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How to become a Python coder at a top hedge fund, by the co-CTO of Man AHL
Gary Collier knows about writing software for hedge funds. Since graduating from Cambridge University in 1991, he’s spent 15 years working as a software engineer at hedge fund group Man Investments,...
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How to ensure you pass the CFA level I exams in December
On Saturday, thousands of CFA level I candidates will sit down and attempt to take their first step towards the notoriously elusive ‘charterholder’ status. Pass rates for the level one exams are...
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Bankers swap HSBC for Oliver Wyman after Brexit
If you’re working in a strategic change role in an bank in the City right now, the chances are that Brexit has just boosted your employment prospects. What’s more, maybe being inside a bank is not the...
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A Goldman Sachs rates trader just quit for a minor French bank
Rates trading jobs are hot right now and Goldman Sachs is one of the market leaders. Coalition puts Goldman second globally for rates trading, behind J.P. Morgan. Credit Agricole, however, is unranked...
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Impressive analysts hired by Blackstone in the U.S. this year
If you want to work in private equity, the Blackstone Group is an obvious target. Needless to say, the recruitment process is incredibly competitive. We’ve looked at the analysts being hired into the...
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Morning Coffee: Investment banks don’t stop hiring here. Traders doing god’s...
Goldman Sachs might be cutting heads in its New York office, but for any foreign investment bank, the U.S. remains the land of opportunity and the place where money can always be found for new hires....
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High-paying hedge fund Capula has just a poached senior derivatives trader
Manu Tripathi, the head of emerging markets FX options at Unicredit, has just made the switch across to the buy-side, joining Capula Investment Management as a portfolio manager earlier this month....
View Article10 of best high paying entry level jobs in finance
You don’t go into financial services for the money, right? Millennials want feedback, rapid promotion and a sense of worth. Maybe. But entry level roles in financial services are highly sought-after...
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11 mannerisms that will get you through a banking interview
I have either interviewed or been interviewed 200 times over 17 years. Here’s what I’ve learnt about the way to behave if you want to make it through to the next round. 1. Breathe The worst interviews...
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How to handle a grumpy interviewer
You can come into a job interview 100% prepared, and you may be extremely qualified for the position, but there are some things that are outside of your control. For one, you have no idea what’s going...
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Senior Goldman Sachs electronic trading specialist signs up to quant job at...
A managing director in Goldman Sachs’ electronic trading group has left the bank to join a New York hedge fund as a quant consultant. Charles Reyl, who was a managing director in Goldman Sachs’...
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Forget hedge funds. These are the best trading jobs now
If your aspiration in life is to leave an investment bank for a high paying hedge fund, you’re missing a trick. Hedge funds are passé. Hedge fund replication strategies, are not. Goldman Sachs finally...
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Lloyd Blankfein’s oldest son quietly landed one of the best jobs in finance
Remember Alex Blankfein? He’s the 30 year old son of Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein. Last time we caught up with him, he’d spent around three years at Goldman Sachs working in cross asset sales,...
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I started an Asian fintech firm aged 23 with almost no experience. Here’s how
You finish university, you clock up several years in banking, you spot a gap in the market, and you leave your stable career to take a punt at fintech. For Eddie Rong, however, this traditional route...
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Three big reasons why Western banks are struggling in Asia, by EY’s Keith Pogson
Ask Keith Pogson, EY’s senior partner of APAC financial services, to sum up why Western investment banks are sliding down Asian revenue league tables and he’ll start with a short answer: “Firstly,...
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Morning Coffee: There’s never been a better time to work for Goldman Sachs....
Could it be that we’re entering a new golden era for Goldman Sachs? A time when the warm glow of favourable markets will be suffused with the twin aromas of restricted regulation and friends in high...
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Deutsche Bank brings in TMT investment banker from Goldman Sachs, despite the...
If there’s never been a better time to work for Goldman Sachs, it seems like something of a strange career decision to ditch the U.S. bank for Deutsche Bank, which has its issues. Deutsche Bank is...
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A hedge fund and a SWF just hired analysts from Morgan Stanley and BAML
Two more next-generation bankers have left investment banks. One quit Morgan Stanley for a hedge fund. Another quit Bank of America Merrill Lynch for a sovereign wealth fund. Affan Usmani just joined...
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Citigroup’s Brexit strategy is a model for other banks
Cit seems to be ahead of the curve on Brexit. While other banks (Goldman Sachs) continue to insist that Brexit is merely a matter for contingency planning, Citi is going out there and doing something...
View ArticleSix tips for making the most of a job you want to quit, but can’t
You want to quit your job, but can’t. Investment banks across the City have hiring freezes on, the job market is foundering and the axe is still hanging over many. This doesn’t mean you have to tread...
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