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The best banking jobs for 30-somethings in Singapore now
Moving to a new Singapore banking job in your early 30s should, in theory, be easy enough. You’ve clocked up several years of valuable experience, yet you’re not expensive enough to be a drag on...
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Seven impressive new analysts joining Hong Kong investment banks next year
Senior investment banking jobs may still be under threat in Hong Kong, but global banks are generally keeping their graduate intakes steady for 2017. Many final-year students have already received job...
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Morning Coffee: The five real reasons banks will love Trump. Personality...
Something strange has happened. Despite widespread expectations that a Trump presidency would cause problems for investment banks, bank stocks ended yesterday up. And not just a little big –...
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Interesting career diversions of new Goldman Sachs partners
Most of the new Goldman Sachs partners announced yesterday have been with the bank for the majority of their career. Most have demonstrated the necessary loyalty to make the senior ranks and have never...
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Goldman Sachs’ Frankfurt bankers better off than London peers
Goldman Sachs is thinking hard about Frankfurt. So says Reuters, which claims the U.S. firm is “considering” shifting “assets and operations” away from London to the German city. None of this seems...
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Recruiters’ predictions for financial services jobs under Trump
The exact nature of President-elect Donald Trump’s eventual relationship with Wall Street is still an open question, but whatever he does will hit financial services and this will have a knock-on...
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Traders who left UBS and Goldman for hedge fund disappear
It wasn’t long ago that MKP Capital Management, a “diversified investment manager” (hedge fund) was hiring from investment banks. After a few bad years, that seems to have changed. The fund has parted...
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You’re a 23-year-old coder? Banks are going to really want you under Trump
You’re 23 years old. You’ve got a computer science degree, maybe from Stamford or MIT. You’re wondering about going into tech and you’re wondering about going into finance. Thanks to Donald J. Trump,...
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Perfect resume, no interview: why banking recruiters in Asia are rejecting you
You’ve applied for a banking job via a recruitment agency in Singapore or Hong Kong and your CV and covering letter are spot-on. All that now stands between you and meeting the hiring manager at the...
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Trump: 10 big things he could do to your Asian banking job
You didn’t get to vote for or against him, but if you’re working in Asian banking the election of Donald Trump as US President could still have a big impact on your career. We’ve already reported on...
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Morning Coffee: Traders’ 12-hour thrill ride. Investment bankers try to be...
While Donald Trump’s supporters donned saggy red baseball caps and whooped at any passing camera, hedge fund traders in New York gathered in a loft apartment in Manhattan’s Soho expecting to toast...
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This hot boutique just hired a director who left Deutsche in January
For an investment bank with just 29 employees, boutique Hannam & Partners has been expanding in the past few months. Another two directors have just joined in London. Brent Nabbs, who was a...
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What Trump means for the U.S. economy. Two charts from Barclays
As the dust settles, everyone’s trying to understand what Trump means. With risk on and markets surging, nothing is happening as expected. Pundits everywhere got it wrong. This doesn’t mean punditry is...
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The best banking jobs under Trump, by Deutsche and Barclays
Wondering which sorts of banking jobs are going to thrive under Donald J.? While it clearly won’t be compliance (Trump’s expected to start a regulatory bonfire), or cross-border M&A (who’s going to...
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“I left a large investment bank in the City to join a small private equity...
If you’re working as a junior in a large investment bank right now, you’re probably thinking of a move to the buy-side. I have just moved into a role at a tech-focused VC fund and let me tell you...
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Barclays ex-head of U.S. futures distribution just turned up here
If you lose your job with an investment bank, it’s not just other investment banks that might hire you. It’s also exchanges. – Terry Burke, former head of Americas futures and options distribution at...
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One man’s journey from the U.S. Army to Morgan Stanley’s big data chief
The transition from serving in the military to civilian life is always challenging, as is establishing a financial services career after working in a completely different area. That said, some of the...
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“Hillary was a Marxist. Bankers should be thankful it’s Trump”
Trying to find a banker who publicly backs Trump is a bit like trying to find a 40-something who loves Nickelback. They’re out there, but with a few exceptions, they’re keeping quiet. Most people on...
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Asian compliance pros quit as “unmanageable” workloads keep them in office...
President-elect Donald Trump may be promising to trim back US financial laws, but in Asia the regulatory burden is still rising – so much so that compliance staff are throwing in the towel because...
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Point72 starts new Asian hiring spree “with Steven Cohen as head coach”
Point72 Asset Management is ramping up its recruitment in Asia and increasing its office space as it poaches senior talent from struggling competitors and launches a new graduate programme. The family...
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