What bankers have in common with captive rhesus monkeys
In the five years following the financial crisis, bankers have heard it all. They’ve been called crooks, cheats and much, much worse. Now, they’re being compared to a bunch of apes. Captive rhesus...
View ArticleUpset as 40-something bankers find themselves unable to retire
In most industries, retiring at 40-something would be out of the question. But banking, isn’t most industries and getting out young used to be quite common. You still hear of the occasional banking...
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Why Canary Wharf will never flood – it’s not what you think
Everyone has seen the pictures. In case there were ever any doubt, Canary Wharf is on the Thames’ flood plain… Source: The Environment Agency The City, on the other hand, is not… So, would you rather...
View ArticleDe nouvelles réductions de coûts n’empêchent pas BNP Paribas de vouloir...
Le premier élève du secteur bancaire français n’est pas à l’abri d’une grosse tuile… Les éléments exceptionnels – en particulier une provision inattendue liée à une enquête américaine sur des paiements...
View ArticleCrisis-fearing bankers hiring execs who ‘look like’ them: Krawcheck
In times of crisis, people tend to reach out to those who are closest to them. That’s exactly what’s happened on Wall Street over the last five years, as male bankers have looked to hire more within...
View ArticleTrotz Miniergebnis: Blessing verteidigt Boni für Mitarbeiter
Obgleich der Reingewinn mit 78 Mio. Euro in 2013 winzig ausgefallen ist, verteidigte Commerzbank-Chef Martin Blessing bei der heutigen Jahrespressekonferenz die variablen Vergütungen seiner...
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Important ammunition for equity research professionals who think they’re...
Equity research is not a poorly paid job. According to equity research headhunters, managing director (MD)-level research professionals in ‘top tier’ banks can earn anything from £350k-£450k...
View ArticleEx-JPMorgan banker embroiled in $8m divorce returns to finance
A former JPMorgan investment banker, who was involved in a high-profile divorce from one of Germany’s richest women, has returned to the financial sector with a new private equity company. Nicolas...
View ArticleThe one sentence that makes recruiters think you’re overly desperate
It’s one of the hardest things to do: being unemployed and desperate for a job yet appearing self-assured and not overly needy. Unfortunately, pulling off the “con” is as important as it is difficult,...
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Morgan Stanley reiterates that you shouldn’t work on Wall Street for Deutsche...
Morgan Stanley’s fixed income business is not necessarily a happy place. Headhunters say bonuses there weren’t great for 2013, and after staffing-up in 2009 and 2010 to take on the world, Morgan...
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Study suggests mid-ranking bankers in Asia earn loads more than in London and...
The chart below is presented without comment. It’s from Emolument.com, the self-described ‘real-time salary data specialist’ and reflects self-reported pay data entered by 1,200 ‘front office’...
View ArticleMeet the ex-McKinsey man who now moves consultants into banks in Asia
McKinsey & Company, Bain & Company and Boston Consulting Group are busy beefing up their global headcount at rates that most banks haven’t experienced since 2007. But however expansionary the...
View ArticleWie Sie ein Praktikum bei Goldman Sachs erhalten und in einen richtigen Job...
Ein Praktikum bei Goldman Sachs zu erhalten, stellt schon eine hohe Kunst dar. Doch die richtige Herausforderung besteht darin, dieses auch noch in ein Angebot für eine Einstiegsposition zu verwandeln....
View ArticleTechniques psychologiques pour convaincre votre manager d’augmenter votre bonus
À l’exception d’UBS et de Barclays, les banques d’investissement semblent jusque-là avoir été peu enclines à augmenter l’enveloppe des bonus cette année. Les banques françaises ne devraient pas faire...
View ArticleThe five questions that will convert your banking interview into a job offer
The flood gates have opened. The streets are awash with financial services employees who’ve decided they’d like a new job. According to recruitment firm Morgan McKinley, 8,300 new people were out...
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Deutsche Bank says you should get a job in European debt capital markets....
Looking for a financial services job with a big future? Try high yield and investment grade capital markets in Europe. Both are on a big growth trajectory according to analysts at Deutsche Bank....
View ArticleGroße Chancen bei kleiner Bank? Airbus will Miniinstitut zur Konzernbank...
Was will Airbus mit der Salzburg München Bank AG? Der europäische Luftfahrkonzern mit seinen 140.000 Mitarbeitern und einem Umsatz von 56,5 Mrd. Euro legt sich jetzt eine eigene Bank zu. „Durch den...
View ArticleThe 15 most hated office clichés in all of financial services
Every office job has them. Clichéd, often empty phrases that bosses and colleagues utter that make you want to pull your hair out. Financial services is no different. We got in touch with a host of...
View ArticleAnother tragic suicide from JPMorgan’s roof? Cue the conspiracy theories
Following last month’s apparent suicide of Gabriel Magee, the 39 year old JPMorgan rates technologist who fell from the roof of the bank’s office in Canary Wharf, Asian media sources are reporting that...
View ArticleWhy it’s risky to switch jobs when you’re a VP in a bank
Cast your mind back to last week, when we ran a cry for help from a VP level quant developer who was stuck in a job that seemed to offer no hope of promotion and no chance of getting a pay increase. He...
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