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SocGen poached a credit saleswoman and fashionista from Credit Suisse
SocGen has hired Kaisa Johanna Eskelinen, an experienced credit saleswoman from Credit Suisse with her own line of clothing products. Eskelinen comes with 10 years of experience in institutional fixed...
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This is what bankers really do when they get their bonuses
You might think that bankers are big spenders. It’s true: some are. Many of the most successful, most impressive bankers, however, are not. When they receive their bonuses, the last thing they do is...
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Barclays just hired a veteran managing director for its New York IBD team
Barclays has brought on board a veteran managing director for its investment banking division in New York as it tries to increase revenues. Kirk Meighan, who comes with almost 30 years of experience in...
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The art of losing weight when you work in finance
It is not ok to be fat when you work in finance or a professional services firm. As an academic study in 2016 confirmed: these are industries where you are judged on your appearance. If you’re thin and...
View Article“I’m a woman working in banking technology. Here’s how Morgan Stanley helps...
Siân Allsopp was impressed with Morgan Stanley, even before she’d started working there. Put before several senior women during the interview process and enlightened about the firm’s collaborative,...
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Morning Coffee: J.P. Morgan gives up on people who can’t be persuaded to work...
When Lloyd Blankfein writes his annual letter to shareholders at Goldman Sachs, it’s traditional for him to divulge the percentage of students who accept the job offers Goldman extends. For 2016 (the...
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Equity salesman ditches bonus at BAML, joins Berenberg
Stuart Holt, a former director of equity sales at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML), has joined the London office of Berenberg Bank. Holt, who has more than 10 years of experience, arrives at the...
View ArticleImperial launches MBA elective on the importance of strategy in volatile...
Now more than ever business leaders have to make decisions in dynamic and unpredictable environments, whether that’s committing to a new technology, launching a new product, or responding to the...
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What happens to Barclays if Jes Staley goes?
The Bank of England’s Enforcement Decision Making Committee is scheduled to be rolled out by the end of March and one of the first decisions on its to-do list may be a big one – the question of whether...
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You need to know how bad finance pay is in Canada
Given the current exchange rate – each Canadian dollar equals 0.81 U.S. dollar – Canada-based financial services firms have an uphill battle to compete with the compensation of their American...
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Citi’s results say these four things about banking jobs now
Citi reported its fourth quarter results today. As at J.P. Morgan, there were bleak areas, but overall they weren’t too bad. – Revenues at Citi’s Institutional Clients Group (ICG) rose 7% and profits...
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Eight ways into one of the hottest jobs in private equity
One of the most coveted positions within a private equity firm is investor relations (IR). These client-facing professionals bring in investors and are responsible for retaining them. Unlike hedge fund...
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Morning Coffee: The difference between making MD at Goldman Sachs and Morgan...
Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley would have you believe that the methods they use to pick their new managing directors are unique and the traits they want them to possess are similarly distinctive....
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The truth about graduate pay in banking
Today’s students aren’t supposed to be that interested in pay. Something, though, must be driving hundreds of thousands of students to apply for jobs at places like Goldman Sachs and money surely has...
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How big is your bonus for 2017? Here’s how things are turning out
It’s early days. So far, comparatively few banks have announced their bonuses for 2017 and there are mixed reports at those that have. One thing is certain though: the U.S. banks announcing their...
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This is what’s wrong with Goldman Sachs, by an ex-GS FICC partner
You can’t say that Goldman Sachs didn’t see this coming. Back in 2012, CEO Lloyd Blankfein was talking about the need to invest in technology and electronic trading, to move into credit trading, and to...
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How to make $200k+ in a tech job on Wall Street
Wall Street banks are competing with other sectors for top-notch technologists, and that competition for data scientists, computer engineers, programmers, product managers, designers and other...
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Morning Coffee: Spending habits of the Goldman Sachs banker on $2m+ a year....
What do you during your downtime if you’re a 55 year-old Goldman Sachs banker with a house on the upper west side and a salary (before bonus) of $1.85m a year? Let David Solomon, co-COO of Goldman...
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How banking wives are breaking banks’ best Brexit plans
One of London’s leading financial regulation lawyers has a problem. His client, a major European bank, has been contemplating moving trading jobs to continental Europe in preparation for Brexit. But...
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How to do your CV for banking. And how to do your CV for consulting
If you’re an ambitious student, you’re probably interested in a career in banking or consulting – or both. If it’s the latter, you need to be aware of the differences in the CVs that will get you a...
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