in 2018
While no one can predict the future, it’s still possible to examine banks’ activities and performance and read the tea leaves to figure out which roles are likely to be best at Wall Street banks in...
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11 things that could change banking jobs dramatically in 2018
2018 has the potential be a big year. As Robert Mueller continues to probe the U.S. election campaign, as Theresa May teeters through Brexit with Jeremy Corbyn waiting in the wings, and as North Korea...
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Avoid “banker restaurants”…and other career tips from top Asian bankers in 2017
Are you planning to move jobs in Asian banking in 2018 or wondering how to advance your career at your current firm? We’ve spoken to several senior finance professionals in Hong Kong and Singapore...
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Morning Coffee: BAML’s traders granted extended Christmas breaks. Gary Cohn...
If you’ve ever wanted up and leave your banking job for a month and a half, then you’re hoping that this new pilot program catches on: Bank of America Merrill Lynch will offer paid sabbaticals to some...
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“Working over Christmas helped me get to the top in investment banking”
It’s a common enough scenario in investment banking (especially here in Asia): you’re in the office over the Christmas season, but you don’t have nearly as much work on as usual (unless you have a deal...
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Burned out by banking and want to save the world? There’s this
Many young people pursue a career in investment banking thinking they’ll be able to change the world for the better but end up getting disillusioned when it becomes clear that making money is the only...
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What to say to relatives who inform you banking is immoral at family gatherings
Beyond the bubble of Wall Street and the City of London, the banking industry still does not have the best of reputations. Christmas – when extended families assemble for food and alcohol – is an...
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J.P.Morgan’s massive guide to machine learning and big data jobs in finance
Financial services jobs go in and out of fashion. In 2001 equity research for internet companies was all the rage. In 2006, structuring collateralised debt obligations (CDOs) was the thing. In 2010,...
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“I’m a 2nd year IBD analyst at Goldman Sachs. This is the reality”
When James Trant got the offer to join the analyst program at Goldman Sachs, he wasn’t sure what to expect. “I was absolutely delighted, but also slightly apprehensive,” he says. “There are lots of...
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I was groped during my banking internship
This summer I interned in the investment banking division of a European bank in London. It went well: I got an offer to come back and work here when I graduate, but the experience was marred by a...
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The lost Goldman Sachs 1985 fixed income recruiting video
In 1985, Goldman Sachs was still a partnership. The current partners owned around 80% of the firm, retired partners held the remainder. Lloyd Blankfein was a 31 year-old trader at J. Aron, the...
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Why investment bankers cry in the work washrooms
Bankers love to cry. Go check out the men’s room stalls and you’ll see what I mean. They’re in there. I’m not one to talk. I’ve cried too. What brings this on? I’ve worked in banking 18 years. Here’s...
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Deutsche Bank’s guide to the causes of the next banking jobs meltdown
It will happen again. Almost 10 years since the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the global financial crisis, Deutsche Bank issued a cheering note pointing out that another financial crisis will happen,...
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Will you get paid for 2017? Bonus outlook by bank and division
2017 bonus announcements are fast approaching. Who will be lucky? Who will be luckless? Here’s our roundup of all the portents for performance payments for 2017. Bank of America Merrill Lynch: Good...
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Can’t code? The only other thing that will save your banking job now
You’re out of time. If you can’t already write a piece of code to find the longest palindrome in a string, you probably won’t be able to do so before the automation revolution deals a body blow to your...
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Rokos Capital Management hired a top technologist from Barclays
Former Brevan Howard star trader Chris Rokos’ $6.8 billion hedge fund has roped in yet another senior executive from Barclays, continuing its hiring spree in London as it expands its UK operations. Dan...
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These will be the best jobs in IBD between 2018 and 2020
The top level of investment banking is notoriously a Game of Thrones, where seeming colleagues are in fact engaged in all manner of intrigues and office politics to reach a position of first among...
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Six spectacular things set to transform Singapore banking jobs in 2018
If you’re about to embark on a search for work in 2018, it pays to know what lies in store. Recruiters in Singapore provide their predictions for the year ahead. 1. Investment banks will start hiring...
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Bank by bank hiring (and firing) plans as we start 2018
Where are banks likely to hire and fire in 2018? Here’s our round-up of the hiring intentions disclosed at the time of their third quarter results. Bank of America: Massive spending on (and likely...
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Exhausted? Here’s how I survived 17 years in banking
Investment banking, sales and trading, research: they are all hard jobs. You will likely be stabbed in the back by your colleagues, your clients will slam the phone down on you and pull an order, and...
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