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SocGen poached a credit saleswoman and fashionista from Credit Suisse
SocGen has hired Kaisa Johanna Eskelinen, an experienced credit saleswoman from Credit Suisse with her own line of clothing products. Eskelinen comes with 10 years of experience in institutional fixed...
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This is what bankers really do when they get their bonuses
You might think that bankers are big spenders. It’s true: some are. Many of the most successful, most impressive bankers, however, are not. When they receive their bonuses, the last thing they do is...
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Barclays just hired a veteran managing director for its New York IBD team
Barclays has brought on board a veteran managing director for its investment banking division in New York as it tries to increase revenues. Kirk Meighan, who comes with almost 30 years of experience in...
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The art of losing weight when you work in finance
It is not ok to be fat when you work in finance or a professional services firm. As an academic study in 2016 confirmed: these are industries where you are judged on your appearance. If you’re thin and...
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What you need to know about Asian private banking jobs in 2018
Private banking has enjoyed one of the most buoyant job markets in Asian financial services for several years. But technology, compliance costs and skill shortages are now changing the face of careers...
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Standard Chartered makes another senior hire from DBS in Singapore
Standard Chartered has taken on a veteran technologist from DBS, its third big tech hire from the Singaporean bank in recent months. Bob Fabrizi has joined Stan Chart as its Singapore-based head of...
View Article“I’m a woman working in banking technology. Here’s how Morgan Stanley helps...
Siân Allsopp was impressed with Morgan Stanley, even before she’d started working there. Put before several senior women during the interview process and enlightened about the firm’s collaborative,...
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Morning Coffee: J.P. Morgan gives up on people who can’t be persuaded to work...
When Lloyd Blankfein writes his annual letter to shareholders at Goldman Sachs, it’s traditional for him to divulge the percentage of students who accept the job offers Goldman extends. For 2016 (the...
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Equity salesman who left BAML joins Berenberg
Stuart Holt, a former director of equity sales at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML), has joined the London office of Berenberg Bank. Holt, who has more than 10 years of experience, arrived at the...
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What happens to Barclays if Jes Staley goes?
The Bank of England’s Enforcement Decision Making Committee is scheduled to be rolled out by the end of March and one of the first decisions on its to-do list may be a big one – the question of whether...
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You need to know how bad finance pay is in Canada
Given the current exchange rate – each Canadian dollar equals 0.81 U.S. dollar – Canada-based financial services firms have an uphill battle to compete with the compensation of their American...
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Citi’s results say these four things about banking jobs now
Citi reported its fourth quarter results today. As at J.P. Morgan, there were bleak areas, but overall they weren’t too bad. – Revenues at Citi’s Institutional Clients Group (ICG) rose 7% and profits...
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Eight ways into one of the hottest jobs in private equity
One of the most coveted positions within a private equity firm is investor relations (IR). These client-facing professionals bring in investors and are responsible for retaining them. Unlike hedge fund...
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Chinese vs Western banks: the battle to hire you just got a lot bigger
It was until recently an easy choice for bankers in Asia: if you were good enough, you got into a US or European bank, and you then stayed with global firms throughout your career. The job market this...
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Morning Coffee: The difference between making MD at Goldman Sachs and Morgan...
Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley would have you believe that the methods they use to pick their new managing directors are unique and the traits they want them to possess are similarly distinctive....
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The truth about graduate pay in banking
Today’s students aren’t supposed to be that interested in pay. Something, though, must be driving hundreds of thousands of students to apply for jobs at places like Goldman Sachs and money surely has...
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How big is your bonus for 2017? Here’s how things are turning out
It’s early days. So far, comparatively few banks have announced their bonuses for 2017 and there are mixed reports at those that have. One thing is certain though: the U.S. banks announcing their...
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This is what’s wrong with Goldman Sachs, by an ex-GS FICC partner
You can’t say that Goldman Sachs didn’t see this coming. Back in 2012, CEO Lloyd Blankfein was talking about the need to invest in technology and electronic trading, to move into credit trading, and to...
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How to make $200k+ in a tech job on Wall Street
Wall Street banks are competing with other sectors for top-notch technologists, and that competition for data scientists, computer engineers, programmers, product managers, designers and other...
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HSBC loses a senior Asia head to a Chinese financial giant in Hong Kong
One of the most senior risk managers in Hong Kong financial services has left HSBC to join Ping An Insurance, a further sign of the growing clout of Chinese firms in the local job market. Jason Chiu...
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