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11 ways to talk yourself into a new banking job in Hong Kong
Banks in Hong Kong are in cost control mode – they are trimming bonuses and cutting senior roles. If you are looking for a new banking job in the city, or if you are hoping for a promotion, you will...
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Morning Coffee: The big Brexit gamble for the City. Deutsche Bank’s robots...
Tired of politics? Bored of elections? Of course you’re not. Just when you thought we were heading straight for a hard Brexit, Theresa May has now revealed a snap election that will see the UK go to...
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“You’re leaving? Here’s a 20% pay rise.” Buybacks are BACK
If you’re good at your current banking job and you attempt to leave for a new one, you could be in for a surprise. It may transpire that your current employer simply cannot bear to see you leave. You...
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What it takes to get into one of the biggest private equity firms in the world
Blackstone Group has two ways of vetting potential hires. The first is rigorous – expect 10-15 interviews with 15-20 people before the thumbs up is finally given. The second is decidedly more nebulous....
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Former Goldman star prop trader turned Brevan Howard PM has been hired by...
A former prop trader at Goldman Sachs who decamped to joined Brevan Howard’s now struggling Master Fund, has now signed up to Moore Capital Management. Andrew Dausch, who worked on Goldman’s global...
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Ex-Goldman trader blames mediocre hires for poor performance
It’s been a while since Anton Kreil worked for Goldman Sachs. 13 years, in fact, and he only worked there for four years. Some might therefore question Kreil’s authority when it comes to making...
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What are your weaknesses? How investment bankers should NOT answer this...
Investment banking job interviews involve plenty of technical and competency based questions, but you’ll inevitably face the generic HR-style stumbling blocks, which are still surprisingly important....
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Must you now leave Goldman Sachs for Morgan Stanley?
In the call accompanying Morgan Stanley’s results today, CFO Jonathan Pruzan said the bank has a good “brand” and people are queuing up to work there. With good reason: Morgan Stanley just turned in an...
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Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund has just made a major new hire
GIC has made a senior addition to its macro research and strategy fixed-income team in Singapore. John Tan Kang Yong has joined the investment firm, which manages Singapore’s foreign reserves, as a...
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Banks are cutting jobs in Asia. Here’s how to avoid the axe
At this time of the year you’ve probably got your bonus for 2016 you’ll know the state of your salary for 2017. Your compensation will provide some clues, but you may still not know for sure whether...
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Morning Coffee: J.P. Morgan preparing to accommodate 1,700 more hipsters in...
J.P. Morgan wants to hire technologists. The U.S. bank spends $9.5bn a year on technology and grants places to 10% of the graduate applicants to its technology program compared to just 2% of applicants...
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Is now the best time to look for a finance job in London? Maybe so
Brexit boredom is the new thing in banking recruitment. Robert Walters says that financial services firms are tired of waiting around for clarity on relocations and are hiring anyway. Now, Morgan...
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BlackRock’s hottest young trader has just joined Point72
How do you get noticed by Steve Cohen, the billionaire at the helm of expansionary ‘family office’ Point72 Asset Management who’s searching for scarce hedge fund talent? Being under 30 and tipped as...
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These are the top 10 asset management firms people want to work for
It’s no secret that the asset management industry is going through some tough times, with many active managers reeling from fee pressure and the rise of index-trackers. But, right now, buy-side...
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Private equity firms are raiding the junior ranks of J.P. Morgan and Goldman...
Private equity firms have their pick of investment banks’ junior staff in the City, and only want the very best. Right now, this means J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs, and in the past few weeks there’s...
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I’m a data scientist at a bulge-bracket bank – here’s how to land a job like...
I work as a data scientist at a bulge-bracket bank. I joined not long after getting my Ph.D. in mathematics from an Ivy League university and attending an NYC Data Science Academy boot camp. I’ve been...
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We’ve launched fintech start-ups in Singapore. These are the challenges we face
Singapore is trying to position itself as the best city in Asia to start a fintech firm – it’s running fintech festivals, launching a regulatory ‘sandbox’, and creating co-working spaces. As fintech...
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Sleep in boardrooms, battle on buses: APAC bankers share travel tips
Your bank has just put you in charge of a regional team spanning the whole of Asia Pacific. Get set for some serious travelling – more so than you’d likely face within other regions. You’ll be on a...
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Morning Coffee: The great Barclays equities reversal. Deutsche’s pay pain...
Remember when Barclays cut 30% of its equities staff in December 2015? Recall that it let its head of EMEA cash equities Neal Hallett go in February? Well, it’s building again! Albeit to the tune of 20...
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A senior RBS investment banker has just joined a train company
If you’re looking for a route out of a senior investment banking role, it helps to stick close to what you know. For Will Cuthbert, who has spent the past five and a half years as head of transport,...
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