Bernie Madoff was honest about one thing: J.P. Morgan would pay
The writing had been on the wall for months: J.P. Morgan would be fined for its alleged involvement in the Bernie Madoff scandal. Yet, while the outcome was nearly inevitable, no one really knew what...
View ArticleThe dangers of employing young, ambitious investment bankers
The chances are that if you’ve made it into an investment bank, you’re competitive by nature. Not only is the recruitment process highly selective and rigorous, but only 20% of candidates who get in...
View ArticleDaily Dispatches – Singapore’s OCBC bids for Wing Hang to drive Greater China...
OCBC, Southeast Asia’s second largest lender, says that it’s bid for Hong Kong bank Wing Hang will help its ambitions for expansion into greater China. According to a report by Asian Banking &...
View ArticleSenior Morgan Stanley banker says 2014 is a very propitious year for starting...
If you haven’t yet applied for your trainee position in an investment bank for 2014, you may be a little late: most banks closed their full time applications in December, although you can possibly...
View ArticleBlueCrest is still providing a happy home to ex-bankers and SAC employees
It’s no secret that hedge fund BlueCrest Capital Management has been among the most aggressive recruiters of the past 12 months. It’s hired traders from Brevan Howard, Nomura, Credit Suisse, Deutsche...
View ArticleUn flic à la Fédération Bancaire Française
À tout juste 62 ans, Christian Lothion vient de quitter la police judiciaire pour débuter une nouvelle carrière… dans le secteur bancaire. Celui qui occupait depuis 2008 le poste très convoité de...
View ArticleThe most (and least) stressful jobs in banking and finance
If you work in banking or other sectors in financial services, you likely spend a healthy part of your day dealing with career-related stress. The hours, the responsibilities, the external pressures to...
View ArticleDer Optimismus ist zurück: Was deutsche Headhunter für 2014 prognostizieren
Sobald die Banker ihren Bonus für das abgelaufene Jahr eingestrichen haben, beginnt für Headhunter die Hochsaison. Doch bevor Banken und andere Finanzdienstleister tatsächlich zu Neueinstellungen...
View ArticleBlame compliance for banks’ totalitarianism and the loss of traders’ chat rooms
As we go into 2014, traders in investment banks face a very different landscape: they’ve lost their chat rooms and the vital market color these provided. Compliance departments are largely to blame....
View ArticleEx-Lehman banker says now is absolutely the time to be joining UBS
Are you thinking of working for UBS? Do it. The Swiss bank could be about to become one of the best places to work in financial services, according to a former executive director at Lehman Brothers....
View ArticleFired? What do you say in your next job interview?
So something happened in your previous job, and you were fired. Maybe you deserved it, maybe you didn’t, or maybe you were culled in a company-wide ‘restructuring’ exercise. And maybe you don’t have...
View ArticleDaily Dispatches – Growing number of women in China’s financial advisory...
Women dominate the rankings of China’s top financial advisors, increasing their lead to 31 (28 last year) out of the 50 named in the annual Forbes China list. The top three women were Grace Chen, an...
View ArticleTen tricky questions recruiters in Asia use to weed out bad candidates
If you’re looking for a banking job in Asia, you are advised to contact recruiters now so you’re on their books when vacancies start cropping up during the busy post-Chinese New Year hiring season in...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: Exciting perks of new £100k finance jobs. Concern as senior...
The European Central Bank is hiring. We’ve been saying so for sometime, but now that we’re in 2014 the ECB’s recruitment has attained an air of increased urgency: it needs to find 1,000 people by the...
View ArticleDeutsche poaches BNP Paribas e-trading chief ahead of rates tech push
Deutsche Bank has poached Martin Zinkin, head of BNP Paribas’ electronic fixed income research and strategy team, as it looks to speed up the electronification of its fixed income business, with rates...
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Nur Asset Manager können lachen: Wie die Boni für 2013 in der Schweiz ausfallen
Während das Schweizer Bankgeheimnis immer mehr Löcher aufweist, bleibt die Vergütung von Bankmitarbeitern in der Schweiz auch weiterhin ein wohl behütetes Geheimnis. Eine Umfrage des...
View ArticleDealmaker der Deutschen Bank stirbt mit nur 51 Jahren
Miklos Kormos, Investmentbanking-Chef der Deutschen Bank für Zentral- und Osteuropa, Israel und die Türkei hat im Alter von gerade einmal 51 Jahren den Kampf gegen den Krebs verloren. Er starb bereits...
View ArticleSix reasons to work for NM Rothschild, or not
With luck, 2014 will be the year when European M&A warms up. It will also be the year when IPOs are resurgent, when hiring makes a comeback and when bonuses in London begin to be properly...
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Here’s how much you’ll make per hour in M&A or sales and trading
Should you work in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) or should you work in sales and trading? Which is less stressful? And which involves the shortest working hours and the highest pay per hours...
View ArticleWhy you should want to work for this hipsterish hedge fund featuring a man...
In the world of quantitative hedge funds, which tend to attract technologists rather than pure financial types, there’s often a decidedly more relaxed feel. Cambridge-based Cantab Capital Partners says...
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