Morning Coffee: Why another big round of banking job cuts could be coming...
If you work for Barclays or RBS, you might be a little fearful that your job will disappear in the months to come. If you work elsewhere, you might be feeling more sanguine. That sanguineness could be...
View ArticleJunior banking jobs in UK locations you probably haven’t thought of
Students considering a banking job in the UK inevitably think of the City of London, but in an era of cost-cutting, most jobs outside of the front office are being shipped off to cheaper locations with...
View Article100 Personen, die Sie für eine Karriere im Investmentbanking kennen müssen
Falls Sie nach einem neuen Job im Investmentbanking suchen, dann haben Sie verschiedene Optionen: Sie können sich direkt oder über einen Recruiter bewerben, Ihren Lebenslauf in die Datenbank eines...
View ArticleWhere 3,600 new finance jobs have been created in the last two years
Moving to a role in Dubai hasn’t always been the safest option in recent years, with a lot of international banks scaling back in the region, but the largest international financial centre in the...
View ArticleWhen accountants get duped into becoming ‘bankers,’ or not
Banks are hiring accountants again. It’s all happening according to recruiters, who claim that banks are once again scouring the newly qualified ranks at the Big Four for people who might be able to...
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Two charts from Deutsche Bank illustrating two reasons to work for UBS
Yesterday was UBS’s results day. The Swiss bank did very well. It increased profits by 760% in the core investment bank (although compensated for this by making some big losses in the legacy investment...
View ArticleSociété Générale recrute (toujours) pour sa “nouvelle” banque privée
Société Générale a présenté hier le nouveau visage de sa banque privée, désormais véritable partenaire de la banque de détail. Si la nouvelle organisation profite à 37.000 clients des réseaux qui se...
View ArticleRed Flags and opportunities: What to look out for while choosing an MBA...
You’re halfway through your MBA and are on the lookout for a financial internship. How do you decide where to look? And, if you’re lucky enough to get multiple offers, which one should you take? It’s...
View ArticleSieben Tipps für den optimalen Investmentbanking-Lebenslauf
An Ratgebern für Lebensläufe herrscht gewiss kein Mangel. Allerdings unterscheiden sich die Anforderungen je nach Branche und Beruf gravierend, was die meisten Ratgeber schlicht unterschlagen. Daher...
View ArticleSenior bankers share wisdom on handling heinous travel
If you work in the City of London, you may be dreading your trip home today. If you work in Canary Wharf, you might as well sleep at the office. There’s a tube (subway) strike on and the commuting...
View ArticleBanks still turning to expat expertise in the Gulf as localisation quotas...
If you’re an expat working in a Gulf state, localisation initiatives should be a concern. Most financial services organisations, along with every other private sector firm, is looking to hit a quota,...
View ArticleVous pensiez tout savoir sur les VIE en Finance ? Lisez plutôt ça…
Les études sur les ambitions professionnelles des jeunes français se suivent et se ressemblent. L’attrait du grand large domine de plus en plus : 47% des étudiants en écoles de commerce et 40% des...
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SAC’s Lacrosse-star chief executive is the last to leave the London office
The imminent closure of SAC Capital Adviser’s London office has been known about since October, and since then a range of competing hedge funds, including Millennium Capital, BlueCrest and, more...
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What you can expect to earn in accounting, IT, operations, risk and...
Replacement hiring is so 2013 – this year financial services firms will be positioning themselves for growth. Adding to the newfound sense of optimism for financial services recruitment in 2014, is the...
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A brief history of Credit Suisse’s investment bank, in bubble charts
Have you got lost following the story of Credit Suisse’s investment bank? It’s ok: the bank itself has signposted its strategic development with a lot of bubble charts showing what it likes and what it...
View ArticleTrader commits parking violation to avoid doing his job
Just how vigilant have regulators become in recent years? Two Wall Street traders were fired and are now facing federal charges for committing a parking violation. At least that’s what a...
View ArticleHow to keep your finance job despite everything
Working in financial services can be hard work. There are the sadistic clients, the relentless travel, the early mornings, the late nights, the falling away of non-financial services friendships and...
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One reason Wall Street is afraid of Bill de Blasio
“Bill de Blasio makes Obama look like Ronnie Reagan,” joked one Wall Street big wig, who half-heartedly threatened to move his firm out of New York. It’s not an uncommon sentiment on Wall Street. I’ve...
View ArticleHow to make it in M&A: Follow your passion and always have an eye on the next...
If you’re a student trying to break into a role in M&A in Europe, you’d have every reason to believe that prospects were a little bleak. Investment bankers are an optimistic bunch by nature, but...
View ArticleWas Studenten anstellen müssen, um es ins M&A-Geschäft zu schaffen
Falls Sie es als Student ins europäische M&A-Geschäft schaffen wollen, dann mögen die Aussichten auf den ersten Blick ein wenig trostlos erscheinen. Denn die Branche muss im Geschäft mit Fusionen...
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