The 6 big pieces of Brexit news you missed on the beach
Two weeks is a long time in politics, especially when the politics concerned are not just domestic but include the Machiavellian machinations of an entire continent. If you’ve spent the past 14 days...
View ArticleMoelis & Co. pays its London partners very well indeed
M&A is not dead. So says a new report from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), which predicts that M&A bankers’ pockets will carry on being lined for the indefinite future as corporates engage...
View ArticleCredit Suisse has been quietly hiring senior investment bankers in the U.S.
Credit Suisse has been quietly adding senior bankers to its U.S. operations even as it reshapes its investment bank and cuts headcount in London. Rose Lee, who was most recently a managing director at...
View Article“Why I quit big banks for Big Data”
For every lifer who stays in banking for the long haul, there’s another who plans an exit strategy for a second career. Tina Hannagan, area vice president in the strategic retail, transportation and...
View ArticleThe big talent shortage that could thwart Singapore’s fintech ambitions
The fintech sector is growing in Singapore – and the government wants it to get even bigger. But experts warn that the supply of candidates isn’t currently enough to meet start-ups’ demand for talent....
View Article10 awesome career tips from senior Asian finance professionals
Are you planning your next job move in Asian banking or wondering how to advance your career at your current firm? We’ve spoken to several senior finance professionals in Hong Kong and Singapore this...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: Goldman Sachs on the future of trading, UBS on the future of...
Goldman Sachs is moving into electronic corporate bond trading once again. Despite quietly shelving its previous attempt, GSessions, in 2014 – something its creator said is reflective of big banks’...
View Article7 jobs banks really can’t fill now
In theory, banks aren’t hiring in London: the prospect of a messy rupture from the European Union has diverted energies that would be applied to hiring to scrutinizing which perpetually EU-based cities...
View ArticleHow to survive the new landscape for sales jobs in investment banks
Sales jobs in investment banks aren’t what they used to be. As banks automate trading systems and render the entire sales and trading process more data-driven, established salespeople are losing their...
View ArticleMore Morgan Stanley quants are finding new jobs after fixed income cuts
Morgan Stanley disbanded its highly regarded FX analytics team, Quantitative Solutions & Innovations (QSI), as part of its move to cut 25% of its fixed income headcount last year. Since then, a...
View ArticleJ.P. Morgan made a big equity derivatives hire from Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs’ equity derivatives business seems to be losing staff. Earlier this year, Citi hired Quentin Andre and Dirk Keijer from Goldman for its equity derivatives sales operation in EMEA. Now...
View ArticleHow to big yourself up in banking interviews without coming off as arrogant
Interviews can be awkward. On the one hand, you need to sell yourself and big up your achievements. On the other, you need to ensure that the interviewer likes you – and coming off as overly cocky...
View ArticleBarclays just hired this professional ballerina as an analyst in IBD
If you want to join an investment bank’s analyst class these days, it’s often no longer enough to have extraordinarily good academic achievements and to have interned repetitively. You also need to...
View ArticleInvestment bankers earn a lot of money, but feel under-appreciated
If you go into an investment banking job you know that the work will be hard and the hours long – but the money is good. Nonetheless, investment bankers are among the unhappiest financial services...
View ArticleAre 11 internships even enough? Asian finance students step up battle for...
Students in Singapore and Hong Kong are competing more fiercely than ever to ram multiple banking internships onto their resumes. And summer stints are often not enough as undergraduates become...
View ArticleEight things you must know now about the banking job market in Singapore
The economy may be flat-lining and firms may be more inclined to fire than hire, but it’s not all bad news in the Singapore banking job market. What do you need to know about the state of recruitment...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: John Cryan said this interesting thing about Brexit...
Yesterday, Deutsche Bank CEO John Cryan took to the stage at Handelsblatt’s Frankfurt banking conference. There, he revealed that Deutsche Bank will not be merging with Commerzbank. Nor will it be...
View ArticleRoyal Bank of Scotland’s head of DCM is now working for a fintech firm
It’s the done thing these days – leave a senior investment banking role and then reemerge in a fintech start-up, usually as the founder. However, the former head of coverage at Royal Bank of Scotland...
View ArticleDeutsche Bank’s chart showing where not to work at HSBC
Deutsche Bank has got issues. Goldman Sachs estimates that it needs to raise at least $2.2bn to meet the requirements of EU stress tests, or up to $7.5bn if it wants a 1% “comfort buffer” to appease...
View ArticleParents aren’t rich? 14 ways banks discriminate against you
If you’re not middle class – or, realistically, upper middle class, you will find it hard to get into banking. So says today’s detailed report from the UK’s Social Mobility Commission, compiled by...
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