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The six worst technology jobs at banks in Asia (and what to do if you’re...
Banks in Hong Kong and Singapore are hiring a lot of technologists right now. DBS alone is taking on 200, while Societe Generale and Credit Suisse are both recruiting extra developers in Asia to...
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Some bankers in Asia will live to regret becoming MDs this year
Private banks in Singapore and Hong Kong make most of their new hires and promotions in the first quarter. But think twice before you take on a more senior role – you may not last too long. Team-leader...
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The quantitative skills that will get you a hedge fund job now
Regardless of performance, assets under management or downward pressure on fees, hedge funds are hiring tech-savvy candidates, including mathematics and hard-science graduates, engineers and...
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Morning Coffee: The 3,000 people who can name their price in finance or in...
If you’re a specialist in artificial intelligence (AI), you’d might want to make the most of it while you can. Following a disagreement last year over the extent of the AI talent shortage between...
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Bankers keep emailing me with their regrets about leaving for fintech
This might just be me, but I get around five emails every single day from finance professionals who moved to fintech and are now looking to get out. What can I say? These are people who found banking...
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UBS poached a top trading technologist from Credit Suisse as techies command...
UBS has poached yet another top trading technologist as it tries to build its cash and electronic trading capabilities. Michael Farthing, a former managing director at Credit Suisse, has been brought...
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J.P. Morgan’s ex-Microsoft head of machine learning said to quietly quit
Remember Geoffrey Zweig? The natural language processing (NLP) expert J.P. Morgan brought in from Microsoft to be its global head of machine learning? We hear that he’s gone after little more than a...
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Deep disgruntlement in IBD at Deutsche Bank as layoffs begin
Following reports that Deutsche Bank is cracking down on its big spending investment bankers after they racked up a €22m travel bill (which seemingly involved the use of limousines) we understand...
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The watches that Wall Street bankers wear really
Wall Street professionals can be a bit snobby, and at the very least, they are highly attuned to class and status, whether consciously or not. Even if you’re in the midst of achieving an incredible...
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Singlish, smoking and stubbornness: why recruiters in Asia don’t put you...
February is (in theory) a good time to meet Asian finance recruiters as you prepare for a post-bonus job search. But beware: while the job market in Singapore and Hong Kong may be better than this time...
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Average pay falls 5% at DBS even as headcount surges
DBS’s workforce has surged over the past year, but it is becoming a less generous paymaster. The bank’s average employee now earns 5% less than in 2016, according to its full-year financial results....
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Morning Coffee: Only two species of banker will get bonuses this year. The...
Are you a star performer, not just in your own mind but in terms of achieving actual quantifiable results? Are you a millennial? If you work at UBS or many of its rivals, then you’d better fall into...
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Curious video emerges of ex-Goldman Sachs boss displaying his masculinity
Is it necessary to be manly to get ahead in banking? In theory, no. In reality, it may help. Following a study suggesting ageing hedge fund managers compete to achieve a “warrior physique” in order to...
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The banks whose bonus pools could yet be busted by a market meltdown
This clearly isn’t 2007. Nor, despite some similarities is it 1987 or 1998. By some measures it’s not even a real market correction at all. Even so, if you’re employed by a U.S. investment bank and...
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Goldman Sachs said to be interviewing heavily for Paris office as Brexit deal...
If Brexit seemed impending before, it’s suddenly looking even more so. After a week of ominous murmurings about the possibility (or not) of a transition deal, the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel...
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Why one banking analyst says you should work for Moelis & Co.
An equities research analyst is bullish about Moelis & Co.’s prospects going forward, and not just because of its earnings results, but also due to the bank’s “strong and consistent headcount...
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A very senior sales trader left Deutsche Bank in New York
No sooner was it reported that Deutsche Bank is (surprise, surprise) making deeper than usual cuts this year, than we hear that one of its most senior New York sales traders, David Liberatore, has left...
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“I broke into Hong Kong fintech without tech skills. Here’s how you could too”
When you google ‘what is fintech?’, you’re provided with the answer ‘computer programs and other technology used to support or enable banking and financial services’. That sounds like something that’s...
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Where to get hired at Standard Chartered in Asia after CNY
Standard Chartered will ramp up hiring of corporate banking relationship managers (RMs) in Singapore after Chinese New Year. The bank is also looking to redeploy some of its Asian coverage investment...
View ArticleAustralian fund creates 30 new investment jobs. Here’s how to get one
Kristian Fok has been with superannuation fund Cbus for five years, but says the last 12 months have been the most “exciting and challenging” of his career there. Fok, the company’s Chief Investment...
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