Questions to know if you want to score a junior investment banking role at RBC
Junior investment banking interviews are relatively standard, with most banks asking a mix of behavioral and theory questions. That said, each firm tends to concentrate on different forms of...
View ArticleEight more ex-Lehman U.S. M&A bankers who could quit Barclays soon
Ex-Lehman people are leaving Barclays. Seven have gone so far, mostly in the U.S. and mostly in M&A. Who will go next? We suggested several names last week. Now we’d like to suggest some more. The...
View ArticleMuss eine Banking-Karriere unbedingt im Front Office beginnen?
Im Investmentbanking herrscht eine klare Hackordnung: Ganz oben steht das Front Office, wo im Kontakt mit dem Kunden das Geld hereingebracht wird. Ganz unten wiederum rangiert das Back Office, in dem...
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Horror as HSBC & RBS far outperform Barclays’ FX professionals in Q1
Foreign exchange (FX) trading is a big business for Barclays’ investment bank. Barclays’ mostly London-based front office FX sales and trading professionals number well in excess of 100 according to...
View ArticleLe match des banques françaises : Credit Agricole sort son épingle du jeu au...
Hasard du calendrier. Une semaine après BNP Paribas, le secteur bancaire français produit en 24h une avalanche de résultats trimestriels : Société Générale, Credit Agricole et BPCE. Ce qui domine...
View ArticleThe hot space where hedge fund hiring is happening
The dust has largely settled from the buy-side’s annual post-bonus hiring spree, where hedge funds and private equity firms take their pick of the best talent investment banks have to offer. However,...
View ArticleEnergy-focused alternative asset manager ramps up pay to £1.6m a head
Pamplona Capital Management, the energy-focused alternative asset manager that is backed by Russian oligarch Michail Fridman’s Alfa Group, has ramped up pay for its partners following a year of...
View ArticleTelltale signs your job may be on the chopping block
While the massive purging of banking jobs may now be in the past, there are still plenty of firms that are cutting headcount, particularly at the senior level, and often for very little reason other...
View ArticleIn 2013, JPMorgan paid London markets professionals $559k each. Citigroup, $384k
Once upon a time, it was easy to establish how much JPMorgan paid its investment bankers. The company broke out compensation and its headcount for its investment bank on a quarterly basis and everyone...
View ArticleERFAHRUNGSBERICHT: Wie der Umstieg vom Banking in die IT-Branche gelingt
SimCorp vertreibt Standardsoftware für das Asset Management von Kapitalanlagegesellschaften, Versicherungen und Banken. Während die Finanzdienstleister kräftig Personal abbauen, wächst die IT-Branche...
View ArticleEight interesting ways in which recruiters in Asia work differently from...
Are you contacting agency recruiters about banking roles in Asia? Is your resume constantly getting rejected? Or perhaps the recruiters just aren’t returning your calls? It may be that you’re taking...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: 27.5% of jobs at Barclays investment bank to go in two years....
Starting from 10am today, the fate of Barclays’ investment bankers will be sealed (again). In the third major strategy presentation in as many years, CEO Antony Jenkins is due to unleash his vision for...
View ArticleWas Arbeitgeber in jedem Lebenslauf lesen wollen
Bei Events wie der derzeitigen Connecticum im Berliner Flughafen Tempelhof üben sich Studenten im Arbeitgebernahkampf. Bei diesen Studentenmessen versuchen auch angehende Finanzprofis erste Kontakte zu...
View ArticleHow to combine teamwork with ruthless selfishness to progress your investment...
There’s no ‘I’ in ‘team’. There are a few in ‘managing director’ and ‘chief executive officer’ though. Investment banks won’t let you through the door unless you can provide evidence of being a...
View ArticleBarclays will now be hiring, paying and appreciating precisely these people...
Barclays big strategy presentation is over. You can see the whole thing here. The worst news is already out: Barclays plans to cut 7,000 jobs, or 27.5% of the total headcount in its investment bank by...
View ArticleIn compliance hiring, the money follows the scandals
If you want a high-paying job in compliance, keep your eye on the headlines. Scandals not only generate openings – they also create desperate employers ready to open their wallets. The most recent look...
View ArticleSenior female Morgan Stanley trader joins hedge fund less than a year after...
Despite diversity initiatives, female traders in investment banking are still all too scarce. Senior female traders are even rarer, which is why Angelie Moledina’s departure from Morgan Stanley to...
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A history of Barclays’ investment bank in bullish management presentations
Barclays has announced a secular shift in the strategy for its investment banking business, which is now being heavily culled and refocused on client service and easily-automated low-capital intensive...
View ArticleCommon wealth management interview questions and how to answer them
Typically speaking, brokerage firms that are recruiting entry-level financial advisers aren’t looking for people who can provide the next great stock tip. They want salespeople who can tap their...
View ArticleNeue Jobchancen? Auch Maschinenbauer Trumpf geht unter die Banken
Der Trend zur unternehmenseigenen Hausbank hält an. Nachdem sich der Siemens-Konzern eine Bankenlizenz zugelegt hat und Airbus die Salzburg München Bank übernehmen will, eröffnet jetzt auch das...
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