GASTBEITRAG: Bestanden oder nicht? Tipps für CFA-Kandidaten
Die Spannung steigt: Die Ergebnisse der Prüfungen zum CFA Level I werden am morgigen Dienstag (29. Juli) erwartet. Wie immer dürfte die Erfolgsquote bescheiden ausfallen. Üblicherweise schaffen es...
View ArticleFormer Goldman Sachs interns reflect upon where it all went wrong
If you complete a summer internship at Goldman Sachs, you’ll probably get a job offer at the end of it. Over the past four years, the firm has converted around 70% of the interns in its popular...
View ArticleAlle wollen Associates: Personalmangel im Investmentbanking
Im Frontoffice der Investmentbanken ist die Arbeitsplatzsituation immer noch prekär. Dies gilt jedoch nicht für Senior Analysts und Associates. „Das ist nicht zu vergleichen mit der Situation von vor...
View ArticlePass or fail the CFA level I, this is what you should be doing next
The results of the CFA level I are due to be released tomorrow. As ever, expect the pass rate to be relatively low – 38% typically make it through the June exams, rising to a (slightly) more...
View ArticleEvercore needs fresh MDs, Deutsche Bank hiring on both sides of the pond
In the latest hiring roundup, Deutsche Bank sets a massive hiring goal, Cantor Fitzgerald looks to grow its investment bank and Evercore needs more grey hairs. Evercore hiring MDs for advisory Evercore...
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Le job financier très bien payé et permettant une vie personnelle épanouie
La vie des employés de l’industrie financière n’est pas une sinécure, entre les heures à n’en plus finir et le risque accru de burnout, en passant par les violences psychologiques. Au point que...
View Article1 thing about the Lloyds LIBOR fine that should terrify traders everywhere
Just when you thought that LIBOR had gone away and regulators were focusing on banks’ alleged efforts at manipulating the silver fix instead, LIBOR is back. Lloyds is paying £218m in fines, including...
View ArticleFrom private jets to private banking: exciting career changes in Chinese...
Financial services employers in mainland China are a fairly flexible lot when it comes to recruitment. Liberalisation in Chinese financial services is creating new, more specialised jobs – in both...
View Article“I retired from banking aged 37. Now I’m 40. This is how I would have...
What does it take to achieve the perfect banking career arc – in at 20, out by 40? And is this still possible? We spoke to Adam Knight, who’s done it. After graduating from Cambridge in 1996, Knight...
View ArticleLloyd Blankfein says you must be humble and neurotic to work at Goldman Sachs
Are Goldman Sachs jobs for bold, brash, corporate combatants? Or are they for neurotic, bearded-types who worry about the limits of their own knowledge. Try the second. Lloyd Blankfein just gave an...
View ArticleMeet the tool that may actually improve the work-life of junior bankers
Sure, they may be posturing a bit for a little PR love, but banks have been making concerted efforts to improve the work-life balance of its junior staffers. The initiatives have been met with minor...
View ArticleIntern diary: I asked for a letter of recommendation and was told to write it...
I’m spending this summer interning in the wealth management division of an investment bank in New York City. This is the second installment of weekly intern diary. So, this past week I asked my...
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The 70 private equity firms most likely to pay you carried interest
Before rushing across into the private equity sector, it’s worth considering which firms are likely to actually offer big pay packets. The big money in private equity is not the base salaries, nor is...
View ArticleThe expanding Aussie bank now boosting its hiring in Hong Kong and Singapore
ANZ has been expanding in Asia since 2008, but this year the Australian bank is hiring in Hong Kong and Singapore with renewed vigour and has upped its poaching of staff from larger rivals, especially...
View ArticleÉchec ou réussite au CFA : Et après ? Les bonnes stratégies à adopter
Près de 2 mois après l’examen CFA, les résultats viennent enfin de tomber. Quel que soit le verdict, faut-il faire une pause ou enchaîner à nouveau sur les révisions pour repasser le niveau 1 ou...
View ArticleEx-Praktikanten berichten, wie sie ihren Karrierestart bei Goldman Sachs...
Wer sich tatsächlich ein Sommerpraktikum bei Goldman Sachs sichern konnten, der hat den Berufseinstieg ins Banking schon fast geschafft. So haben beispielsweise 70 Prozent der Praktikanten in der...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: Is JPMorgan letting go of the wrong people? How Goldman...
JPMorgan is cutting costs and making redundancies. The trading business is at the forefront of all the cutting and chopping. In the first half of 2014, fixed income sales and trading revenues at the...
View ArticleAsset managers bemoan the investment banking ‘invasion’
The investment bankers are coming. As more make the move across to the buy-side, the dominant and aggressive personality types who have typically found a happy home on the sell-side are shaking up the...
View ArticleWhat life is really like for a rookie Wall Street trader
While being a rookie in any industry is tough, learning on the job as a trader is likely more stress-inducing than other career paths. And that’s if you can get through the interview process, which is...
View ArticleThese are the people losing their jobs from Barclays investment bank now
Barclays jobs are disappearing, especially in the investment bank. When Barclays results were announced today, the bank accidentally-on-purpose omitted to say how many people it now employs in its...
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