Glencore director pay slides from $2.2m to $357k
Commodities giant Glencore is known for offering extravagant pay packets to its staff and executives, which until its 2011 public listing were paid out behind closed doors. Despite a difficult year in...
View ArticleNavigating your way through the horror of a hedge fund personality test
Investment banks will preach the need for a ‘cultural fit’ in the people they take on, but many hedge funds – where employee numbers can be comparatively tiny – will outright test applicants’...
View Article100-hour weeks and five days holiday a year: the tough life of Chinese bankers
Chinese princelings working in investment banking may be able to swan into the office whenever they feel like it, but rank and file employees in local institutions are expected to burn the midnight...
View ArticleDaily Dispatches – Hong Kong should benefit from competition with Shanghai
Despite concerns that Hong Kong’s status as a regional banking hub is under threat by China’s investment in the development of new finance hubs, such as that expected to be launched in Shanghai’s free...
View ArticleHorrific state of banker re-employment: only 30% are getting new jobs
If you lose your job in banking, you may need to resign yourself to running a delicatessen, or a fish farm or a microbrewery or a custom-fit condom company, because you probably won’t get another job...
View ArticleZwölf Gründe, wieso Banker eine Zweitkarriere als Headhunter starten
Falls Sie Banker sind und sich nach einem neuen Job umschauen, dann haben viele Headhunter ein gutes Verständnis für Ihre Situation. Dafür gibt es auch einen guten Grund: Viele Personalvermittler haben...
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Sectors explained: Graduate jobs in Sales & Trading
Sales & Trading The wheeler dealers working the secondary markets Every day, millions of financial products are bought and sold in the secondary markets where traders and salespeople in investment...
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How to make money out of Goldman Sachs bankers’ favourite shoes
It is a known fact that Goldman bankers like to wear Salvatore Ferragamo loafers (cost, around £309). Yesterday, the Salvatore Ferragamo Group announced its results for the first nine months of 2013....
View ArticleEnter our finance interview questions competition
Have you interviewed for a student role at an investment bank, fund management firm, hedge fund, insurance company or private equity fund this year? If so, we want to hear from you! We’re running a...
View ArticleMit welcher ganz speziellen Kompetenz Sie sofort einen hochbezahlten Job in...
Manche Fähigkeiten kann man erwerben, andere nicht. Zu letzteren zählt Schwyzerdütsch. Dabei handelt es sich um eine der wenigen Kompetenzen, die von Finanzdienstleistern händeringend gesucht werden –...
View ArticleRival banks well-positioned to poach Goldman staffers
Goldman Sachs has an impressive streak going when it comes to employee turnover, or the lack thereof, within its senior ranks. The streak is sure to be tested, though, following Wednesday’s appointment...
View ArticleAndrea Orcel’s wife had the perfect job for a banking spouse
If you work in banking and are trying to encourage your spouse to bring in a bit of extra money to compensate for falling compensation, you could follow the example of Andrea Orcel, the chief executive...
View Article25 personal interview questions you’ll need to know the answer to
In the past year, we’ve published several lists of real-life interview questions asked by banks and other financial firms. Some were aimed at prospective investment bankers, others were more general,...
View ArticleCareer Crunch: Where front office hiring is happening; the new über-committed...
What have you missed in the fast-moving world of financial services recruitment? Here’s a round-up of the top stories on eFinancialCareers during the past week. The front office banking jobs that will...
View ArticleKann man Banking nur mit Drogen überstehen?
Als Pfarrer der Methodistenkirche hat Reverend Paul Flowers sicher schon oft gegen die Sünde gepredigt. Doch auch selbst ist der 63jährige ehemalige Aufsichtsratschef der britischen Co-operative Bank...
View ArticleOutre-Manche : trois groupes financiers, trois plans de recrutements, et plus...
Début de semaine en fanfare à la City, où la presse britannique s’est faite l’écho ce matin de plus de 750 recrutements dans divers établissements financiers. Asset management, banque privée, banque...
View Article25 persönliche Fragen, mit denen Sie in jedem Vorstellungsgespräch rechnen...
Normalerweise sollte es bereits bei der Einladung zu einem Vorstellungsgespräch klar sein, ob der Kandiat die fachlichen Voraussetzungen für den Job mitbringt. Denn dies geht aus dem Lebenslauf und den...
View ArticleThe ultimate list of all the colleges, universities and business schools...
Are you thinking of applying for a job at Goldman Sachs or JPMorgan after university or business school? Are you wondering which university or business schools are most likely to result in your...
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Job-seekers flock to City job market, but banks still focused on cost-cutting
It doesn’t take much to spark a change of sentiment in the City job market. After a year or so of gloom, the past few months have created an air of positivity, but – like the London housing market –...
View ArticleA timely reminder that Jamie Dimon got his first job as a result of nepotism
Last week JPMorgan found itself embroiled in another scandal when it became apparent that the bank had hired the daughter of the Chinese prime minister on a contract worth $1.8m over two years. The...
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