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This top BAML DCM banker has just turned up at new fintech firm
In March, Laurent Guyot was one of a trio of senior debt capital markets investment bankers to leave Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Guyot, who headed up the bank’s DCM financial institutions coverage...
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Meet the banking interns with a big advantage this summer
If you’ve started your first ever summer internship with an investment bank this month, you’ve probably already encountered an awkward reality. This may be your first time, but for plenty of other...
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Morning Coffee: Bloomberg pays more than J.P. Morgan. Why your banking job is...
Who says journalism is a dying career path? A former Financial Times leader writer, BBC economics editor and most recently chief market strategist at JPMorgan Asset Management is returning to...
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Nomura’s former co-head of banks research has just taken a job at this tiny...
Around this time last year, Chintan Joshi was co-heading Nomura’s banks equity research unit. After the bank closed its cash equities business in April 2016 he joined Mediobanca for a brief eight-month...
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Brexit is a once in a generation opportunity for a big promotion
You might not want to leave London for Frankfurt or Paris or Dublin in response to Brexit, but if the opportunity to emigrate arises, you should seize it. Particularly if you happen to be an associate...
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Goldman Sachs just hired a Nomura analyst into its PE group
Going from Nomura’s London investment banking division (IBD) to IBD at Goldman Sachs would count as an achievement. The Japanese bank ranked outside the top ten for M&A fees in Europe in the first...
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Are these the most exploited juniors in finance?
If you’re interning in an investment bank this summer, you’re probably prepared to work some long hours. You’re probably also fine with working 70 hours or so each week given that you will be earning...
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UBS has just poached a top technologist from Bank of America Merrill Lynch
As investment banks invest ever more into automation, getting the right person at the top of technology is increasingly important. Bank of America Merrill Lynch, which has been losing senior...
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UBS wants a new generation of risk professionals for an algo validation team
If you’re looking for a job at the cutting edge of quantitative risk management, you might want to look to UBS. The Swiss bank is creating a new team to validate and control its algorithmic trading...
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The growing London buy-side firm targeting junior bankers
If you’re a junior investment banker looking for a move across to the buy-side, there’s a new player in town that continues to poach from bulge bracket firms in London. PSP Investments, the private...
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Unhappy with your equities job? This UK hedge fund is hiring
Remember Engadine Partners, the London-based hedge fund set up last year by Marcello Sallusti, the former deputy chief investment officer at Egerton Capital? It’s still hiring. Engadine just recruited...
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Deutsche Bank is looking for someone to assess the “dark side” of its MDs
Deutsche Bank is slightly happier and more positive place to work. Two months ago, the German bank unrolled a program to encourage its employees to share the positive impact they were having upon...
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Morning Coffee: When client entertainment gets out of control. The boring...
Technology might be wiping out human traders and sales roles in investment banks are increasingly under threat, for the latest generation of financial services removing the need to entertain clients...
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The new most accessible jobs in finance. And the least
If you’re looking for a new job in finance and you want to be in work by late August, you need to watch what you apply for. There are some jobs where this is eminently achievable. There are others...
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How to change your resume to switch out of banking into private equity
Getting into private equity is hard. Even if you’re a junior banker with an top investment bank on your resume, there’s no guarantee you’ll make the shortlist. Just 10% of applicants do, and the key is...
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The other Canadian private equity fund hiring in London now
Canadian private equity funds are busy hiring in London this year. As we reported yesterday, PSP Investments, the private debt fund of Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment Board, has been busy...
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This Citigroup heavy-hitter has been quietly hiring for a new London boutique
Senior investment bankers quitting the confines of a bulge bracket firm to do their own thing is a growing trend among big-swingers in London. Giovanni Gregoratti, the co-head of the real estate and...
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Barclays has hired KCG’s European head of electronic trading
Barclays is on a roll. Fresh from hiring Asita Anche, Goldman Sachs’ former quant trading star as head of a new cross-asset quantitative trading unit, it’s now picked up a new head of electronic...
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The perfect resume for asset management
It’s a tough time to be working in asset management. Aside from the gradual dominance of passive investment strategies like ETFs and the hardline from regulators in the UK shaking up fee structures,...
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Are Rothschild’s new MDs the most fortunate people in finance?
Rothschild is not like other banks. While most banks pay and promote people at the start of each year, Rothschild pays and promotes on July 1st (changing to April 1st as of next year). Rothschild’s...
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