Job Market Pulse: Deutsche Bank’s U.S. hiring drive, SocGen in fixed income push
As expected, hiring activity has picked up in 2014, with much of the focus on the U.S. and Asia. But U.K. banks are now staffing up too. With that in mind, we’re launching a new weekly feature that...
View ArticleWhat to do if you’re under 20 and want to work for Google or a hedge fund...
You’re a young person at that difficult stage of life otherwise known as adolescence and you figure that you want to work in a quant hedge fund. What can you do about it? Try entering yourself for an...
View ArticleWie Sie sich auf einen eigentlich unpassenden Job bewerben
Die Lage auf dem Arbeitsmarkt für Finanzprofis hat sich in den zurückliegenden Monaten europaweit aufgehellt. Dennoch fordern die Arbeitgeber immer noch, dass neue Mitarbeiter zu nahezu 100 Prozent auf...
View ArticleThe culture shift among M&A bankers
M&A bankers have always been jet-setting types, needing to travel and work around the clock in order to ensure a deal completes. However, if you’re working in the UK or U.S., senior bankers advise...
View ArticleWhat was really said about the future of Barclays’ investment bank
Barclays’ full year 2013 results announcement was a damp squib. Expected to involve a major strategic reworking of the investment bank, it did nothing of the sort. Yes, 220 managing directors and 600...
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Banque / Finance / Assurance : les métiers porteurs en 2014, selon Robert...
« 2014 sonnera le retour à meilleure fortune ». Voilà résumée la conviction d’Antoine Morgaut, CEO Europe Continentale et Amérique Latine du cabinet de recrutement Robert Walters. Le mot « reprise »...
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Blick ins Portemonnaie: Was Banker und Finanzprofis 2014 in Zürich verdienen
Der internationale Personalvermittler Robert Walters hat jetzt seine neue „Salary Survey 2014“ vorgelegt. Nach Beobachtung des Recruitment-Unternehmens hat der Schweizer Arbeitsmarkt seit dem...
View ArticleWorking in fund management: the secret to longevity in financial services?
Investment banking isn’t renowned for recognising the value of a few grey hairs. Traders regularly burnout after 30, the hours expected of investment bankers make it difficult for all but the most...
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Blick ins Portemonnaie: Was Banker und Finanzprofis 2014 in Deutschland...
Für 2014 rechnet das internationale Recruitment-Unternehmen Robert Walters in Deutschland mit leicht steigenden Gehältern und verstärkten Neueinstellungen. Dies geht aus der jetzt vorgelegten „Salary...
View ArticleFive things I learned from my 18 months as an investment banker
Why would you want to become an investment banker? A few years ago, you didn’t necessarily need a qualitative reason. The money was enough. Now, as salaries have downshifted from tremendous to very...
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Bank-by-bank, here’s where you can still take risk as a trader
Being a trader in an investment bank has become a far more boring occupation than it used to be. Risk has been slashed, and access to balance sheets has been cut. Traders are leaving for hedge funds....
View ArticleEight exciting things you should know about investment banking jobs in Hong...
We have both good and bad news to impart about front-office jobs at investment banks in Hong Kong this bonus season. Recruitment levels will be up on this time last year. “There will be more movement...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: £100m dealmaker admits to sleeping rough in City doorway....
SocGen wants to hire for its fixed income currencies and commodities (FICC) business. Maybe that’s just as well, because the French bank’s FICC business is having a few issues and could probably do...
View ArticleINTERVIEW mit HSBC Trinkaus-Chef Andreas Schmitz zum Aufbau von 500 Stellen
Bereits seit 2004 ist Andreas Schmitz Sprecher des Vorstands von HSBC Trinkaus in Düsseldorf. Bis April 2013 war der 53jährige überdies Präsident des Bundesverbandes deutscher Banken. In einem...
View ArticleCry of semi-despair: “I am stuck in a director-level position and can’t get...
I’m writing this because my career seems to have stalled and I need advice. I work in a quant development team at a major bank (building the computer programmes that bring quantitative models to life)....
View ArticleWhat Ross McEwan is saying about pay and jobs at Royal Bank of Scotland
Royal Bank of Scotland CEO Ross McEwan is putting himself up for public questioning/abuse by taking part in a live chat on the Guardian website today. Forays into facing the public don’t always work...
View ArticleHow to get a job in banking when you’ve only worked as a barista
You’ve done all of the hard work for your degree, you’ve gotten a great mark and now you’re interviewing for a banking position. But then they ask you the dreaded question: “Do you have much relevant...
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Bons résultats chez Société Générale mais bonus en baisse
Pour ses (bientôt) 150 printemps, Société Générale affiche une belle mine : 2,2 milliards d’euros de bénéfices engrangés en 2013, soit près de trois fois mieux qu’en 2012. Après plusieurs années de...
View ArticleSome senior ex-Barclays bankers already finding big jobs elsewhere
The streets are awash with senior Barclays bankers. Yesterday, the British bank said it plans to dump 220 managing directors and 600 directors and that it won’t be hiring any more soon. Pre-empting...
View ArticleFünf Dinge, die ich während meiner 18monatigen Karriere im Investmentbanking...
Wieso sollte jemand Investmentbanker werden wollen? Noch vor einigen Jahren musste sich niemand für diesen Berufswunsch rechtfertigen. Das viele Geld war Grund genug. Doch nachdem sich die Gehälter von...
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