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Which programming language should you learn? Depends upon the bank you want...
If you want to ensure your future employability in finance, you might want to learn how to code. After all, Goldman Sachs already employs 9,000 “engineers” and spent nearly $900m on technology last...
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“I stayed loyal to my US bank as it downsized in Asia – now I can’t find a...
Over the past couple of years several foreign banks have stripped down or sold off under-performing units in Singapore and Hong Kong. It’s been pretty brutal – many people, including me, have lost...
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Morning Coffee: Banking intern confesses to being older than the rest. Quant...
There’s a certain phase of life in which it makes sense to be a summer intern in an investment bank. You’re normally starting your second decade, in the second year of university, with the sort of...
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Citigroup hired a senior equity structurer from the U.S. to work in London
Citigroup has strengthened its London equity derivatives team with the addition of a senior structurer from Bank of America in London. Alexandre Isaaz, the former head of U.S. equity structuring at...
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Top majors for getting an investment banking job
Over the last few years, investment banks have made concerted efforts to recruit a more diverse pool of candidates. While most still covet target schools, almost every investment bank has said publicly...
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Did Barclays pinch all Credit Suisse’s best equities people?
There’s a new favourite group of people at Barclays’ investment bank. It’s not so long ago that Barclays CEO Jes Staley was praising Adeel Khan, Barclays’ head of credit trading for his efforts in...
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J.P. Morgan’s traders made a lot of big losses this year
If you work on the trading floor of an investment bank, 2018 has included some of the best and some of the worst of times. Or at least this looks like the case if you work for J.P. Morgan. The U.S....
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Morning Coffee: The ‘shocking’ move that has money managers fuming. Meet the...
Rarely if ever are changes to passively-managed index funds topics of consternation on Wall Street, but that all changed this week when one asset management giant decided to blink first. Seeing...
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I’m a New York finance professional in Europe. Vacations here are wild
I am an American who lives in Europe. I’ve done my time at Goldman Sachs in NYC and now I’m here, 3,500 miles across the Atlantic getting up close and personal to the land of my forebears. I’m also...
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Lots of people have left Credit Suisse’s Zurich office to work in crypto
Who knew? Credit Suisse’s Zurich office has long been a hotbed for emigres from banking to the cryptocurrency sector. So say insiders there, who point to multiple moves from the Swiss bank to the...
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BAML’s central risk book gets a facelift
Changes are underway within Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s central risk book (CRB). The group recently hired away a veteran trader from J.P. Morgan’s CRB, and rumors are swirling that’s not the only...
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Pay is rising at Greenhill, but there could yet be bad news for juniors
Boutique investment banking firm Greenhill has had some well documented issues. There was the rush for the exits by senior staff and the fact that the firm’s market value shrunk below $500m this time...
View ArticleGuess who’s going to get a big bonus increase in 2018
If you want to get paid in an investment bank for 2018 there is apparently one place to work: equities. The equities traders who put up eye-popping revenue totals during the first two quarters are in...
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Hutchin Hill founder Neil Chriss to build quant team at Millennium
Neil Chriss, founder of recently-defunct hedge fund Hutchin Hill Capital, isn’t going to be sitting on the sidelines for too long. The famed mathematician is joining Millennium Capital Management....
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Junior bankers in Singapore and Hong Kong wasting money on bling
Junior bankers in Singapore and Hong Kong say falling headcounts at many global firms in the region are helping to create a more cutthroat working environment in the finance sector. And this means...
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How to break into the hottest sector in Asian finance with no experience
Working in Asian private banking comes with its share of downsides. Compliance pressures are growing, weaker players are bailing out of the industry and compensation remains lower than in investment...
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There’s a reason people retire to Florida. – It’s warm all year round, the beaches are beautiful and the taxes there are low. If you can get past the hurricanes, it can be a sort of paradise. Deutsche...
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The special skills of Jim Esposito at Goldman Sachs
Jim Esposito is all set to become the new global co-head of trading at Goldman Sachs. This should only come as a surprise to those who weren’t watching: Goldman insiders have been predicting Esposito’s...
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Former Deutsche Bank equities trader pops up at Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs’ equity derivatives trading business has undergone a bit of a facelift over the last few months, with the division losing several high-profile names while also making a number of new...
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Emerging markets trader reinvents self at Credit Suisse
If you are an emerging markets trader looking for a job, you may find one at Credit Suisse: the Swiss bank is strengthening its credit trading team and has recruited someone with recent emerging...
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