Five things every trader needs to know about the new Volcker Rule
Are you a trader in an investment bank? Do you aspire to becoming a trader in an investment bank? As we suggested last week, being a trader in a bank isn’t as exciting or highly paid as it used to be,...
View ArticleSend in your CV to be rated by investment banking graduate recruitment experts
Following last year’s hit article in which we rated a series of graduate CVs according to the likelihood that their owners would get jobs in investment banking, we’re repeating the process for...
View ArticleHong Kong banks rush to fill 2013 jobs before the end of the year
Cautious hiring in Hong Kong throughout 2013 has left some HR teams with unexpected leeway to add more staff, and optimism for 2014 is even seeing the first signs of expat packages being brought back....
View ArticleDaily Dispatches – Singaporeans rank foreign hires their most pressing concern
A new survey reveals that the issue of most concern to Singaporean nations is the country’s foreign worker policies and the dominance of foreigners in industries such as banking and IT. Singapore’s...
View ArticleDubai event that promises to create thousands of finance jobs
To most of the world, the fact that Dubai won the Expo 2020 earlier this month passed with a few minor headlines. Locally, however, the emirate – and the UAE as a whole – is gearing up for a party that...
View ArticleMid-morning Coffee: Very bad news for investment bankers at JPMorgan....
If you’re a front office investment banker at JPMorgan, yesterday’s news that the bank will spend even more money on controls in 2014 can only be bad news. JPMorgan has already increased its control...
View ArticleTrader leaves Credit Suisse for Brevan Howard, comes back eight months later
Could you leave investment banking for the blood and thunder of a competitive hedge fund? And could you resist the lure of the bulge bracket if the new venture doesn’t go to plan? For Neilan Govender,...
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Über die Branche X: Global Custody (Depotverwaltung)
Die Experten für sichere Aufbewahrung Die Depotverwaltung musste sich früher nur um die sichere Verwahrung und Verwaltung von Wertpapieren für Fondsmanager und institutionelle Investoren kümmern. Doch...
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London: where the $$m rates trading jobs have coalesced
Rates traders are well paid. Last month, it emerged that a senior rates trader at Deutsche Bank was earning £3m a year while his junior was on £280k. Another rates trader was given a $2m settlement...
View ArticleEight reasons not to stress if you flunked your CFA exams this weekend
Last weekend was the culmination of over 300 hours of study for many students undertaking the CFA level I exam this weekend. Passing could do wonders for your career, but the success rate for level one...
View Article“Family office? I’ll tell you what it’s really like to work in a family office…”
You want to work in a family office? Good choice. Working in a family office is one of the most exciting jobs in finance. Far more exciting than working in a large investment bank where you pretty much...
View ArticleZehn Tipps, um ein Vorstellungsgespräch in einer Strategieberatung zu überstehen
Vorstellungsgespräche in der Strategieberatung stellen eine ganz besondere Herausforderung dar. Während sich traditionelle Interviews eher um den beruflichen Werdegang eines Kandidaten drehen, geht es...
View ArticleGuaranteed bonuses surge at investment banks in Asia
Asian investment banking revenues have been on the slide this year, as have front-office openings for juniors – but get this: supposedly cost-conscious banks in Hong Kong are ramping up their use of...
View ArticleDaily Dispatches – Foreign companies losing their appeal as employers in China
After once being the employers of choice, foreign companies are being increasingly spurned by Chinese nationals in favour of domestic organisations, says the Wall Street Journal. Historically preferred...
View ArticleSix arguments pour ne pas stopper vos recherches d’emploi en fin d’année
Les demandeurs d’emploi et les recruteurs répètent à l’envi que les recrutements connaissent un vrai coup de frein en fin d’année. Ne les croyez pas ! Pour avoir exercé dans des cabinets de...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: Pay has plummeted for people working at Canary Wharf; U.S....
Should you work in Canary Wharf? Or the City of London? In the high-rise landscape of international finance? Or among the Portland-stone buildings of London- past? Architectural preferences aside, it...
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Über die Branche XI: Interdealer Broker
Wer hinter den Kulissen die Strippen zieht Interdealer Broker (IDBs) sind traditionell öffentlichkeitsscheu. Doch als das Investmentbanking in der Finanzkrise die Schlagzeilen dominierte, wurde die...
View ArticleERFAHRUNGSBERICHT: Wie es sich in einem Family Office tatsächlich arbeitet
Sie wollen in einem Family Office arbeiten? Eine gute Wahl. Denn die Arbeit in einem Family Office stellt einen der aufregendsten Jobs in Finance dar – weitaus aufregender als in einer großen...
View ArticleSenior equities staff seriously hopeful that someone will actually want to...
Something strange has happened in the world of equities sales and trading this year: revenues have risen by 28% in banks’ equities businesses according to analysts at Deutsche Bank, but hiring hasn’t...
View ArticleFive interesting new London finance firms that could soon be expanding
Less obvious new job opportunities can often emerge in firms that are just starting up. In the City of London, 190 firms have been given the thumbs up by the Financial Conduct Authority during the...
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