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Morning Coffee: Banker with reputation for working juniors 80+ hours a week...
These days, it’s become normal for banks to curtail the hours their juniors work and for juniors to be empowered to push back against senior staff who dump work on them late at night. At JP Morgan, the...
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Ex-Goldman MD is now ready to build his team at Millennium Management
If you’re an emerging markets trader in search of something new and exciting, you might want to hit-up Uberto Palomba, an EM trader with a long pedigree. Palomba is about to start something new and we...
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Goldman Sachs is opening its offices in Milan and Stockholm as Brexit...
With Theresa May flying to Brussels to scenes of accidental World War II imagery on the BBC News as she endeavours to renegotiate a deal she herself previously said was non-negotiable, and with March...
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Complaints at Nomura as bank signals big rethink: “There seems to be no...
In April 2019 it will be three years since Nomura did the deed – since that one weekend in late spring when it unexpectedly decided to pull the plug on its European equities business and eliminate 500...
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Morning Coffee: Deutsche Bank’s dirtiest secret, and meet the “Old Gits” of...
It’s Deutsche Bank results day, and things aren’t too bad (the first net profit since 2014, a fourth quarter revenue drop of just 5% in the corporate and investment bank) but the quarterly performance...
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Deutsche Bank’s managing directors don’t really deserve bonuses anyway
Blame the, “challenging market conditions.” Blame the, “DB specific newsflow.” Blame the “strategic decisions,” the “strategic repositioning.” Blame the weather. Deutsche Bank’s fourth quarter was in...
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Bonus rage. And how to handle it
You can usually tell when someone has been paid like sh*t. They’ll walk straight out of the office after their compensation conversation, sit back down at their desk and stare at their screen....
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This U.S. alternative asset manager is poaching junior bankers in London
If you’re a junior investment banker with less than two years’ experience (say, an analyst working for a major U.S. investment bank) and you fancy a move to the buy-side, a U.S.-based alternative asset...
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What to study when your parents are poor and you want to be rich
What should you study at university? What should you study at university if you come from a comparatively low income household and you want to be a high earner? – And where should you go to study it?...
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Morning Coffee: “We are paid a ton. Looking forward to my yearly bonus of...
A certain sort of banker can step aside. A new person is occupying the space commonly associated with crass materialism: the greedy employee of big tech. They’re making the sorts of statement...
View ArticleMorgan Stanley prides itself on the opportunities it offers staff. Here’s how...
Charlotte Rahn, an Associate in Investment Banking at Morgan Stanley, clearly remembers the moment she decided she wanted to work for the bank. “I was at a career fair and met an analyst from the...
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This senior equity researcher left Credit Suisse
A London-based veteran equity researcher has left Credit Suisse. Michael Shillaker, a managing director and the head of steel and mining research, officially departed the Swiss bank after a little over...
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The Guerrilla guide to graduate technology interviews at investment banks
During my career I’ve been part of countless technology graduate interviewing panels at banks like Citi, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan. Things have changed over the years and often...
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The graduate finance job where 35 hour weeks are standard
If you’re thinking of applying for a graduate job with a finance orientation, you’re probably contemplating something in the front office of an investment bank – something like sales and trading or...
View Article7 reasons to try EY’s career returner programme
Two years after returning to work on the first ever EY Reconnect programme, Louise is now supporting others through their own career transitions. Here’s her take on why the programme works so well....
View ArticleSingapore offers growing opportunities for financial services and technology...
Singapore’s burgeoning fintech sector and growing fund management industry is creating significant opportunities for talents in financial services. The Monetary Authority of Singapore is working to...
View ArticleOCBC Bank is growing its data science team as it continues to lead the way in...
From conducting transactions through Siri to taking out a mortgage through a chatbot, OCBC Bank is proud to be a game-changer when it comes to innovation. The group was an early adopter of structural...
View ArticleI was keen to advance my career in the financial services sector. Here’s why...
When Kailash Satyanarayan found himself at a career crossroads, he knew he would need an MBA to help propel him to the next level in banking. ESSEC Business School’s Global MBA was exactly the...
View ArticleWhy the FMVA is the Fastest Growing Financial Modeling Certification
Find Out Why CFI’s Financial Modeling Certification Program Will Always Be In High-Demand What is the FMVA? To put it simply, FMVA stands for “Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst” and is CFI’s...
View ArticleMorgan Stanley’s Return to Work programme helped me restart my career. Here’s...
Tanya Lahdelma, a vice president at Morgan Stanley, was keen to restart her career after having children, but she lacked confidence following more than a 10-year break. Now in her role as Product...
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