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An MD who left Deutsche in March is joining Natixis in August
Who said employees of French banks spend the entirety of August lying about on the Côte d’Azur? Some will be working, although admittedly they may be doing so in London rather than in Paris. One of...
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The new men to know at Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs’ fixed income salespeople and traders are in the doghouse. After consistently under-performing rivals for much of the past year, the business that produced the likes of Lloyd Blankfein,...
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Morgan Stanley analyst joins private equity fund that always hires in July
If you’re looking for a private equity (PE) fund that will you hire you out of a investment banking division this summer, we have a suggestion: try Silver Lake, the technology investment fund with...
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Nine tough interview questions that senior bankers in Asia love to ask
You’ve made it through to the final interview rounds at a financial institution in Asia. Now you’re facing a high-level grilling by the head of HR, the boss of the department – or even the local chief...
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Asia’s serial interns: why students work for seven banks before they even...
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: top undergraduates now become...
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Morning Coffee: The unspoken issue with successful banking careers. The...
If you’re working 70 hour weeks in banking, you probably think it’s worth it. Like the Goldman Sachs interns who dreamed only of paying off their student debts and saving for a house, you probably...
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Goldman Sachs in London pays 13% more than GS in Frankfurt
The German operation of Goldman Sachs – Goldman Sachs AG – just released its accounts for the 2016. If you’re among the 200 Goldman Sachs bankers facing relocation from London to Frankfurt thanks to...
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The top universities for technology jobs on Wall Street
When banks want students and graduates for their technology analyst programs on Wall Street and in U.S. finance where do they turn? Not necessarily to Silicon Valley’s favorites of the University of...
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The worst thing about the 2017 CFA exam results
Do you have your CFA exam results? Do you? Do you? Do you? If you do, you’re lucky, but may you don’t because they’re late. Not just a bit late: very late. The CFA Institute promises to send the...
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Citadel makes Uber’s rough ride worse by hiring top technologist
It is well-known that Silicon Valley has had success recruiting top graduates, some of whom might have otherwise been snapped up by Wall Street. It’s also no secret that sell-side and buy-side firms...
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What interviewers really want to know in private banking interviews
If you’re a successful private banker the potential job opportunities on offer should make you the envy of those in other parts of the finance sector. Private wealth is growing globally and in Asia...
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Investment banking in Singapore is awful. I wish I were working for a start-up
For many fresh graduates in Singapore, investment banking still holds the allure of huge financial gains and the glamour of helping CEOs and CFOs with their listings and mergers. When I started my...
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Morning Coffee: The joy of working for Deutsche Bank in the days of Anshu...
Anshu Jain has developed a bad name. It was with him at the helm that Deutsche Bank perpetrated many of the misdemeanours that led to all the fines it’s suffered in recent years. It was also with him...
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Seven things to delete immediately from your banking CV
If you’re applying for banking jobs which you’re qualified for and you’re getting nowhere, you can blame your CV. Your CV is supposed to be your shop front and your door-opener, but if it’s deterring...
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Reasons to be a trader at Citi rather than Goldman Sachs
Yesterday was Citi’s investor day. It was the bank’s first such event in over nine years. While rivals like J.P. Morgan compel business leaders like Daniel Pinto to stand up annually and declaim their...
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19 tough Wall Street interview questions and how to answer them
So you’ve scored an interview at a bank or buy-side firm that you’d really like to work for. That’s an important step, but you’ve still got a long way to go before securing a job offer. Some Wall...
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Is this the worst job at the big four?
So you want to work for one of the big four accounting firms (PwC, Deloitte, KPMG and Deloitte)? But what do you want to do? While these firms started out as accountants offering auditing services...
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J.P. Morgan just hired an information-warfare officer from the U.S. Navy
Not to be outdone, with banking rivals scooping up experienced cyber-security professional left and right from every industry imaginable, J.P. Morgan has tapped into the U.S. Navy’s talent pool,...
View ArticleI started in the middle-office. Now I help run JPM’s private bank in Singapore
Moving into a front-office role is a pipe dream for most people working in risk or compliance – Christophe Aba actually made it happen. Singapore-based Aba is now an MD and regional head of investments...
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Local banks are hiring in Hong Kong: this is where their jobs are
‘Local’ banks have been stepping up their hiring in Hong Kong this year. But in which jobs? To find out, we examined the careers websites of seven of the most prolific recruiters among banks (or...
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