FED-Rüffel sorgt für 1300 neue Jobs bei der Deutschen Bank
Die jüngste Kritik der US-Notenbank FED an den Deutsche Bank-Berichten stellt geradezu ein Lehrbeispiel dar, wie die Aufsichtsbehörden die Banken zu einem kräftigen Personalaufbau in Compliance und...
View ArticleWas VTB Capital the best retirement trade of recent times?
If you wanted to make enough money to retire from banking and do something completely different, should you have spent the past few years working for VTB Capital? Several headhunters suggest that you...
View ArticleHow the “fat bloke” turned marathon man reshaped his banking career
Seven years ago, Steve Way was a self-described 16-stone “fat bloke” who smoked 20 cigarettes a day and had an addiction to takeaways. He started running to get fit, discovered he had a gift for it...
View ArticleWhen the MBA managing you is incompetent
Sometime over the next two months, the recently-graduated MBAs who recently joined banks’ associate programs will get into their stride. That may cause problems – especially for the analysts working...
View ArticleOne figure to watch out for when considering working at a smallish bank
Not everyone is capable or even willing to work for a large bulge bracket bank like a Goldman Sachs, Bank of America or Citigroup. There are plenty of smaller banks that play in a similar, albeit...
View ArticleThe two worst interview blunders that resulted in job offers
Covering Wall Street for a few years now, I’ve developed one particular vice, or guilty pleasure if you will. Interview blowup stories. At the end of any conversation with a recruiter or hiring...
View ArticleFront office banking recruitment surges in Singapore
Over the past few months we’ve been telling you that client-facing candidates in corporate banking and private banking are particularly sought-after in Singapore this year. Now it seems that banks in...
View ArticleINFOGRAPHIE : tout ce qu’il faut savoir avant un entretien d’embauche
L’été ne marque pas le coup d’arrêt des recrutements. Loin de là. Le mois de juillet est souvent l’un des mois les plus chargés de l’année pour les cabinets de recrutement. Les RH comme les candidats...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: Deutsche’s entire FICC strategy at risk. Deutsche Bank MD...
Deutsche Bank’s strategy for its all-important fixed income currencies and commodities (FICC) business, is simple. While banks like Barclays and Morgan Stanley are pulling back from FICC, Deutsche...
View ArticleWie Kandidaten mit ihren Zeugnissen bei Bewerbungen punkten
In England obsolet, in Deutschland Pflicht: Zeugnisse bei der Bewerbung. „Wir haben hier noch die Zeugniskultur“, berichtet Headhunter Patrick Riske von Fricke Finance & Legal in Frankfurt. Zwar...
View ArticleHSBC has snared another top investment banker
HSBC is making a habit of hiring some big-name investment banking deal-makers, despite its relatively lowly position in the league tables. As well as bringing in James Simpson, the former head of...
View ArticleWhich is the best bank to work for if you want to keep your job across the...
Without getting too mired in the debate over whether the current fixed income currencies and commodities (FICC) rout is a cyclical or secular issue, it’s clear that banks are susceptible to changes in...
View ArticleThe best time of year to apply for a banking job
In theory the summer is a dead zone for finding a new financial services job. Key decision makers are on holiday, particularly those in HR. If you’re trying to find a new position at French bank,...
View ArticleThe best recruiters for banking jobs that pay £100k or £200k+
So you want a high paying banking job? Which are the best recruiters and headhunting firms are most likely to deliver that to you? The new Executive Grapevine Market Report spells out your options in...
View ArticleDie peinlichsten Interview-Situationen, die mit einem Jobangebot belohnt wurden
Nachdem ich bereits einige Jahre für eFinancialCareers aus New York berichte, habe ich ein kleines Laster entwickelt: Am Ende von Gesprächen mit Recruitern und Hiring Managern frage ich regelmäßig nach...
View ArticleAre European banks’ U.S. offices full of scoundrels and amateurs?
What goes on in the New York offices of European investment banks? Are they iniquitous pits populated by the unscrupulous and the incompetent? Maybe not. But it’s a question worth asking in light of...
View ArticleCarrières en banque : le jeu en vaut-il encore la chandelle ?
Dans l’histoire de Jérémie Banet, quelque chose semblait clocher. Ce gestionnaire de portefeuille français, ex-banquier chez BNP Paribas et diplômé de la prestigieuse Université Paris IX Dauphine,...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: Ex-Citi trader’s guide to spotting talent in schools. Where...
It’s a question faced by bank’s graduate recruitment teams daily – how can you identify trading talent of the future before everyone else does? Ex-Citigroup prop- trader-turned photographer of the...
View ArticleNeues Sparprogramm der Deutschen Bank bedroht über 8000 Jobs
Die Deutsche Bank will ihr laufendes Sparprogramm aufstocken. Bislang plant der Konzern bis 2015 die jählichen Kosten um 4,5 Mrd. Euro zu verringern. Laut dem Handelsblatt will die Bank das Programm...
View ArticlePotentially nasty job cuts coming at Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank is increasing its cost-cutting programme at the behest of co-CEOs Anshu Jain and Jürgen Fitschen, according to reports in the German press. What started out as €4.5bn over three years to...
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