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Barclays just hired a managing director to automate and offshore everything
Tim Throsby, the new boss of Barclays’ investment bank, has been about since the start of this year. So, is Throsby behind Barclays’ recent appointment of one of banking’s big beasts in automation and...
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This Blockchain start up has big hiring plans, and has just recruited an MD...
Adam Leonard, the founder and CEO of blockchain-based fintech start BlockEx, has a plan to expand aggressively by adding headcount across three continents. His most recent move was to add a veteran...
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Morning Coffee: How Goldman Sachs gets its people to talk to each other. J.P....
Goldman Sachs is to teamwork as Donald Trump is to tall towers: the two things are usually considered inseparable. Even so, sometimes even the most team-oriented organization needs a tweak to avoid the...
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Brevan Howard turns to J.P. Morgan for new macro hire
Brevan Howard has been losing and laying off portfolio managers on its struggling global macro fund. However, it’s just turned to J.P. Morgan’s chief investment office (CIO) for a new hire. Michael...
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Berenberg sets its sights on aggressive U.S. recruitment after London build-out
Berenberg has rolled out a consistent message over the past two years – we are hiring. While larger investment banks have cut back headcount, the small German bank has been happy to raid the ranks of...
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The 8 kinds of people private equity needs to hire now
If you work in an investment banking division (IBD), you probably want to work for a private equity fund. You’re not the only one. Recruiters talk of huge numbers of people chasing every private equity...
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“If you want to make it to managing director on the trading floor, this is...
By now, most people will have received their bonus, and as a former managing director in sales at Nomura, this time of year always draws me back to awkward conversations I had with some of the people I...
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Banks just can’t find enough cyber-security talent
Banks are desperate to hire cyber-security professionals and a shortage of talent means they’re looking outside of the financial services industry. Goldman Sachs turned to the White House for its new...
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Is Bill Winters failing to deliver at Standard Chartered’s investment bank?
This June, Bill Winters will have been CEO of Standard Chartered for two years. During that time, the ex head of J.P. Morgan’s markets division has made some big changes to the corporate and investment...
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Bank that said it would downsize in the UK after Brexit makes major new hires...
An emerging markets focused bank, which is considering moving business out of the UK after Brexit, has just poached senior bankers from both Deutsche Bank and J.P. Morgan in London. Russian investment...
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“I’m an MD in an investment bank. 21 year-olds have no interest in me”
Banking isn’t sexy any more. It’s a cliché, but as with all clichés it’s absolutely true. I’ve spent 14 years working in finance in NYC, latterly as a managing director. I’ve experienced the growing...
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I was a “terrible” student, but made MD at UBS. Now I teach junior bankers...
When former UBS managing director Eric Sim was 14 he failed critical maths and English exams at his high school in Singapore. Sim may have been a self-described “terrible student” as a teenager, but...
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Morning Coffee: European banks’ bonus illusion. You work 33% harder in...
Working at a European investment bank might seem like a cross to bear right now. After all, they’re losing business to their U.S. contemporaries and most have slashed their bonus pools to the bone this...
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Caxton Associates is one of the few hedge funds expanding in London
Discretionary hedge funds are reeling from poor performance, pressure to cut fees and the rising tide of quant funds. Most are more likely to be firing than hiring, but Caxton Associates is one of the...
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The dirty truth about the hottest job in finance
Data science jobs in investment banks are the new hot thing. J.P. Morgan’s got a chief data science office. So does Morgan Stanley. So does Deutsche Bank. Banks that once wanted traders and salespeople...
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The worst job interview questions Wall Street hiring managers ask – and how...
If you’re interviewing for an investment banking job, expect some curveball questions. Most Wall Street firms have pulled back from the so-called trick questions, but some questions can be be just...
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Ex-Deutsche Bank rates sales head poised to make a comeback
Remember Haroon Sana? He was head of global rates sales at Deutsche Bank back when Anshu Jain was still CEO and Deutsche was still paying bonuses. We have it on good authority that he’s about to stage...
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What no one told me about my J.P. Morgan markets internship
Last summer I was an intern at J.P. Morgan. At the end of the internship, I got a job offer. I did none of the things you’re supposed to do to get a “conversion”. Firstly, I didn’t suck up. I made a...
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Questions you will always be asked in a hedge fund interview and how to...
Interviewing at a hedge fund can be an unpleasant experience. Known for testing candidates’ resilience under pressure, hedge funds hire comparatively few people. Therefore, they’re either looking for...
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Fintech experts wanted, but not many people fit the bill
This will be a year characterized by the rapid growth of all things futuristic – artificial intelligence, the internet of value, virtual reality and blockchain. As financial institutions ramp up...
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