Morning Coffee: What Pablo Salame’s little chat tells you about Goldman...
Goldman Sachs bankers love a good slogan. Although CFO Marty Chavez says they’re no good at naming things (hence “SecDB”), they’re pretty good at devising and disseminating nifty three word phrases...
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Deutsche’s former head of structured product syndicate has just launched his...
There’s something in the water. Increasing numbers of senior bankers and traders are stepping out on their own, starting advisory boutiques, hedge funds or private equity firms. The latest example is...
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The Big Four jobs that pay the most (which isn’t much)
It’s easier to get a job with a Big Four accounting firm than an investment bank: the Big Four employ more people and therefore hire more. They also attract fewer applicants per job. With ease of...
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What happens if you’re asked to move from London because of Brexit?
Banking jobs may not be moving out of London yet, but all the indications are that they will do soon. Jamie Dimon said today that J.P. Morgan could be forced to, “move several hundred jobs,” out of...
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Jes Staley’s eldest daughter quit trading for drones
Jes Staley, the American-born CEO of Barclays Bank has been to Yorkshire in the north of England. Twitter is alive with photos of Staley, pint in hand, standing in front of some pork pies as he...
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The art of following up after a job application or interview without...
It takes experience to master the nuances of following up with recruiters, HR executives and hiring managers at various stages of the job-search process, from the time that you send in your cover...
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Morning Coffee: What happens when banks’ traders get bored. Senior bankers...
Swipe left, swipe right – this is how markets move. The Brexit boost is a distant memory and optimism around Trump is evaporating – particularly after the latest email release by Trump Jr. Markets are...
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Top graduates are turning away from investment banks after Brexit
Most investment banks in London are still fretting over when to trigger Brexit job relocations or how many roles to move, but they’re facing another problem – the UK’s decision to exit the EU has...
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The best and worst banks to work for in London, NY and Asia?
Which are the best banks to work for in the world’s major financial cities? It’s a question that might be answered using the strength of a bank’s business in each location, or the amount it pays its...
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The top U.S. cities to get a financial services job outside of New York
New York City weather is currently hot and muggy. Financial services professionals are dealing with a “summer of hell” commuting into Manhattan, with the MTA scrambling to repair Penn Station after a...
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Bank of America just poached a top trader from Goldman Sachs
Electronic traders are quite the thing right now. As we were first to report last week, Barclays has got a new senior electronic trader from KCG. And as we were first to report in the weeks before...
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Goldman Sachs’ former 20-something trading guru has moved on again
It’s been a while since Jan Sramek worked at Goldman Sachs. Six years ago, the then 24-year-old trading prodigy, exam genius and youngest ever ‘rising star’ left Goldman Sachs, and quit banking...
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Diary of a banking intern: “It all kicks off after 6pm”
Investment banks give you a little bit of time to bed into your internship, but by the second week it’s clear what you’re in for. I haven’t left the office before 2am. Last week, I was out enjoying the...
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The banking technology jobs that pay £100k+
Can you earn six figures working in a banks’ technology function? Yes, yes: you can. How soon can you earn £100k, and which jobs should you do? This depends. If you choose to work as a developer in an...
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Morning Coffee: Good times at JPMorgan, bad times at Goldman Sachs. Slow...
Goldman Sachs did not have a good first quarter to this year. Nor did it have a good final quarter to last year. We know that this is ruffling feathers within Goldman Sachs because Pablo Salame, one...
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This senior Apollo Global Management partner has just departed
Turnover among the senior ranks of private equity firms is, compared to banking, rare. This year, however, big buy-side firms have been losing some key employees. The latest exit is Ralf Ackermann, a...
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J.P. Morgan’s ex-head of gilt trading came out of retirement and joined Citi
That didn’t last long. In June 2016, Martin Cross, a veteran gilt trader at J.P. Morgan, retired. Thirteen months later, he’s back. Cross is understood to have joined Citi. The bank confirmed his...
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If you really know about artificial intelligence, you could earn as much as...
Forget all the hype around artificial intelligence (AI), if you’ve really got the skills that Silicon Valley and Wall Street need, you could haul in millions of dollars a year. “Right now, AI is an...
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I’m an investment banking cost cutter. Here’s how to survive the chop
I cut costs in investment banks. This is my job. I am an expert in cutting costs and improving processes and creating efficiencies, especially in the technology function. If your job is going to...
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The strangest outfits you will see at Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs is allowing its technology workers to dress down. Cue excitement and a rush on high-end jeans. Except Goldman insiders, both in the tech division and without, say unusual clothing is...
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