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Want to work for the hottest new hedge fund in Paris?
Remember Maxime Kahn? He’s the star ex-SocGen trader who unwound Jerome Kerviel’s €70bn of trades in 2008. He’s also the ex-head of equity flow trading for Europe. And he’s the man who left SocGen last...
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I was Goldman Sachs’ chief geologist. This is why investment banks are...
Bill DeMis had been exploring the oil fields of Texas for nearly 30 years by the time Goldman Sachs came knocking. A random call from a headhunter early last year informed him that the U.S. investment...
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Will trading jobs really move out of London after Brexit?
What will happen to trading jobs in London when Brexit is finalised in March 2019? Today’s contrasting reports on Deutsche Bank’s plans offer two very different perspectives on the potential outcome....
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What I wish I had known as a young woman at a Big Four firm
Rather than just putting your head down, working hard and letting the results speak for themselves, often you can’t get ahead in your career unless you assert yourself in the workplace. It’s an insight...
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Financial services firms are automating certain jobs while hiring to fill...
It’s no secret that financial services firms on both the sell-side and buy-side are automating as many roles as they can. Artificial intelligence, data science and other technology roles may be on the...
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Morning Coffee: The Goldman Sachs guide to an easy summer at work....
Summertime and the living’s easy? Actually, not so much. Wall Street traders and portfolio managers have found that making money in the current low-volatility environment is difficult. Experienced...
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Is this how all banks will hire their technology staff one day?
If you’re applying for a graduate technology job at an investment bank now, you’ve probably been asked to do a coding test. If so, you’ve likely been directed to HackerRank. Founded four years ago by...
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Top Goldman trader who quit for a hedge fund is going it alone
If you make it to MD on the trading floor of a large investment bank, then quit for a big pay-day at a hedge fund and it doesn’t work out – what next? Many traders who jumped to the buy-side are...
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Earn £1.5m ($1.9m) a year aged 33 and avoid banking
Maybe you should’ve gone into law? Life in a law firm might not be as exciting as in banking, but it still pays. If you make partner, you’ll make big money, and you’ll make it sooner than in an...
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When senior investment bankers quit to run ski chalets
Investment bankers leaving the industry don’t always end up starting a fintech firm, or investing the millions they stowed away from years of big bonuses. They start pubs, become chefs, or in the case...
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Morgan Stanley just poached a top quant from BAML
If you’re a quant, you probably want to be a “desk quant” – working with traders, building derivatives pricing and risk models that feed directly into P&L. Alternatively, you might want to copy the...
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This Goldman Sachs MD has just unveiled some amazing insider tips for summer...
Internships are, as any student with a chance of getting into investment banking knows, the simplest route into a full-time job. What do you do to get ahead? Ask questions? Network? Complete your work...
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How you should respond to these weird Wall Street job interview questions
While some Wall Street interviewers go by the book when it comes to asking candidates questions, others try to keep financial services job-seekers on their toes by throwing them curve balls. Some Wall...
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Morning Coffee: 23-year-old with ideal lifestyle gives bankers lesson in...
Financial services professionals should be concerned that the best and brightest young people may want to eschew Wall Street and the City and instead follow the example of Marcus Hutchins. He’s a...
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Goldman analyst quits for Bitcoin
If you’re an analyst who wants to work for Goldman Sachs, Chris Miess can show you how to do it. And if you’re an analyst who wants to leave Goldman for a tech firm that specialises in getting people...
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Investment banks start asking for ‘early bird’ internship applications
Investment banks’ summer interns are just three weeks or so into their placements, but already some firms have opened up applications for 2018 roles. Banks typically open their summer analyst...
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I’m trying to break into the buy-side and it’s full of elitist snobs
I’ve done my time in banking. I’ve worked in this industry nearly 20 years and I’m ready for a change. I’d say I’m pretty employable: I’ve run whole markets businesses. I know how to extract costs and...
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This Deutsche Bank MD has just switched to a struggling hedge fund
Deutsche Bank has been hiring senior bankers in the past few months, but managing directors also been departing – often for roles on the buy-side. The latest senior banker to secure a role at an...
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Has Barclays become the best alternative to working for a U.S. bank?
Can’t get a job at a top tier U.S. investment bank? Maybe you should give Barclays a go? It’s seemingly going through something of a renaissance. “If you look beyond the U.S. investment banks, Barclays...
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How to succeed at a buy-side internship
Over the past three years, I’ve managed to secure internships across all aspects of the buy-side – I’ve interned at hedge fund Perry Capital, private equity firm BayBoston and am currently spending my...
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