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Brexit hedge fund tripled profits to £2.9m per partner
Brexit may be confusing for banks, which are still none the wiser about the best place to be based in Europe, but it’s been great for some hedge funds. Shortly after the referendum, the Financial Times...
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Why this 29-year-old VP bond trader left investment banking to launch the...
Becoming an entrepreneur sounds appealing, but as many investment bankers and traders who have made the switch can contest, it’s a move that can end up consuming your life. For Janny Kul, who left his...
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When you make MD at Goldman Sachs but only last 3 years
On average, it takes 14 years to make managing director (MD) at Goldman Sachs. But what if – after all that grind to get to the top – you stay there for less than three years. This appears to be the...
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10 reasons to work in banking for the rest of your life
I spent 17 years in banking and it’s not an exaggeration to say that I thought about leaving every single month – sometimes even more often. Even so, I stuck at it. Rightly or wrongly, I had several...
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Morning Coffee: The investment bank hiring in spite of everything. Why your...
Brexit has frozen the City of London’s recruitment market in most big banks and the upcoming U.S. election is another reason why Wall Street banks aren’t any more willing to hire, even after two upbeat...
View ArticleWhy Susquehanna in Sydney feels more like a tech company than a finance firm
Guy, a network architect in the technology team at Susquehanna International Group (SIG), actually enjoys his commute to work. “I drive over the Sydney Harbour Bridge every morning – that certainly...
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A senior J.P. Morgan equity researcher just quit pre-bonuses
It’s a strange time to leave your job in an investment bank. With bonuses looming into view, most senior bankers are sitting tight, waiting to determine the dimensions of their payouts before...
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Will Blockchain steal your banking job soon? A chart
Blockchain is coming. According to Morgan Stanley, it’s properly coming from 2020 but will start making itself felt in 2017. Next year, Morgan Stanley says banks will start using Blockchain to “reduce...
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Bluecrest Capital Management is still hiring from struggling banks
Bluecrest Capital Management’s expansion in London is back on, and it’s targeting investment banks’ trading divisions again. The latest recruit at Bluecrest is Emmanuel Kreutzberger, who was previously...
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These five senior bankers have just made the switch into fintech
In case you’re wondering if the whole moving from investment banking to fintech trend is a bit 2015, it’s worth noting that senior bankers are still leaving the industry to pursue their start-up...
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Inexperienced 30 year-olds can be traders at Goldman Sachs, with this proviso
If you want an entry-level job in Goldman Sachs’ securities division, you’ve usually got to be good. You’ll probably be in your early 20s with a swathe of internships, some excellent academics, a bit...
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These are the banks to work for across M&A, ECM and DCM in the U.S.
The U.S. is the place to be if you want to work in any sort of advisory function. Revenues far outstrip Europe and Asia-Pacific. But while M&A has largely done OK state-side this year, and debt...
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What financial services recruiters are saying about the U.S. election
In the final days leading up to Election Day, polls have seesawed back and forth and ultimately tightened to the point that the presidential race is far too close to call. Hillary Clinton may have...
View ArticleWhich programming languages will get you a job in a top hedge fund?
Once upon a time, you could get a job at a hedge fund by virtue of your trading prowess. Maybe you still can. However, if you want to join a hedge fund following a systematic trading strategy, coding...
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Morning Coffee: Veteran UBS banker prepares to subsist on an hour’s sleep....
Remember the night of the ‘Brexit referendum’? If you’re a trader, it’s probably etched indelibly onto your eyelids: Barclays provided its traders with sleeping bags so they could stay in the office as...
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Commerzbank’s global head of flow credit trading has left
Arran Rowsell, the global head of flow credit trading at Commerzbank in London, has left the bank after nearly three years in the role as it continues to cut back its investment bank. Rowsell left...
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Nomura’s former chief UK economist is going it alone
Research functions in UK investment banks are changing – and not always for the better. While some investment banks are hiring in the build up to MiFID II – which will require banks to separate...
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Rurik Jutting’s junior is now running a London start-up
Rurik Jutting, the former structured equity finance vice president at Bank of America in Hong Kong, was today found guilty of killing two women and sentenced to life in prison. Jutting, who has an IQ...
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The value of versatility: How a broad skillset boosts a career in fintech
Although it’s difficult to predict what Derek Bowerman, a Collateral Management product manager at Calypso Technology, will be able to accomplish next, it’s a safe bet it’ll be something exciting....
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Deutsche Bank just identified the best place to work at Credit Suisse
Credit Suisse’s investment bank has a few problems. At 94% of revenues in the third quarter, costs in the global markets division still look out of control, even though the bank says it’s finished...
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