Expansionary hedge fund ramps up headcount and pay even as profits dive
Bluecrest Capital Management is the hedge fund in which many prop traders from investment banks have found a happy new home as the Volcker Rule forced banks to cut back. The hedge fund has ramped up...
View ArticleDas Letzte vorm Wochenende: Finanzaufsicht verdirbt Londoner Bankern das...
Jeden Freitagabend drängen sich Banker vor den zahllosen Pubs der Londoner City. Keine Frage, die Trinkkultur fällt an der Themse wesentlich fröhlicher als am Main aus. Doch die britische...
View ArticleForget the contract: back office workers seeing more permanent offers
When the financial collapse hit, big banks tweaked their philosophy when it came to the little hiring that they did, at least in the back office. Rather than making permanent offers to non-revenue...
View ArticleSummer internships: When banking interns don’t get offers
Banking internships are being wrapped up. Students who’ve spent the summer simulating the lives of traders or M&A bankers are going back to their studies. Some have offers of full time jobs, but...
View ArticleMorgan Stanley’s London pay is half that of Goldman Sachs’
Morgan Stanley International – the London office of the U.S. investment bank, has just released its results for the year ending December 2013. They don’t look too good, especially if you work for...
View ArticleWieso ein Praktikum in London oder New York einen doppelten Karriereturbo...
Ein Sommerpraktikum bei einer Investment Bank in London oder New York zu ergattern, stellt gleich einen doppelten Karriereturbo dar: Erstens steigen die Chancen auf einen Einstiegsjob in Deutschland....
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Goldman Sachs, BofA, JPMorgan: where to work in IBD now
How are things going at big banks’ investment banking (IBD) divisions this year? How was the third quarter? Who deserves to get paid? And – as we approach the fourth quarter-job-death-zone, whose jobs...
View ArticleGraduates: You may now begin applying for 2015 jobs at investment banks!
It’s started! If you’re a Europe-based university student and you’re thinking of applying for a graduate job or internship at an investment bank, you may now commence your application. Deutsche Bank’s...
View ArticleHow to get an entry level job in M&A
When people think of investment banking, it’s invariably the sharp-suited individuals working on big deals in the mergers & acquisitions (M&A) team. Because of its glamorous reputation, it is...
View ArticleFrauen müssen bei Banken immer noch um ihre Karriere kämpfen
Beim Thema „Diversität“ dreht sich in Deutschland immer noch alles um die Geschlechterproblematik. Bei der Umfrage zur Diversität bei deutschen Finanzdienstleistern gaben 16 Prozent der Teilnehmer an,...
View Article“I get paid commission only, and I love it”
“Last week, someone on this site compared that their finance job was so dull they were quitting to work in law. That seems wrong: I’ve done my finance job for 24 years and don’t find it dull at all....
View ArticleLes autres pistes d’embauches en Finance
Vous n’êtes pas (encore) convaincu de la reprise de l’emploi dans l’industrie financière ou avez simplement envie de candidater en dehors des sentiers battus ? Quelles que soient vos motivations, il y...
View ArticleWhy Singaporean finance professionals don’t like leaving Singapore
Shifting from Singapore to Malaysia, two countries joined by a causeway bridge barely a kilometre long, doesn’t initially seem like the most radical example of international mobility in the finance...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: Jefferies, Barclays give juniors the upper hand. Senior...
The empowerment of previously downtrodden junior bankers is continuing apace. At Barclays, junior staff are being given the opportunity to single out seniors who are nasty to them. At Jefferies, senior...
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Barniers Brandbrief im Original: EU-Kommission sucht starke politische...
Mit großem politischen Tamtam hat das EU-Parlament im vergangenen Jahr beschlossen, Bankerboni auf 100 Prozent der Grundgehälter zu begrenzen – bzw. auf 200 Prozent, sobald die Anteilseigner der Bank...
View ArticleThe new reality of becoming a junior investment banker
Investment banks are having to work harder than ever to attract top university students on to their graduate schemes, but are often disappointed with the skills they bring to the table. Banks want...
View ArticleLes recrutements phare de cet été dans la finance parisienne
L’été fait de la résistance au point que l’on oublierait presque qu’il s’achève dans quelques jours. Côté travail, si beaucoup sont tentés de jouer les prolongations avec cet inestimable été indien,...
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CFA, MBA, ACA, ACCA or CIMA – which will get you a job that pays?
Which qualification is most likely to get you a job in financial services now? And more pointedly, which qualification is most likely to get you a finance job that will pay you well? We looked at the...
View ArticleMehr Geld weniger Arbeit: Die schöne neue Welt junger Investmentbanker
Selten zuvor mussten sich die Banken so anstrengen, um die talentiertesten Absolventen von einem Einstieg ins Investment Banking zu überzeugen. Daher hat so mancher Arbeitgeber die Gehälter um 20...
View ArticleJefferies, UBS, BlueCrest, Nomura all hiring
In the latest hiring roundup, Jefferies steps up its recruitment plans, a new bond team is planned in London and Deutsche Bank opens a new US office. UBS launches New York agency unit UBS just...
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