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Lloyd Blankfein’s oldest son quietly landed one of the best jobs in finance
Remember Alex Blankfein? He’s the 30 year old son of Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein. Last time we caught up with him, he’d spent around three years at Goldman Sachs working in cross asset sales,...
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I started an Asian fintech firm aged 23 with almost no experience. Here’s how
You finish university, you clock up several years in banking, you spot a gap in the market, and you leave your stable career to take a punt at fintech. For Eddie Rong, however, this traditional route...
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Three big reasons why Western banks are struggling in Asia, by EY’s Keith Pogson
Ask Keith Pogson, EY’s senior partner of APAC financial services, to sum up why Western investment banks are sliding down Asian revenue league tables and he’ll start with a short answer: “Firstly,...
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Morning Coffee: There’s never been a better time to work for Goldman Sachs....
Could it be that we’re entering a new golden era for Goldman Sachs? A time when the warm glow of favourable markets will be suffused with the twin aromas of restricted regulation and friends in high...
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Deutsche Bank brings in TMT investment banker from Goldman Sachs, despite the...
If there’s never been a better time to work for Goldman Sachs, it seems like something of a strange career decision to ditch the U.S. bank for Deutsche Bank, which has its issues. Deutsche Bank is...
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A hedge fund and a SWF just hired analysts from Morgan Stanley
Two more next-generation bankers have left Morgan Stanley. Following the exit of a third-year analyst for Hong Kong PE fund ZZ Capital, an equity derivatives sales analyst just quit the bank for a...
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Citigroup’s Brexit strategy is a model for other banks
Cit seems to be ahead of the curve on Brexit. While other banks (Goldman Sachs) continue to insist that Brexit is merely a matter for contingency planning, Citi is going out there and doing something...
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Why you’d rather be an investment banker in New York than London
Should you brace for Brexit or get in on the Trump bump? There’s always been a flow of talent between Wall Street and the City of London, but New York is suddenly looking like the place to be. Everyone...
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Is the CFA Charter a waste of your time and money?
It takes 900 hours (at least) and will cost you dear in lost social and family time, but will getting a CFA Charter really make a difference to your finance career? Not necessarily. We spoke to a...
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Wells Fargo makes a key healthcare investment banking hire
With all of the noise surrounding the U.S. election, Wells Fargo has been happy to step out of the spotlight and let the furor over its recent scandals die down a bit. Meanwhile, it has been quietly,...
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From colleges to mistresses: how Asian private bankers are beating the robo...
Why are banks like UBS, Credit Suisse, Julius Baer and DBS hiring hundreds of relationship managers in Asia just as robo-advisor technology starts to take off? It’s not just that Asia’s millionaires...
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Citi Hong Kong hiring “across all areas” in 2017. Here’s how to get a job there
American banks in Hong Kong are more renowned for redundancies than recruitment in the current market. But Citi continues to buck this trend. “It’s too early to know the exact numbers, but I’d expect...
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Morning Coffee: Meet the controversial teenage hedge fund manager. RBS to ax...
Jacob Wohl – known as the Wohl of Wall Street – started his own hedge fund while he was still in high school near Los Angeles, managing mainly family members’ and teachers’ money. His initial website...
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Morgan Stanley’s Asia CIO has just moved on
The shake-up in the top ranks of Morgan Stanley’s investment banking technology team continues. James McGill, a managing director and Asia chief information officer in Hong Kong, has just left the...
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Why EY is expanding its Assurance business outside of London
Following EY’s strong annual results which saw UK revenue increase by 7%, the firm is continuing its growth story for its regional offices across the country. In the North of England, the South West...
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It looks like Frankfurt for 1,500 people at UBS’s London investment bank
One by-election result might soften the blow, but it’s not going to stop the punch: Brexit is still coming at the City of London and banks are still busying themselves making preparations for it....
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Eight things bankers need to do in their 20s to succeed in their 30s
If you’re a junior investment banker in your 20s, you need a career plan. That may be switching to private equity. It may be kicking off a fintech firm or starting a baby app. But if do you want to...
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The hottest finance professionals in 2025 are attending this little-known...
Do you know about next week’s NIPS conference in Barcelona? No? You’re out of touch. The people who will be responsible for your finance job in 2025 are all going, even though most people who work in...
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“I quit banking the day before my 40th birthday and I’m never going back”
For 20 years until I was 40, I worked in financial services. I left university and I joined Credit Suisse’s equity trading desk for 11 years before moving to Alliance Bernstein and BTIG. I was working...
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Citi vs Stan Chart vs HSBC: where are their Singapore jobs?
HSBC, Standard Chartered, Citi: they are arguably three of the Western banks most entrenched in the Asian region. The first two generate most of their profits from Asia, while Citi employs more people...
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