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The Runaway MBA: Insecurity and immaturity made me join the MBA masses. Don’t make the same mistakeI can’t remember the exact point at which my interest in pursuing an MBA first arose. But I know it was sometime during my undergraduate years because I attended an institution that housed one of the best MBA programmes in the world, so I thought “perhaps someday”. My school’s career services instilled in us the [...] |
Daily Dispatches: Large Facebook losses for UBS and Citi
Guest Comment: Liquidity risk skills in demand in Hong Kong and Singapore as Basel III looms large
Here is a very big “C” that you may need on your CV to rise to career prominence
The Hedgie: Think the buy side is a barrel of laughs compared with banking? Try working for a hedge fund
Daily Dispatches: J.P Morgan’s big clawback test
Clawback is new territory, ill-defined and politically incendiary. If J.P. Morgan does it right and avoids the emotionalism of the moment, it could craft a gold standard for any future use of clawback and set precedent for the rest of the industry. (Wall Street Journal) Are your banking skills in demand in Asia? (Asian Banking [...]
Daily Dispatches: Sturdy banking system helps to keep growth hopes high for Asean countries
In South-east Asia, rising wages, strong consumer spending and an increasingly sturdy banking system are all fuelling hopes that the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) may be able to avoid any serious spillover effects of falling growth in China, India and Europe. (Financial Times) Chinese employers are under greater pressure this year to [...]
Making sure you are a perfect fit
Demand is strong for the best talent, though it remains an extremely competitive market for senior financial executives because some companies are upgrading the roles of CFOs and other senior finance positions. Companies need exceptional leaders to help navigate the firm into the future. And they know the importance of hiring “smart” and what can happen when [...]
The Junior: The mouthwatering opportunities outside of banking that potentially await you after two years of grunt work as an analyst
Investment banking analysts who have worked for two to three years typically have rosy futures in front of them. Even for those who choose not to become an associate in a bank, there are many options to pursue. Their IB experience, especially if it’s at a tier-one firm, is coveted by employers outside of banking. [...]
Daily Dispatches: Singaporean finance professionals get a leg up; Formula One’s IPO takes flight
The Singapore government has announced a slew of programmes to better develop Singaporeans into finance chiefs. These include raising the employment pass standards of foreigners to manage the growth of the expat workforce and the provision of scholarships for young professionals. (The Straits Times) Formula One has been given the go ahead for a US$2.5bn share [...]
Why being approved for a banking job is a tedious, tortuous process (and why this may not be a such a bad thing)
The time it takes from first interview to job offer has got even longer for candidates this year, but there is a potential upside – for both employers and candidates. The 17 senior financial HR professionals who attended the recent eFinancialCareers roundtable in Hong Kong agreed that the hiring process is as protracted as it [...]
The Runaway MBA: Choosing between Singapore and Hong Kong is overwhelmingly complicated
Before I begin, I can already hear the choir singing, “that dumb ignorant American”. But coming from the US, how do you distinguish between Singapore and Hong Kong? They both sound equally exciting. How do you choose where to focus your time and effort when networking? If you’re a Singapore or Hong Kong local, can [...]
Investor protests aside, here’s another very persuasive argument against generous banker pay
Executive pay isn’t all that it’s cut out to be, if a recent joint study by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the London School of Economics is anything to go by. Making executive pay work: The psychology of incentives, surveyed 1,106 executives across 43 countries. Ironically it found that highly complex compensation packages with deferred bonuses – beloved [...]
Daily Dispatches: Experienced bankers wanted at Coutts
Coutts is keen on recruiting senior directors in Asia, Middle East, UK, Eastern Europe and Switzerland. The firm has ramped up headcount in this area by a third since January this year. It’s also hired about 20 new senior executives, with about another 10 starting work soon. The bulk of the hires hail from Credit [...]
10 tips for getting hired when nobody seems to be hiring
For anyone who has been searching for a financial job for more than a few weeks, the dreary and continued drain on time, effort, energy and spirit make it sometimes difficult to stay with it. You begin to wonder if you’ll ever get a job. Is anyone even hiring? To break the spell, there are [...]
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