Morning Coffee: Ex-Barclays traders shine light on bank’s murky waters. Early...
At this rate, Barclays may never want to part company with disgruntled traders again. As of yesterday, the British bank – supposedly purged of all nefarious elements by chief executive Antony Jenkins –...
View ArticleReading between the lines for jobs and pay at the ‘bankers’ refuge’ –...
Standard Chartered has issued a trading update and it’s not good. In the first half of 2014, revenues in its markets division have fallen 20%, with rates and FX especially hit. Costs across the bank...
View ArticleWho have Goldman Sachs, JPM and Morgan Stanley hired for their 2014 MBA...
Banks are awash with interns. Not only are early 20-something university students in situ as summer analysts, but you’ll also find late 20 to early thirty-something MBA students hanging around the...
View Article„Ich bin völlig ausgebrannt“: Stellt der CFA ein Gesundheitsrisiko oder einen...
Es handelt sich um die Frage aller Fragen einer Karriere in den Finanzdienstleistungen: Sollte man mit Mitte oder Ende 20 einen CFA aufnehmen und für einige Jahre auf das Privatleben verzichten oder...
View ArticleThe one area of finance where 80-year-olds reign supreme
Wealth management is a fickle field in which to work. Turnover is massive, but those that make the cut and build a strong book of business have longevity. Crazy longevity. So much so that the business...
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Voici comment les banques et assurances vous sourcent et vous recrutent
L’étude annuelle de l’APEC sur le sourcing des cadres, qui vient de paraître, scrute les habitudes des entreprises en matière de recrutement, et lève au passage quelques idées reçues. L’analyse...
View ArticleAnswers to the six most common questions about resumes
While there are no strict rules when it comes to building a resume, there are several guidelines that you should always follow. The problem is that these guidelines change with the times. Should you...
View ArticleThe dangers of networking with bankers at Glastonbury Festival
Britain’s Glastonbury Festival starts tomorrow. 200,000 people – a number equivalent to the population of Oxford – will congregate in some fields in Somerset. It will almost certainly rain heavily....
View Article11 clever ways to ace an Asian banking internship
If you’ve clinched an internship with a large investment bank in Asia this summer, the pressure is on – now more than ever – to perform. A successful internship will help give your career a secure...
View ArticleLe Canada, une destination à surveiller de près par les financiers francophones
Les événements visant à promouvoir la destination Canada auprès des professionnels francophones se sont multipliés ce mois-ci. Pêle-mêle, on peut citer les journées Journées Québec début juin à Paris...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: Disaster for bonuses in Barclays’ equities business....
It had all been going very well for people in Barclays’ equities business. While the fixed income currencies and commodities (FICC) business is being hacked apart, cash equities is one of the areas...
View ArticleBarclays targets senior European MDs and investor solutions in latest wave of...
The exodus of senior staff at Barclays’ investment bank in London continues. First went the researchers, then some trading and advisory staff. In the past couple of weeks, however, those servicing...
View ArticleWie Mitarbeiter von UBS und CS satte Gewinne auf ihre Boni einfahren
Während sich Bankkunden mit Guthabenszinsen in homöopathischer Größe abfinden müssen, erzielen Beschäftigte der UBS und Credit Suisse Renditen von bis zu satten 7,5 Prozent auf Teile ihrer Boni. So...
View Article11 Tipps, wie Sie ein Praktikum in Asien zum Erfolg führen
Das Zentrum der Weltwirtschaft verschiebt sich sukzessive in Richtung Asien. Wer es also geschafft hat, sich ein Praktikum in der wirtschaftlich boomenden Weltregion zu sichern, hat damit schon ein...
View ArticleProof that trading jobs in investment banks are a fast track to financial...
If you’re a paid up member of the Anton Kreil fan club, you will already be fully cognizant of the idea that working as a trader in an investment bank isn’t what it used to be. Kreil, an ex-trader at...
View ArticleWall Street’s middle office flexes its muscles
On Wall Street, middle and back office staffers don’t garner near as much respect as front office revenue generators. At least they didn’t used to. With the recent influx of regulations and the growing...
View ArticleIs Friday still the best day to apply for a job in banking?
Today’s the day. According to our own figures, Friday is the day of the week when the ratio of resume searches per job application is optimal: there are two searches per application, compared to 1.5 to...
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Why Deutsche Bankers are more cultured than the rest
Alistair Hicks is one of the people who tells others what to do at Deutsche Bank – although only when it comes to contemporary art. After all, the industry giant has an art collection of around 60,000...
View ArticleNew network aims to attract teenage girls to jobs in banking
Alongside C# programmers and regulatory change specialists, the people banks really want to attract now are… teenage girls. Banks have been trying to woo girls for a few years. In the U.S. Goldman...
View ArticleCareer Crunch: 20 hot skills banks want now, is the CFA really worth it?
Are you aware of the hot skills that financial services recruiters are desperate seeking currently? If you don’t possess them, fear not, as it’s still possible to reinvent yourself and relaunch your...
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