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These are the jobs that CFA Charterholders do in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, and these are the financial services firms that employ them
Are you thinking of studying for the CFA Charter? Are you wondering whether the CFA is relevant to your profession and who might employ you when you’ve completed all three exams? The CFA Institute has all the answers. A new tool shows precisely how many people have gained the CFA Charter in each country, and what they [...]
In almost every business area, JPMorgan is now the place to be – but it’s not paying. Standard Chartered is hiring – but it’s not paying either
The banks with the wherewithal to hire in this market are not those that pay well. Yesterday (as we noted), Jes Staley, CEO of JPMorgan’s investment bank, made an investor day presentation. During this presentation, Staley said that, if it wanted JPMorgan could have started a “compensation arms race” had it wanted, as its [...]
Good news for any Swedes seeking debt capital market jobs
Employment prospects for the debt capital markets teams within Sweden’s investment banks could be given a boost this year by a new-found taste for issuing corporate bonds by local companies. Companies in Sweden have traditionally relied on bank lending, which has become more expensive and difficult to secure as local banks look to shore up [...]
More Nordic MBAs are sticking closer to home, or looking to Asia
The latest crop of graduates from Nordic business schools seeking careers in finance might have good reason to be concerned. The powerhouses of London and New York, which have traditionally drawn graduates from the Nordic region, are not hiring in anything like the numbers of previous years. Yet, experts following the hiring patterns from the [...]
GUEST COMMENT: I am coming to love my life in the middle office
There was a time when I wanted to be a trader. Ok, so I do still want to be a trader a little bit. However, I am currently working in a middle office credit role and I would like to make one thing very clear: this is an interested role. Working in the middle office, [...]
Why you should want to work for the Nordic watchdogs
Financial watchdogs in the Nordic region are beefing up their operations in response to the financial crisis. Although not hit as hard as many countries by the maelstrom, regulators in Sweden, Denmark and Norway recognise the need for staff who understand the complex global structures the region’s banks and insurers are locked into. But does [...]
Should Handelsbanken think about paring back headcount in capital markets?
Handelsbanken is in the rare position of being the only large Nordic bank increase its headcount throughout 2011. However, costs remain stubbornly high in its investment bank and, if headwinds continue, cuts could be on the cards. The Swedish bank ended 2011 with 11,184 employees, which is an increase of over 330 on the previous [...]
Swedbank finally looks to cut back in its investment banking division
Swedbank is gearing up for a fresh round of cost-cutting and is taking aim at it investment banking division. We hinted that Swedbank’s Large Corporates & Institutions (LC&I) division could be included in the 300 redundancies announced at the tail end of last year. Now, as the bank looks to cut costs by a further [...]
When accounting anomalies are stripped out, these are the banks – by business – that really performed in 2011
Jon Peace, an MD of banks research at Nomura, has kindly shared with us his clean figures on leading banks’ performance by business areas in 2011, with the effects of DVA stripped out. They provide a reliable indication of which banks’ businesses really outperformed in 2011 and which banks’ businesses really didn’t. There are some [...]
Everything we know so far about bonuses and deferrals, bank-by-bank – UPDATED
Here’s another update to all previous articles on the state of bonuses, cash caps and deferrals on a bank-by-bank basis this year, here’s what we know now. Feel free to email us at Editor@eFinancialCareers.com or to leave a comment if you know additional details that we don’t. Barclays Capital Cash bonus cap? Yes. BarCap is [...]
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