Space Executive opens Hong Kong office as part of ambitious global expansion...
Specialist recruitment agency Space Executive has opened an office in Hong Kong as it looks to bring its boutique service to a new market. The agency is one of the fastest growing multidiscipline...
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Bank by bank, here’s where the hiring and firing will happen next
The redundancies have begun. As we reported yesterday, Berenberg has suddenly pulled the plug on its expansion plans and is dumping up to 20% of its staff in London. BNP Paribas has been at it too....
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Former Cowen execs teaming up to launch new U.S. prime brokerage business
Three former managing directors who recently ran Cowen’s U.S. prime brokerage business have all popped up at the same firm. Douglas Nelson and brothers Michael and Nicholas DeJarnette have been hired...
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If you work in cash equities, your options will soon be limited
The rise of quant-driven hedge funds, recent advances in technology and new regulations have taken a heavy toll on people working in cash equities at investment banks over the last several years. The...
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The six most interesting new partners at Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs just announced its latest partner class, guaranteeing a $1 million salary and all the other perks that come with the title to 69 employees, down from 84 two years ago. Unsurprisingly,...
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Morning Coffee: UBS invited junior bankers to make their jobs less mundane....
It’s not easy to get a job as a junior in an investment banking division (IBD), preparing the ground for M&A pitches or capital markets deals. But when you arrive, you may be surprised. “As an...
View ArticleFrom a Software Engineer to Head of Merchant Sales, here’s how MBA from CUHK...
Abhishek Vats, Head of Merchant Sales and Acquiring at Visa Singapore, was keen to move from an engineering role into a business-focused role. He was working at Infosys as a senior software engineer...
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COMMENT: Buy-side traders think far too highly of themselves
If you’re a trader on the buy-side, at an asset manager or a hedge fund, you probably think you’re something special. After all, everyone wants to work on the buyside; you’ve got the job they’d kill...
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Mass exit of most remaining members of Deutsche Bank’s London healthcare team
If, like us, you thought that Deutsche Bank’s London healthcare team had been all but eviscerated in June 2018, you might be surprised to learn that were still people left working in it after those...
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‘Trump effect’ scaring off one of Wall Street’s key recruiting cogs
The current political climate in the U.S. may be shrinking the talent pool from which banks and other financial firms recruit. International MBA candidates who were eyeing top U.S. business schools...
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Five things you need to know before learning Python for a finance job
Python programmers are in hot demand in banks and hedge funds. Fortunately the language is easy to learn – it’s often used in UK primary schools to teach the basics of programming. However, before your...
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Morning Coffee: Inside Google’s massive growth plans. Bankers jumping ship at...
Generating headlines for all the wrong reasons as of late, Google just made a big splash with plans for a massive expansion in New York City. The move could make room for another 12,000 employees,...
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Portfolio managers are leaving Citadel; one only stayed a month
People seem to be dribbling out of the London office of Citadel Europe LLP – the European outpost of Ken Griffin’s $30bn hedge fund. One quit after less than a month. Antonio Fortes was at Citadel from...
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Here’s who will get the biggest bonuses at Deutsche Bank this year
If Christian Sewing rewards anyone at Deutsche Bank this year, it will almost certainly be his credit traders. Deutsche Bank insiders say the London-based credit team has been selected for special...
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The grim reality of big data jobs when you work in a bank
So you work in Big Data in a bank? Lucky you! You probably turned down a sweet little fintech because you wanted to do a lucrative algorithmic trading job instead. You’re sure the in-house recruiter...
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The top business schools for high-paying tech jobs
When it comes to first-year compensation, there is perhaps no greater factor than the name of the school on your diploma. This is particularly true for U.S. MBA programs. For tech-minded students,...
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Morning Coffee: The interesting upbringing of the man who runs Google. The...
Goldman Sachs’ former CEO Lloyd Blankfein was well known for embodying a kind of rags to riches version of success. Having grown up in the Bronx and gone on to make a billion ‘doing God’s work,’...
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“It’s super-exciting to be a quant in 2018-2019. Everyone is hiring”
If, in late 2018, you are contemplating going into quantitative finance, then keep contemplating. Panelists at the recent Quant Conference in London say you’re unquestionably on the right track. “It’s...
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Morgan Stanley’s latest Goldman Sachs hire shows who’s really in demand now
Morgan Stanley just made an important new hire from Goldman Sachs. The U.S. bank hired a Goldman technologists who specializes in high-performance, low-latency software solutions. Wojciech Kudla has...
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This French bank is quietly building a macro business on Wall Street
Looking for a macro derivatives trading or funding job on Wall Street? Credit Agricole has been hiring. Insiders at the French bank say it’s building up a fixed income rates and solutions business in...
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