Morning Coffee: The new era of cost-cutting at Barclays’ investment bank,...
What’s going to happen to Barclays investment bank when it presents its new plan in June? Tushar Morzaria, the bank’s chief financial officer who took the job six months ago, admitted to analysts in...
View ArticleCV errors to avoid when applying for a finance job in the Middle East
The Gulf is something of a hub for finance professionals; a melting pot for local candidates, Western professionals and those from Asia and Indian sub-continent. However, when to applying for new jobs...
View ArticlePersonalaufbau bei der KFW geht weiter
Auch in 2013 hat die KFW ihr Personal noch einmal kräftig aufgestockt. Zu Jahresende beschäftige die bundeseigene Förderbank 5374 Mitarbeiter – gut 180 mehr als im Vorjahr. „Das Personalwachstum im...
View ArticleThree recent hires at Barclays, Credit Suisse and Deutsche. And what they say...
In theory, banks should be doing some big hiring at this time of year now that bonuses are paid. In reality, hiring is sort of muted while banks try and get costs under control and cut headcount from...
View ArticleSeven golden rules for an epic investment banking career at one firm
There’s a popular perception in investment banking that to keep earning and keep learning you need to move jobs every five years or so. Staying put is stagnating, suggest career consultants and...
View ArticleLes établissements financiers qui offrent le plus de stages cette année
Pas encore trouvé votre stage pour cet été ? Il n’est peut-être pas trop tard car si l’on en croit les chiffres collectés par Challenges le mois dernier, les établissements financiers sont des gros...
View ArticleSieben goldene Regeln, wie Sie eine nachhaltige Karriere im Investmentbanking...
In vielen Investmentbanken herrscht die Vorstellung, dass Angestellte mit Karriereambitionen alle fünf Jahre den Arbeitsplatz wechseln müssten. Ein längerer Verbleib wird hingegen oftmals mit...
View Article‘No jerks’ and work-free Fridays: Meet the happiest accounting firms
If you’re an accountant working at one of the Big Four, you can sleep well knowing that employees at other firms are green with envy. PricewaterhouseCoopers, EY, Deloitte and KPMG were just ranked the...
View ArticleQuestions you’ll need answers to before any banking interview
Preparing for an interview isn’t rocket science. You spend as much time as you can researching the firm and the people with whom you’ll speak. Coming in armed with facts about a bank or other financial...
View ArticleIdeal backgrounds for breaking into Wall Street with no relevant experience
Most Wall Street firms are happy to boast about their programs to recruit military veterans as evidence that they hire people with non-finance backgrounds, but the reality is that it’s become tougher...
View ArticleTen types of candidates who will always fail to get an expat banking job in Asia
It’s tough to get a banking job in Asia these days unless you already have Asian experience – banks in Hong Kong and Singapore want to hire people with mainland Chinese and Southeast Asian networks...
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Morning Coffee: BAML hiring juniors in record numbers. Sexiest banker in...
Bank of America is hiring for its markets division. In the past few months, it’s brought on Michele Foresti from Deutsche as head of its fixed income trading business, along with Tom Klocker from UBS...
View ArticleFive new hedge funds and private equity firms that may hire you
In the search for new job opportunities it pays to keep an eye on the new companies being launched by former senior investment bankers, traders and hedge fund professionals. Over the last two months,...
View ArticleFall Anshu Jain: Was machen, wenn der Aufsichtsrat den eigenen Nachfolger sucht?
Zeitungsente oder Wahrheit? Diese Frage stellt sich bei dem jüngsten Bericht des Manager Magazins über die vermeintliche Nachfolgesuche für den Deutsche Bank Co-Vorstand Anshu Jain. Demnach habe sich...
View ArticleTax day leaves a burr under Wall Street’s saddle
It’s likely been a tough week for Jamie Dimon, Lloyd Blankfein and hundreds of other higher-ups on Wall Street. And no, not because it’s been a lousy first quarter earnings season. The top 1% had to...
View ArticleCiti’s raid on BAML’s equity derivatives business finally paying off
Remember late 2012/early 2013? All those months ago, Citigroup indulged in some equity derivatives hiring. It recruited Lionel Fournier from Bank of America as its EMEA head of equity derivatives...
View ArticleBAD NEWS: Morgan Stanley massively increases investment bank’s profits, cuts pay
If you were having doubts that the era of high-paying, free-wheeling, hot-trotting, big-swinging investment bankers is over, Morgan Stanley is here to suppress them. The US investment bank has just...
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Coup de sang des conseillers financiers dans une lettre au Président de la...
Le ton est grave. Dans une lettre ouverte envoyée cette semaine au Président de la République, la Chambre Nationale des Conseillers en Investissement Financer (CNIF) réclame « une pause réglementaire »...
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Goldman succumbs, cuts pay per head to lowest level for five years
Goldman Sachs has succumbed. Today’s first quarter results reveal that Goldman is now paying its staff less than at any time in the past five years. Compared to 2013, pay per head in the first quarter...
View ArticleThe junior banker’s guide to finding an affordable New York City apartment
Despite some of the recent negative rhetoric, finding a first job on Wall Street is a dream come true for many students, particularly for those moving to New York City for the first time. But know that...
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