What wealth-addict Samuel Polk didn’t say in his NYT article
Let Samuel Polk be a lesson to all investment bank employees obsessed with earning seven figure pay-packets. As Polk noted in this weekend’s New York Times, making extreme amounts of money is an...
View ArticleSélection de questions posées cette année en entretien pour des stages ou des...
Vous voulez décrocher un premier poste ou un stage dans une banque d’investissement, une société de gestion ou un hedge funds et vous vous demandez à quelle sauce vous serez mangé en entretien ? Sur la...
View ArticleSalaire à la sortie de l’école : les Masters Finance français qui paient le...
Après avoir établi le palmarès des Masters Finance en fonction de leur taux d’insertion professionnelle, nous avons décidé de réitérer l’exercice en nous basant cette fois-ci sur un autre précieux...
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Key takeaways from Goldman, JPM, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche, BofA and Citi’s...
JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Citi and (suprirsingly) Deutsche Bank, have all announced their fourth quarter results. If you haven’t kept up or have missed our coverage of...
View ArticleMit welchen Fragen MBA-Absolventen bei Investmentbanken rechnen müssen
Die unten stehenden Fragen wurden uns von einem MBA-Studenten einer der Top-Business Schools der USA, der sogenannten „Ivy League“, zur Verfügung gestellt. Der Student möchte anonym bleiben. Einige...
View ArticleThe finance job riding the wave of China’s population surge
The rising numbers of foreign workers in China, combined with the surge in the country’s middle class and the liberalisation of the financial services industry are all driving demand for independent...
View ArticleDaily Dispatches – Employee branding comes to the fore in Singapore’s new...
The full legal implementation of Singapore’s Fair Consideration Framework in 2014 will make employee branding more important for firms looking to attracting the best local talent. According to an...
View ArticlePsychological techniques for persuading a boss that your bonus is inadequate
With the exception of UBS, banks’ 2013 bonus pots are likely to be down. At Goldman Sachs, pay per head fell 4% versus 2012. At JPMorgan’s corporate and investment bank, it fell 5%. At U.S. banks,...
View ArticleHedge fund managers celebrate pay raise following disappointing year
The average hedge fund got absolutely trounced by the S&P in 2013, booking a year-end return of roughly 10%, compared to the near 30% rise of the index fund. How have hedge fund managers been...
View ArticleWas ein Hedgefonds-Veteran zum Einstieg in alternative Investments und...
Hedge- und Private Equity-Fonds bieten immer noch attraktive Karrierewege, während die Investmentbanken bei Studenten ein wenig an Glanz verloren haben. Doch wie bei jedem Traumjob herrscht ein harter...
View ArticleSix règles incontournables pour rendre votre CV plus efficace
Alors que l’embellie tout juste amorcée sur le marché de l’emploi dans le secteur financier devrait se poursuivre en 2014, il convient de ne pas vous précipiter dans l’envoi de votre CV. Ce dernier...
View Article11 things Goldmanites have said that you (may) actually agree with
Last week, we published a piece ranking some of the most outrageous tweets from famed Twitter handle Goldman Sachs Elevator (@GSElevator), the anonymous banker who shares with the world all the...
View ArticleThe growing trend that could shrink investment banks’ trading and tech teams
UBS’s decision to outsource the development of its fixed income trading platform to an external tech vendor should set the hearts of any investment banking technologist racing. After all, if banks are...
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One chart for identifying the best banks to work for now, by business
Wondering which bank is in best shape when it comes to equities, fixed income and advisory businesses? Want a quick comparator for banks’ results by business in the fourth quarter, with all accounting...
View ArticleInvestment banks’ tendency to fire veterans and hire juniors is coming back...
For investment banks it was a no-brainer: why keep on expensive, veteran salesman and traders in the fixed income sector – which is becoming increasingly less profitable – when wet-behind-the-ears...
View ArticleWhen a doughnut is bad for more than just your waistline
Another year of “doughnut” (zero) or next-to-zero bonus increases for 2013 and downward pressure on salaries across the investment banking sector in Australia means hiring may remain pedestrian until...
View ArticleDaily Dispatches – JPMorgan exits HK IPO over hiring scandal
Legally beleagured JPMorgan has bowed out of a potentially lucrative role in the $1 billion Hong Kong listing of a Chinese chemicals company due to the investigation into the US bank’s hiring of...
View ArticleOnly 10% of Morgan Stanley’s new MDs are investment bankers – so much for the...
If you read the Financial Times and pay close attention to banks’ results, you might think investment bankers’ time has come (back). ‘Traders Surpassed in Wall Street Reshuffle’ said the FT in an...
View ArticleIs this the new, remote, automated future of interviewing for jobs in...
Do you want a job in an investment bank? In particular, do you want a graduate job in an investment bank, where applicants can exceed places by a ratio of 45:1 (at Goldman Sachs), or even 750:1...
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Quitter la banque d’affaires pour rejoindre une équipe M&A d’un Corporate,...
Certains de chasseurs de têtes parisiens vous ont déjà prévenu, les grands groupes vont renforcer leurs équipes M&A cette année. Croissance économique et développement à l’international obligent....
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