How to excel as an interim manager in the banking sector
Your boss is taking an extended summer vacation, or maybe she’s about to go on maternity leave – either way your team needs an interim manager and that person is you. Leading a team in a competitive,...
View ArticleThe critical skill you now need for 70% of credit risk jobs in Hong Kong
Credit risk remains one of the most stable and sought-after banking jobs in Hong Kong, but this year banks in the city are determined to hire more candidates with Mandarin-language skills into...
View ArticleGründer von Tudor Investments erzählt von seinem Leben als Hedgefonds-Manager
Peter Borish als den vergessenen Manager der Tudor Investment Corporation zu bezeichnen, wäre wohl ein wenig ungerecht. Dennoch ist er weitaus weniger bekannt als Paul Tudor Jones, mit dem er einst den...
View ArticleRaises for all junior bankers, just not you, you and you
It started with Morgan Stanley. Then Goldman Sachs got on board. Soon, nearly every U.S. bank had made the same pledge to junior bankers: we’re going to pay you more for all those 100-hour weeks you’ve...
View ArticleLe cœur du 3ème hedge fund au monde bat désormais en Suisse
Brevan Howard, le discret mais néanmoins puissant hedge fund britannique avec ses 40 milliards de dollars d’actifs sous gestion, ce qui en fait le troisième plus gros hedge fund au monde, n’a plus...
View ArticleJPM, UBS, RBC hiring in London; Wells Fargo eyes global asset management push
In the latest hiring roundup, big banks eye London expansion, a massive oil fund needs more senior execs and Pimco won’t stop hiring in equities. JPM building London sales team J.P. Morgan is building...
View ArticleThe new bank to work for in Singapore if you want a career change
It’s a potentially lucrative career-change trend that we first spotted in July: private banks in Singapore are increasingly taking on “priority” bankers from the mass-affluent retail market because...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: Goldman Sachs cutting at the top, bumping up at the bottom
Goldman Sachs decided to show its junior bankers some love by bumping up salaries by 20% in an attempt to convince top graduate talent not to jump for a job at a Silicon Valley (or at least work 100...
View ArticleWird Brevan Howard immer Schweizerischer?
Ursprünglich handelte es sich bei Brevan Howards Genfer Büro nur um eine kleine Außenstelle. Doch langsam mutiert die Niederlassung zu einem Front Office-Zenrum. Mittlerweile arbeitet nur noch eine...
View ArticleZahlt Pictet am besten? Erste Geschäftszahlen seit 209 Jahren
Ein Zeitalter der Diskretion geht zu Ende. Erstmals in ihrer 209jährigen Geschichte veröffentlichte Pictet am heutigen Dienstag (26. August) ihre Geschäftszahlen und die können sich sehen lassen:...
View ArticleQuants: The new risk takers of finance
Quant traders working in investment banking are not happy. Squeezed by regulations that curb investment banks’ prop-trading activities and by cost-cutting that means that pre-crisis compensation...
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Investment banks use honey, money and worry in attempt to retain juniors
Investment banks are using both the carrot and the stick to ensure that their junior talent doesn’t depart for rivals, hedge funds or private equity firms. U.S banks on Wall Street are raising base...
View ArticlePrivatkunden-Offensive geht weiter: Dekabank sucht 80 Vertriebsprofis
Die Dekabank bläst auch weiterhin zur Wachstumsinitiative. So will das „Wertpapierhaus“ der Sparkassengruppe bis Ende 2015 180 Mitarbeiter zur Vertriebsunterstützung der Sparkassen anheuern. Laut dem...
View Article15 finance firms that will be hiring in the final months of 2014
Now that the traditional summer lull is drawing to a close in the financial sector, it’s worth considering where the job options will lie for the remainder of the year. Here’s our pick of the firms...
View ArticleComment Wall Street chouchoute ses juniors
Les banques américaines sont aux petits soins avec leurs juniors. Affaibli par la crise, les plans sociaux et les scandales, voilà un peu plus d’un an que Wall Street déploie toutes sortes de...
View ArticleBain’s new strategy on diversifying its candidate pool
Banks and consulting firms no longer appear satisfied with just the best industry-focused talent. They want a more diverse candidate pool, and they’ve had to change their recruitment strategies as a...
View ArticleBanks in Hong Kong convert 60% of contractor jobs into permanent positions
While contractor jobs have traditionally been viewed as an unstable, undesirable career option in the Hong Kong finance sector, I think that candidates in the city are now starting to become more...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: Inside the cut-throat world of hedge fund trading
Chris Rokos very rarely made a loss during his time at Brevan Howard. In fact, he made a combined $4bn for the hedge fund in the eight years prior to 2012, with one minor ‘blip’ (going $12m in the red...
View ArticleKarriere auf Zeit: Wie Sie als Interims-Manager glänzen
Vielleicht gönnt sich Ihr Chef einfach nur einen längeren Sommerurlaub oder Ihre Vorgesetzte weilt im Mutterschutz. Schnell wird aus einem gewöhnlichen Mitarbeiter ein Interimsmanager. Ein Team zu...
View ArticleThe essential skill that strikes fear into the hearts of investment bankers
Anyone who has sat through an investment banks’ earnings conference call or, god forbid, an awards ceremony, will know that public speaking is not the forte of most people in the industry. Despite...
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