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How working for a hedge fund destroyed my career before it began
If you’re trying to get a job in finance, you might think you want to work for a top hedge fund. I want to warn you that this could be the worst move you make. I was a top student. I went to one of the...
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Five ways to make the most of an investment banking Spring Week internship
Spring Weeks in investment banking are pitched as a taste of the industry, but the reality is that they’re really the essential first step into getting an investment banking job. I’m a couple of years...
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This fintech firm is hiring quant researchers, data scientists and developers
In fintech terms, ITG is a big company. It employs over 960 people globally, and the firm – which provides data analytics and trading algorithms for brokers and asset managers – is looking to hire more...
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Banks cutting staff ahead of Q1 results
If you thought your banking job was safe because you survived the fourth quarter and got paid some sort of bonus, you were wrong. Cost cutting in banking is alive and well and banks have been casting...
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A nine-step guide to writing an outstanding corporate banking CV
If you’re looking for a job as a relationship manager within corporate banking, you need to get your resume right – no matter how stellar your sales track record may be. A corporate banking CV that’s...
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Bankers in Asia are now failing to get pay rises. This is why
If you were searching for a banking job in Asia in the first quarter, with any luck you will now be reaching the salary negotiation stage. But beware – recruiters we’ve spoken with in Singapore and...
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Jamie Dimon tells MBA students that banking is still the place to be
Jamie Dimon may be talking up his own book, but he believes that MBA students should embrace the “dramatically” growing financial services industry when thinking about starting their career. Yes, MBAs...
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Morning Coffee: The reality for hot 20-somethings on the trading floor? How...
When investment banks sell entry level roles to eager 21-year-olds, it’s easy to believe they’re joining a country club. They’re told it’s all based on teamwork, the environment is “collegial” and...
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Data will decide whether you keep your banking job
They weren’t called discretionary bonuses for nothing. When banks decided how much to pay in the past, there was always a finger-in-the-air component – an estimation from a manager on how much was...
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The top 10 firms people on Wall Street want to work for
Goldman Sachs cut more employees in the U.S. in 2016 than it has for years, but its allure among financial services professionals remains undimmed. For the second year in a row, more financial services...
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Credit Suisse poaches top analyst from Jefferies months after tech banker raid
Call it some slight sweet revenge, but Credit Suisse has just hired a managing director in technology research from Jefferies, just months after Jefferies tried poaching a team of TMT bankers from...
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What associates and VPs at U.S. bulge-bracket investment banks on Wall Street...
Bonuses have been disappointing for most senior investment bankers on Wall Street, but firms are still feeling the pressure to keep their junior investment bankers happy. After all, private equity...
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The easiest graduate jobs to get into at J.P. Morgan
It’s not easy to get a job at J.P. Morgan when you graduate. In 2016, J.P. Morgan hired only 2% of graduate applicants to its investment banking division (IBD). While 50 graduates are chasing each J.P....
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Modelling marathons and trick interview questions: How to get through quant...
Quants are the new rock stars of finance, straddling a brave new world of big data and machine learning as computers take over. If you want to get in on the action, though, you’ll need to know how many...
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Another top Goldman Sachs quant has called it a day
William ‘Bill’ Fallon, chief investment officer of Goldman Sachs’ quantitative global macro division and one of the most senior quants in its asset management business, has become the latest...
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3 reasons J.P. Morgan jobs are the safest on the Street
Headhunters in London claim that J.P. Morgan is readying a few cuts in its investment banking division. That’s strange, because J.P. Morgan would like the world to know that it’s already in fine shape,...
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Long-term jobless bankers in Asia struggle to return to finance sector
After a spate of redundancies at global banks in Asia last year – from MDs at Goldman Sachs to technologists at Barclays – many finance professionals are still struggling to find a route back into the...
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Ex-Barclays bankers now making it big at Bank of Singapore
Just over four months ago more than 60 Barclays relationship managers became employees of another firm: Bank of Singapore. BoS had bought Barclays’ Asian wealth unit in a deal worth $227.5m. While some...
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Morning Coffee: Bad thing happens to man who leaves Deutsche for big job. The...
If you work for Deutsche Bank you might want to leave. People are already leaving in Asia and headhunters say Deutsche staff everywhere are displaying a “higher openness” to finding work elsewhere. But...
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Another top ECM banker at Barclays has left, this time for Jefferies
What’s going on in Barclays equity capital markets (ECM) team? Over the past few months senior staff have jumped – either joining other investment banks, or setting up shop on their own. The latest...
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