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Wo Asset Manager das große Geld verdienen
Bei den meisten Banken rangieren Asset Manager in der Nahrungskette unterhalb der Investmentbanker. Doch dies stellt keine natürliche Ordnung dar. Dass es auch anders geht, beweist die Zürcher Bank...
View ArticleHow to get a commodities trading job at BP
When you think of BP jobs, you probably don’t think of commodities trading. The global petroleum company employs a massive 83,900 people, most of them in its core business of petroleum exploration,...
View ArticleWhat to do with your finance career after you leave a Chinese bank in Hong Kong
If you’re thinking of leaving a Chinese bank in Hong Kong to join an international firm in the city, you stand a much better chance of moving if you work in the front office. Chinese banks are among...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: What the new banking bonus bashing means really. JPMorgan’s...
Bashing banking bonuses is back in vogue. It’s been a bit more than a year now since the European Union’s roster of CRD IV legislation restricting bonuses as a proportion of total compensation came...
View ArticleDie acht peinlichsten Interviewfehler
Bei Vorstellungsgesprächen entscheiden sich in nur wenigen Minuten ganze Karrieren. Kein Wunder, dass sich jeder hier von seiner Schokoladenseite zeigen möchte. Wenn dann doch etwas schiefläuft, ist...
View ArticleAu moins trois raisons de se réjouir à la vue des résultats de BNP Paribas
À première vue, une perte nette de 4,3 mds d’euros fait désordre dans n’importe quel résultat trimestriel bancaire. Cependant l’accident de parcours de BNP Paribas avait été largement anticipé depuis...
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BNP Paribas’ fixed income salespeople and traders suddenly look like the best...
In their deepest unspoken fantasies, BNP Paribas’s corporate and investment bankers probably feel that they deserve some pretty reasonable bonuses this year. Sure, their employer has just revealed the...
View ArticleBanking pay: Are you expecting too much for doing too little?
Are you pricing yourself out of the market? It’s a question that’s worth asking in light of a) banks’ attempts to reduce their compensation ratios, b) banks’ need to hire hundreds of extra compliance...
View ArticleJunior expats not so welcome for banking jobs in Singapore as new hiring...
If you’re a junior finance professional looking to relocate to Singapore for a banking job, your chances of securing a role in the city state are rapidly receding. Junior foreign candidates are set to...
View ArticleLa vie sans fard ni paillettes d’un jeune banquier d’investissement
À quoi ressemble vraiment la vie d’un banquier d’investissement aussi jeune que naïf ? Quelles compétences faut-il pour briller ou à tout le moins survivre ? Et si vous surmontez tous les obstacles, à...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: Goldman, Barclays, UBS bankers deemed most attractive....
Where should you work if you a) want appealing colleagues, b) want to be deemed appealing yourself? Try Goldman Sachs. Data from Hinge, a dating application, suggests that within the finance sector,...
View ArticleWestliche Bewerber kommen in Singapur immer seltener zum Zug
Falls Sie ein junger ambitionierter Finanzprofi sind und auf einen Karriereschritt in Singapur hoffen, dann sollten Sie sich beeilen. Denn Ihre Chancen sinken rapide. Junge ausländische Kandidaten sind...
View ArticleWie viele Punkte erforderlich sind, um einen CFA zu bestehen
Die CFA-Ergebnisse der Juniprüfungen liegen vor. Wie immer hat nur eine Minderheit der Teilnehmer die Prüfung bestanden: Mit 42 Prozent liegt die Quote allerdings spürbar über den 38 Prozent aus dem...
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Is Morgan Stanley the best bank for European cash equities jobs? Is JPMorgan...
Which are the best banks in which to situate yourself if you want to work in European customer-facing cash equities sales and trading? Markit thinks it knows. The data provider, which recently went...
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Banking resume clinic: What are my chances of getting a business analyst job...
This is the first in our series of (soon-to-be) regular resume clinics in which we ask our top resume doctors to give their verdicts on whether your CV will get you the job you want in financial...
View ArticleAgeism in banking: How old is too old to keep trying?
You may be surprised to hear this, but some people who work in banking are aged 50+. Chief executives require grey hairs: Lloyd Blankfein, chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs is 59. James Gorman,...
View ArticleBanking layoffs warning: Deutsche Bank’s ominous note
For a brief moment, it seemed that things were getting better. June was a good month for banks’ sales and trading businesses. When JPMorgan presented its second quarter results last month, CFO Marianne...
View ArticleLeben wie Maschmeyer auf Mallorca: Villa für 38 Mio. zu haben
Von dieser Karriere träumen viele: Erst in den Finanzdienstleistungen ein Vermögen verdienen, um anschließend mit Anfang 50 den Lebensnachmittag auf einer luxuriösen Finca zu verbringen. Für...
View ArticleThe takeover deal set to generate more banking jobs in Asia
Big takeovers in the banking sector often lead to the loss of banking jobs. The recent US$4.95bn acquisition of Hong Kong’s Wing Hang Bank (WHB) by Singapore’s OCBC could be an exception – early...
View Article« À 40 ans, retraité de la banque depuis 3 ans, je n’aurais pas imaginé...
Que faut-il faire pour réaliser la parfaite courbe de carrière en banque – commencer à 20 ans pour en sortir à 40 ? Et est-ce seulement encore possible ? Nous avons parlé à Adam Knight, qui a réussi ce...
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