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“I spurned IBD for a Singapore commercial banking career – and I’ll never...
I began to plan my career when I was a student at a leading university in the US. With my academic background I could have easily applied for a job at one of the top investment banks back home in...
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Morning Coffee: Fancy working alongside an 86-year-old hedge fund guru? Where...
Who said there were no big opportunities in the financial sector right now? George Soros is looking for his seventh chief investment officer of the new millennium. Ted Burdick, who had been in the role...
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The Master in Finance that lets you fit your study around your job
Ben Harrington-Lowe, an Associate Director at Macquarie Group in London, knew he wanted a Master’s degree that would enhance his finance skills and make him a better manager. There was a problem,...
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Forget Brexit: this German boutique is expanding in London
Much has been made of the fact that Brexit could lead big German banks (like Deutsche) to pull back from London and relocate trading desks to Frankfurt. Far less has been said about the other...
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Two former investment bank traders have quit Brevan Howard
Two more former investment banking traders who left for a role at Brevan Howard have left the hedge fund in recent weeks as it struggles to maintain performance. Mark Deniston, a former managing...
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MBAs are shunning investment banking, but are now drawn to fintech
The love affair between MBAs and investment banks may have been on the wane for some time now, but this doesn’t mean they’re turning away from financial services all together. More MBAs go still into...
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Getting an investment banking graduate job just got that little bit harder
Investment banks are now gearing up for their annual recruitment programmes for the analyst class of 2017. If you’re just thinking of applying now, and have no internship experience, the chances of you...
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This is what you’ll earn as a research analyst on the buy-side and sell-side
Equity research on the sell-side has been decimated since the financial crisis, but demand on the buy-side has remained relatively robust. Right now, firms want to hire people who can formulate views...
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Recruiters receiving 70 CVs a week amid Chinese hedge fund exodus
Employees at thousands of hedge funds in China are looking to leave the sector amid a government crackdown on rogue firms. But as China also allows leading foreign funds to set up in the country, more...
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What it takes to make it as an analyst at Goldman Sachs in Singapore and Hong...
Over the next few weeks thousands of students will be applying for 2017 analyst jobs at Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong and Singapore. And the vast majority of them won’t make it through the bank’s...
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Morning Coffee: Lloyd Blankfein’s warning to the elite teenagers. Two more...
In a world of bland, promotional career advice from top bankers, Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein remains something of a wise old sage. Blankfein is direct, self-effacing and able to reflect on years...
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HSBC has hired female tech star from Barclays
A senior female technologist who helped shake up technology at Barclays investment bank in both London and India has moved across to a senior role at HSBC. When it comes to prominent women in fintech –...
View ArticleCan you really manipulate the FX market, even if you wanted to?
Is it really possible to manipulate the FX markets? The recent arrest of Mark Johnson, the global head of FX at HSBC, suggests that it’s easy to lay the blame at the feet of a single person. Numerous...
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From trader and PM to launching his own commercial lending startup
Alex Cohen gradually worked his way up the ladder in private equity and banking, graduating from fixed income trading to portfolio management at a bank before breaking off on his own and co-founding...
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Eight deadly sins to avoid when creating a banking cover letter
Cover letters need to do three things: prove you can do the job, differentiate you from other candidates and not attach a red flag to your application. Sadly, the third component is just as critical as...
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Private bankers in Hong Kong and Singapore fired after just six months
Private banks in Asia are dealing increasingly brutally with newly hired relationship managers (RMs) who fail to meet tough shot-term performance targets. “Many private banks in Singapore and Hong Kong...
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7.30 starts, no networking, flat hierarchies: What it’s really like interning...
Singaporean banks aren’t just poaching experienced staff from global firms – they’re also competing to hire the best and brightest summer interns. But what’s it like to actually work as an intern at...
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Morning Coffee: Investment banks already have their Brexit bags packed....
All those reassuring messages emerging from investment banks about the need for patience before making any decisions on their UK staffing levels after the Brexit vote may not have been strictly be...
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The 12 banking jobs everyone wants after Brexit
Investment banks are readying plans to move employees out of London as soon as Article 50 is served. City workers have largely stayed put because of the uncertainty created by the Brexit vote and...
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Nomura’s research chiefs in London and New York are now going it alone
Call it a prescient career move, but before Nomura started cutting deep in its research functions, heads of departments in both London and New York left the bank. And both have now started up on their...
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