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ACA, ACCA, CIMA or CIPFA: Which pays the most for part-qualified accountants?
If you want to earn your stripes as an accountant, most qualifications require a minimum of three years’ work experience. This is fine if your employer is willing to sponsor you through training, but...
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EY-Studie: Wieso US-Banken mehr Spielraum bei Vergütungen und...
Während bei US-Banken schon wieder die Champagner-Korken knallen, kämpfen die EU-Institute immer noch mit den Nachwehen der Finanzkrise. Eine neue Studie des EY-Bankenexperten Dirk Müller-Tronnier...
View ArticleChanger d’employeur ne garantit pas un meilleur bonus, pas plus qu’une...
Dans le monde de la finance, la période post-bonus ouvre traditionnellement la saison des mobilités sur le marché de l’emploi. Parmi eux, figurent un certain nombre de « job-hoppers » en quête d’un...
View ArticleAre regulators the biggest fat cats on Wall Street?
The war has been going on for decades, though the fight is just now heating up. It’s bankers versus regulators: a classic case of the rich against the…slightly richer? Wait, what? A controversial new...
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Barclays cutting headcount by 30% in the investment bank? Bankers, analysts,...
On May 8th, Barclays will unveil yet another change to the strategy for its investment bank. Analysts are already trying to decipher the shape of things to come. Chirantan Barua, senior analyst at...
View ArticleChez BNP, le bonus moyen a baissé de 16% contre -7% chez SocGen
À l’approche de leur assemblée générale, les deux grandes banques françaises ont dû communiquer, comme l’oblige le régulateur, sur leurs politiques et pratiques de rémunération au titre de 2013. En...
View ArticleQuestions you will always be asked in a hedge fund interview and how to...
Interviewing at a hedge fund can be an unpleasant experience. Known for testing candidates’ resilience under pressure, hedge funds still hire comparatively few people, so are looking for either raw...
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This is what McKinsey & Co. are saying about your job in private equity
Private equity is not an easy industry to get into. There are 200-300 junior applicants for every role according to private equity recruitment firms. This might have something to do with the fact that...
View ArticleWhich banking CEO are you? Take the test
Chief executives of big banks have distinct personalities, though some are more, shall we say, outgoing than others. But each one has their own background, management style and odd little foibles....
View ArticleQuand les banques vous coachent pour votre entretien d’embauche
Applications mobiles, sites interactifs, vidéos en ligne de pros du recrutement : les banques rivalisent d’ingéniosité dès qu’il s’agit de promulguer des conseils en entretien à destination de leurs...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: Why Barclays’ pay excuses are a little off. Working at...
Yesterday was Barclays’ AGM. As predicted, it was a heated affair. Investors complained about pay, protestors protested about tax havens and about Barclays-backed coal mines. There were people wearing...
View ArticleThinking of quitting? Here’s how your employer should convince you to stay
Congratulations, you’ve been offered a new job! Now comes the dilemma. If you’re a valuable employee (which, of course, you are), then your current employer will look to keep hold of you. The problem...
View ArticleWie der Absprung von einer Investmentbank zu einem Hedgefonds gelingt
Schon seit Jahren wird Einsteigern im Investmentbanking der gleiche Karriereratschlag erteilt: Als erstes gilt es, sich nach der Uni eine Absolventenstelle bei einer Investmentbank zu sichern....
View ArticleFear stalks UBS ahead of May 6th
If you work at UBS, you should perhaps be afraid. The Swiss bank is analysts’ latest darling, but that doesn’t mean that banking jobs there are safe. As has been pointed out this morning by Christopher...
View ArticleCheyne Capital raids the ranks of poker-playing hedge fund manager
Cheyne Capital, one of London’s most seasoned hedge funds, has swooped on senior employees of Meditor Capital Management, the $3bn fund that closed its European equities fund in December. Martin Glen,...
View ArticleCanaccord hiring M&A bankers, promoting them in the process
Where can you switch jobs and get a promotion these days? Try Canaccord Genuity. The independent investment bank is said to be recruiting senior M&A bankers from major investment banks in London...
View ArticleBankers see themselves in Dimon, Blankfein
The results are in, and they’re not terribly surprising. Earlier this week, we put together profiles of 10 banking CEOs, looking at their management styles, personalities and quirky habits, and asked...
View ArticleVP and director: the new worst job titles in investment banks?
Forget the harsh apprenticeships of junior investment bankers: pity the vice presidents (VPs) and weep for the directors. For, who would be a senior to mid-ranking investment banker now? On one hand,...
View ArticleCareer Crunch: The easiest routes to six-figures, how bankers identify with...
Nearly 11,000 RBS contractors have been informed of an impending pay cut, the easiest route to £100k and more top stories of the past week on eFinancialCareers. Forty ‘easy’ banking jobs that pay...
View ArticleEight tips to avoid your banking job being offshored away from Singapore or...
Back- and mid-office roles in Singapore and Hong Kong are at risk as banks continue to offshore them away from expensive financial centres into lower-cost locales like India and the Philippines....
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