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The Wall Street banks that are most desperate for tech talent right now
While most large financial firms are relocating back-office positions to cheaper locations, New York is still home to tens of thousands of tech jobs at big banks, particularly senior-level and...
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COMMENT: How to sneak out of your banking job and interview on the buy-side
Let’s face it – if you’re an analyst or an associate in an investment bank, you’re probably interviewing with other firms. The chances are that you want to move to the buy-side – either into private...
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Your 2018 bonus may be big, but you’d better not spend it
The latest Wall Street bonus projections provide both good and bad news, though it of course depends greatly on the division in which you’re working. But no matter how well you do this year, know that...
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Inside the lifestyle of a Goldman Sachs partner in Hong Kong
The words ‘expat banker lifestyle in Hong Kong’ likely conjure up images of a 30-something bar-hopping around Lan Kwai Fong on Friday night before crawling back to his tiny Mid-Levels apartment…only to...
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Morning Coffee: Banker who completed 33 IPOs in 30 months dies of suspected...
A charismatic banker with a tremendous work ethic has died of a suspected heart attack in his early 50s. Simon Cox, a British-born equity capital markets (ECM) banker, who built his career working for...
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The misery (or not) of being a junior in a consulting firm
If you’re thinking of leaving banking to become a consultant, then beware. Consultants don’t necessarily have easier lives than bankers. In the worst case scenario, they work harder and earn less. New...
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The top 25 universities for getting a front-office job at Goldman Sachs
If you apply for a role at Goldman Sachs, you have roughly a 4% chance of receiving an offer based on their application and acceptance rates. If you didn’t attend a target school, that number likely...
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J.P. Morgan quietly hired one of Citi’s top technologists in Europe
J.P. Morgan is still building out the technology function in its investment bank after hiring Mike Grimaldi as chief information officer (CIO) in September last year. The U.S. investment bank has...
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Evercore continues hiring spree, poaches senior J.P. Morgan M&A banker
Despite faltering a bit during the third quarter, Evercore is sticking to its aggressive growth plans that have the boutique on pace for a record year of recruiting. The firm just added another senior...
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Morning Coffee: The new most pretentious place to work. The fintech document...
Once upon a time, before the “new humility” of the post-crisis era, the financial sector had a reputation for being a bit arrogant. But at least during the period when finance professionals swaggering...
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“2019 could be an expensive year for bankers in London”
If you work in a London finance job and are fortunate enough to get a good bonus for 2018, do not spend it. 2019 could be a year in which you are squeezed on all sides. The threat of higher taxes...
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The five questions you will always be asked in a financial services interviews
We’ve published dozens of lists of real-life interview questions asked by banks and other financial firms, but most of them are quantitative in nature. While it’s critical to have answers to these...
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Horror as bank announces it will replace 2018 bonuses with a tiny...
Could this be the start of something? Employees at British bank TSB have been informed this morning that they will not receive their usual bonus for 2018. Former senior employees of the bank are also...
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There’s been a big pay cut at Robey Warshaw
If any M&A boutique is going to pay well for work done this year, it is surely Robey Warshaw. After all, the three-partner firm accounted for 20.4% of the UK M&A market in the seven months to...
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A member of Goldman Sachs’ hottest tech team left for an AI ‘lab’
Back in the day when technology was in its nascence and relatively few people worked in computing, top PhDs gravitated towards ‘labs.’ Bell Labs, for example, was the place to be in the post war years....
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The ten things you must do right before CFA exam day
If you’re just starting down the lengthy path toward earning your CFA charter, your first of three exams is just over two weeks away. By now, you should have the majority of the 300 hours of...
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HSBC said to hire from Goldman Sachs in latest Wall Street FX moves
There have been more moves in FX sales and trading on Wall Street as some banks look to cut costs and others try to bulk up their teams. HSBC is understood to have recruited Libardo Gerardino, the...
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COMMENT: Don’t wait until after you’ve left banking to live your life
This year, I stepped back from my career in banking. After 22 years in the finance industry, I am taking time out, taking stock, and working on my personal projects. I am no longer in finance, but I am...
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Morning Coffee: Dress like a tech bro with Jamie Dimon. Goldman Sachs wants...
If you’re looking for tips on how to transform from a banker to a technology professional, you could try Jamie Dimon, CEO of J.P. Morgan, for sartorial advice. The Financial Times reports that Dimon...
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Nomura’s Fred Jallot said to be joining Jefferies in London
Remember Fred Jallot? He’s the former global head of emerging markets for EMEA at Nomura. Market sources say he is about to arrive at Jefferies. Jefferies declined to comment on the alleged move, which...
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