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Major Asian bank hires new trading boss as talent war heats up
ABC International has hired a new head of fixed income from ICBC International in Hong Kong as the talent war among big Chinese banks heats up in the city. Fanky Miu joined ABC International, a Hong...
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Morning Coffee: The new most precarious jobs in banking? J.P Morgan and the...
Maybe James Gorman was right? Back in January, Morgan Stanley’s boss cautioned against joining European banks on Wall Street because, he said, they have a history of expanding in the U.S. only to...
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The investment bank gender discrimination index
Investment banks talk a good talk when it comes to combating gender discrimination. They all have anti-discrimination programmes. They all have gender champions. But the UK government’s new requirement...
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The best and worst ways to sign off a work email
You don’t want to lose sleep over the valediction on your work email, but it does matter. It’s your parting shot. It’s also your chance to be a little personal. So, what’s the strongest way to...
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An equity sales veteran left this bank amidst complaints about bonuses
Julian Dickinson, a veteran equity salesman at Credit Suisse is understood to have resigned. Sources say he’s off to join Bob Diamond at Panmure Gordon. Dickinson joined Credit Suisse in 1997 after 10...
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Ex-Goldman Sachs MD: How to work in finance and have a great life
You may not believe this, but it’s perfectly possible to work in finance and to be incredibly happy. I know: I’ve worked in finance for 18 years and I like my life. If you don’t like yours, there are...
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Beware SG and HK banking recruiters who ask you out for coffee
In tightly-knit financial centres like Hong Kong and Singapore it’s common enough for recruiters to meet candidates for causal chats over coffee, even if they can’t offer any suitable vacancies right...
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As you probably know, Chinese technology companies – from Tencent to small start-ups – are hiring from the banking sector, both in Hong Kong and on the mainland. They’re not so interested in recruiting...
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Morning Coffee: New fears at Deutsche Bank as Barclays bankers get a boost....
As Deutsche Bank prepares to make changes to its supervisory board, the front-runner to become its next CEO is a cost-cutter and a wealth management executive, not an investment banker. Frustrated by...
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One of Goldman’s newest MDs quit for a driverless car company
Six months isn’t long to spend as a managing director at Goldman Sachs, but for one new Goldman MD it seems to have been sufficient: James Westwood, the former MD in charge of hedge fund sales for Hong...
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J.P. Morgan keeps hiring MD-level technologists
J.P. Morgan continues to hire senior technologists at its New York headquarters, including at least two managing directors last month. Ranjit Samra and Myron Wieneke both joined J.P. Morgan as New...
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A senior Italian private equity professional joined a fund in London
Brexit or not, one senior Italian private equity professional has opted to take a new role at a private debt fund in London. Michele Russo, the former managing director at Terra Firma and ex-banker at...
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The real reasons junior traders are leaving Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs’ fixed income currencies and commodities (FICC) division has a well-documented problem. After a period of persistent under-performance dating back to at least 2014, the business is...
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Stressed banking professionals in Singapore and Hong Kong struggling to...
Not so long ago, senior back-office managers in Singapore and Hong Kong enjoyed a secure, settled – if boring – existence. Global banks had all-encompassing operations centres in the two cities and...
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Morning Coffee: The two-year course that could get you a $285k finance job....
If you’re looking to start an MBA programme later this year, you’re probably only interested in one thing: the money you’ll make after graduating. Course-quality MBA league tables are one thing;...
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How to reinvent yourself in the hottest job in finance
Sales jobs in investment banks are in decline. In a slow process of attrition, hastened by MiFID II, specialist sales jobs are becoming generalist and generalist sales jobs are becoming fewer. “There...
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Why senior bankers complain about millennials
There are two distinct camps when it comes to young people in the workplace: “Kids these days are soft, entitled, lazy job-hoppers” vs. “Millennials have had an uphill battle entering the workforce in...
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Jefferies’ hiring spree launches firm up M&A rankings
Jefferies has apparently put its new recruits to good use. Richard Handler’s advisory house, which added a whopping 121 people in 2017, made a massive leap up the U.S. M&A league tables during the...
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I dread the American finance scene in London
I love America and I like Americans. I’ve travelled in America a lot and it’s always been a pleasure. However, my experience has often been that Americans working in banking, particularly in banks in...
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A senior UOB trader has just landed a top buy-side job in Singapore
Clarence Chan, UOB’s former head of spot trading and eFX, has re-emerged as the chief operating officer of Singapore-based fund management firm Pilgrim Partners. Chan, who boasts more than 28 years’...
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