Hedge fund quadruples pay after comparatively small rise in profits
Hedge funds, particularly those owned by partners and employees, tend to pay well when times are good – portioning out profits to those with a stake in the company. However, one fund based out of the...
View ArticleTwo firms that are hiring against the grain on Wall Street
The job market on Wall Street is rather difficult to describe in any uniform sense. There’s plenty of hiring happening in certain sectors and just as much firing happening in others. It’s interesting...
View ArticleMystery banker offers clandestine tips on launching a finance career
So you want a finance career? So you’ve sent in hundreds of applications, only to get nowhere and to spend the summer working in a bar and reading about how to convert an internship at Goldman Sachs if...
View ArticleLes comportements au bureau qui ont le don d’agacer les banquiers...
Tout le monde connaît dans son entourage un ou deux collègues dont le comportement tape sur les nerfs. Les banquiers d’affaires, eux, en connaissent paraît-il des dizaines. Nous avons demandé à...
View ArticleCareer Crunch: Striking it rich in your 30s, the brutal life of a junior...
If you’ve missed the top stories on eFinancialCareers over the last seven days, take a moment over your weekend to acquaint yourself with advice and news that could benefit your finance career. How to...
View ArticleCareer challenges facing Aussie returnees from Asia and how to overcome them
You’re an Australian finance professional who’s just completed a successful stint in Singapore or Hong Kong, having risen up the ranks of an international bank and taken on a regional role. You’re now...
View ArticleWo Finanzprofis vor ihrem 30. Geburtstag zum Managing Director avancieren
Wer seine Visitenkarte noch vor seinem 30. Geburtstag mit einem „Director-Titel“ schmücken möchte, sollte schleunigst nach China umziehen. Laut Headhunter Jason Tan von Being & Associates in...
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Morning Coffee: Where to find 8,500 finance jobs a month. When senior...
Where in the world can you find 8,500 new finance jobs in one month? Try the City of London. Recruitment firm Morgan McKinley thinks there were 8,490 jobs advertised in London in June, up from 7,410 in...
View ArticleAn honest account of working in the ‘promised land’ of private equity
Junior investment bankers are clamouring to get into private equity to escape the punishing, health destroying hours and get on a road to riches arguably no longer possible in the highly-regulated...
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Should you work for McKinsey, Goldman Sachs, Bridgewater or Blackstone?...
Life is full of choices if you’re a high achiever with an impressive academic record, a CV stacked with internships and a few family connections in the finance industry. But assuming that the world is...
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Lloyd Blankfein’s sons, Jonathan and Alex, didn’t stay in jobs at Goldman...
Following our earlier remarks about the apparent tendency of senior bankers’ sons to sashay into summer jobs in the style of Rahul Pandit and Jonathan and Alex Blankfein, it seems worth pointing out...
View ArticleDo you have what It takes to be a great trader?
Being a successful trader on Wall Street takes an even mix of innate and learned abilities. You better be highly intelligent and have an inspiring work ethic, but you also must be emotionless,...
View ArticleFive key takeways from Citi’s Q2 results
Citigroup is the first of the large U.S. banks to release Q2 2014 results today. Conveniently enough, they’re overshadowed by the fact that it also just unveiled a $7bn settlement with the Federal...
View ArticleOppenheimer hiring traders, mulling advisors; London fund growing abroad
In the latest hiring round-up, Oppenheimer is in aggressive expansion mode, Deutsche Bank is hiring middle and back office staffers and several hedge funds are growing globally. Oppenheimer hiring on...
View ArticleSubmit your finance CV to our resume clinic and have it reviewed for free...
Do you work in banking or financial services? Do you want to work in banking or financial services? Do you feel that your resume isn’t as good as it could be? Are you brave enough to have it reviewed...
View ArticleLocal finance professionals in Singapore think expats enjoy lavish benefits;...
Your employer is offshoring jobs and your manager is constantly talking of cost-control, but meanwhile your expat colleagues are being lavished with expensive benefits – their accommodation and...
View ArticleWie Sie sich beim Dinner mit Goldman-Chef Blankfein benehmen sollten
Bei der US-Investmentbank Goldman Sachs hält ein neues Ritual Einzug, um die kommenden Männer (und Frauen) aus der Masse herauszulesen. „Jüngere Manager“ werden von keinem geringeren als Bankchef Lloyd...
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Morning Coffee: End of the ex-Goldman banker who hired hundreds, wanted to...
Persons working for VTB Capital in London can breathe a sigh of relief, possibly. Bloomberg reports that Atanas Bostandjiev, the ex-Goldman banker who expanded the Russian bank’s international...
View ArticleSix exciting new London finance firms that could offer job opportunities
The past three months have seen a raft of new firms gain authorisation from the Financial Conduct Authority in London, with hedge funds, private equity firms and boutique investment banks among them....
View ArticleQuel genre d’étudiant est « summer analyst » chez Goldman, JPM ou Deutsche...
Quel genre de personne parvient à être « summer analyst » (alias « stagiaire d’été ») au sein de l’une des trois plus prestigieuses banques d’investissement ? Bon, c’est forcément quelqu’un d’un peu...
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