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Nine ridiculous job titles of former financiers
You’re free! You’ve escaped the rigid hierarchy of investment banking, with it’s analysts, associates, VPs, directors and managing directors and into the brave new world of start-ups and digital media,...
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Expert tips on how to blitz a job interview in private banking
Private bankers are in high demand right now, especially in Asia where millionaire and billionaire wealth is surging. But relationship managers still face a gruelling interview process in a sector...
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How to nail a banking role in Asia during a bad job market
As we’ve reported in recent weeks, it’s not the best time to be looking for a banking job in Hong Kong or Singapore. Global banks have pared back their Asian hiring over and above their usual...
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Morning Coffee: 28 year-old Citi associate insists muscled torso great for...
Once upon a time, Nick Deakin was a scrawny MBA student at the London Business School. After spending a summer as an IBD associate at Citi, he apparently reached the conclusion that this was not a good...
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Salesman and traders in investment banks hate each other – this is a problem
In the days before I worked in banking, I rather naively imagined banks to be monoliths – the distinctions between what various departments did, or the differences between the various roles within...
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What young bankers who quit London because of Brexit do next
Call it Brexit, call it British autumnal blues, call it boredom, people are leaving London – and they’re not all called Mark Carney. Over the past weeks and months, there’s been a definite trickle of...
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This senior Citigroup investment banker has just joined PwC
A senior Citigroup investment banker just switched across to PwC to lead its U.S. technology, media and telecommunications business. Trip Wolfe, who has been working in investment banking for the past...
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AQR Capital Management has been hiring MDs from bulge-bracket Wall Street banks
AQR Capital Management, one of the largest quantitative asset managers in the world with $172.4bn under management as of Sept. 30, has been hiring managing directors from Wall Street banks. In the past...
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The 10 scariest jobs in banking today
Where are the bogeymen in banking? Where are the lurking horrors, waiting to lure you insensate, into a job you thought was going to see you through, but will only last until June 2017 (at the latest)?...
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Credit Suisse director says that blockchain is the ultimate cost-cutter
Financial services organisations have been slow to implement blockchain technology, but Credit Suisse has kicked off a number of projects to cut costs and address structural challenges and the...
View ArticleEight former Hong Kong bankers now making their mark in fintech
Hong Kong is trying to boost its credentials as a fintech centre. The city’s regulator is liberalising its approach to monitoring the industry, while global and local tech firms are expanding. But...
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Singapore banks cut 300 jobs, but salaries rise
Singapore’s three local banks have cut more than 300 jobs combined over the past 12 months, but their staff are better paid than a year ago, according to their Q3 results. UOB led the drop in headcount...
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Morning Coffee: Pity John Cryan as he tries puncturing Deutsche’s arrogance....
It was always clear that Deutsche Bank CEO John Cryan was up against it. When Handelsblatt journalists shadowed Cryan last year, they depicted a man trying to turn an oil tanker. Renowned for his...
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How to quit banking after 13 years and find a new job in 1 month
Can you spend most of your working life in financial services only to exit in your mid-40s and do something just as exciting? Yes. Will Draper, formerly head of Telecoms research at Mirabaud...
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Deutsche Bank’s star global head of equity structuring just resigned
Tom Leake, Deutsche Bank’s much prized head of global equity structuring has resigned. Rumour has it that he’s off to Goldman Sachs. Deutsche insiders confirm that Leake resigned yesterday. Aged just...
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Why investment banks need to fear former employees
Investment bankers are not associated with loyalty towards their employers. In an industry where lay-offs are a fact of life, most tend to look out for themselves. But the reality is that humans are...
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These eight hedge funds have been hiring in the U.S.
Most hedge funds haven’t been hiring at the same frequency as they’ve been accustomed to. That said, they will still pony up to bring on impressive candidates with the right set of skills and...
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The investment banking careers quiz
Are you in the correct investment banking job for you? Does your role suit your temperament? Your preferred method of working? The sorts of tasks you’re particularly interested in? Equally, if you’re...
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Deutsche Bank has just made a senior fixed income hire in the U.S.
Deutsche Bank’s doors are supposedly frozen shut, but senior people are making it through regardless. The latest managing director to make it into Deutsche Bank since CEO John Cryan announced the bank...
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What’s going on with Wall Street hiring in Q4?
U.S. investment banks have posted positive earnings for the past two quarters, and it’s the Wall Street operations of these firms that have stood out as the top performers. Has this improved sentiment...
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