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The Master in Finance that lets you fit your study around your job
Ben Harrington-Lowe, an Associate Director at Macquarie Group in London, knew he wanted a Master’s degree that would enhance his finance skills and make him a better manager. There was a problem,...
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Morning Coffee: Fancy working alongside an 86-year-old hedge fund guru? Where...
Who said there were no big opportunities in the financial sector right now? George Soros is looking for his seventh chief investment officer of the new millennium. Ted Burdick, who had been in the role...
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Forget Brexit: this German boutique is expanding in London
Much has been made of the fact that Brexit could lead big German banks (like Deutsche) to pull back from London and relocate trading desks to Frankfurt. Far less has been said about the other...
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Two former investment bank traders have quit Brevan Howard
Two more former investment banking traders who left for a role at Brevan Howard have left the hedge fund in recent weeks as it struggles to maintain performance. Mark Deniston, a former managing...
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MBAs are shunning investment banking, but are now drawn to fintech
The love affair between MBAs and investment banks may have been on the wane for some time now, but this doesn’t mean they’re turning away from financial services all together. More MBAs go still into...
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Getting an investment banking graduate job just got that little bit harder
Investment banks are now gearing up for their annual recruitment programmes for the analyst class of 2017. If you’re just thinking of applying now, and have no internship experience, the chances of you...
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This is what you’ll earn as a research analyst on the buy-side and sell-side
Equity research on the sell-side has been decimated since the financial crisis, but demand on the buy-side has remained relatively robust. Right now, firms want to hire people who can formulate views...
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Morning Coffee: Lloyd Blankfein’s warning to the elite teenagers. Two more...
In a world of bland, promotional career advice from top bankers, Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein remains something of a wise old sage. Blankfein is direct, self-effacing and able to reflect on years...
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HSBC has hired female tech star from Barclays
A senior female technologist who helped shake up technology at Barclays investment bank in both London and India has moved across to a senior role at HSBC. When it comes to prominent women in fintech –...
View ArticleCan you really manipulate the FX market, even if you wanted to?
Is it really possible to manipulate the FX markets? The recent arrest of Mark Johnson, the global head of FX at HSBC, suggests that it’s easy to lay the blame at the feet of a single person. Numerous...
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From trader and PM to launching his own commercial lending startup
Alex Cohen gradually worked his way up the ladder in private equity and banking, graduating from fixed income trading to portfolio management at a bank before breaking off on his own and co-founding...
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Eight deadly sins to avoid when creating a banking cover letter
Cover letters need to do three things: prove you can do the job, differentiate you from other candidates and not attach a red flag to your application. Sadly, the third component is just as critical as...
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Morning Coffee: Investment banks already have their Brexit bags packed....
All those reassuring messages emerging from investment banks about the need for patience before making any decisions on their UK staffing levels after the Brexit vote may not have been strictly true....
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The 12 banking jobs everyone wants after Brexit
Investment banks are readying plans to move employees out of London as soon as Article 50 is served. City workers have largely stayed put because of the uncertainty created by the Brexit vote and...
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Nomura’s research chiefs in London and New York are now going it alone
Call it a prescient career move, but before Nomura started cutting deep in its research functions, heads of departments in both London and New York left the bank. And both have now started up on their...
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Bank by bank graduate and internship application deadlines (London), 2016-2017
It’s time: investment banks have opened applications for full-time graduate programmes and – assuming you want to be one of the 2-3% of applicants who make the cut – it pays to start now. Investment...
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What to say during an interview to explain the dreaded gaps in your resume
You know they’re there. The recruiter or hiring manager knows they’re there: gaps in your resume. So how do you address the elephant in the room during a phone screening or interview, balancing the...
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Morning Coffee: The art of being a maverick rainmaker. The ex-Goldman banker...
If top investment bankers leave bulge brackets to escape bureaucracy (and earn more money) at boutiques, it’s no surprise that those at the top of these small advisers don’t exactly follow the rules....
View ArticleThe top 35 MBAs for getting a job in hedge funds, private equity and asset...
MBAs going into the financial sector still favour investment banking over anything else, despite the fact that the proportion of students going into banking is shrinking. However, the buy-side is an...
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2 MDs left Credit Suisse. One has ominous words about banking
What better sign of an industry in decline than the fact that people who’ve worked in it choose new roles outside the industry? This is the case with two former managing directors (MDs) at Credit...
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