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Financial services firms are astoundingly popular among Swedish graduates
If, in 2008, the idea of working in banking was becoming increasingly unpalatable to Swedish students, the class of 2011 have had a change of heart. Research firm Universum has just produced its latest rankings of companies that are popular with Swedish graduates and it’s dominated by banks and financial services firms. Although furniture giant [...]
Securing an internship in a Nordic bank is no longer down to who you know
The days of nepotism during the graduate recruitment process in Nordic banks are a bygone era, and most students – international or local – are assessed on their merits rather than their connections. Launching an initiative to crack down on nepotism in internships, British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg was embarrassed this month when the [...]
Our predictions for Nordic region financial services hiring in 2011
Want to know where the jobs will and won’t be in the Nordics next year? Here’s our considered opinion… 2011 could be a good year for Capital markets “I think IPOs are going to be a hot area in 2011,” forecasts David Ramm, partner and Nordic PE leader at Ernst & Young. “There is going [...]
Nordic financial services: What was hot, and what was not, in 2010?
We may not yet be back to the heady days of 2007 and 2008, but for the Nordics the theme for 2010 was very much “slow and steady wins the race”, with banks reporting a sustained and consistent recovery from the woes of 2009. 2010 was a good year for… Capital markets The Nordic region [...]
GUEST COMMENT: Face it kid, you’re not good enough to get into trading
So kiddo, you fancy your chances as a trader? Maybe you’re a fresh faced grad with an analytical mind, straight out of your PhD in Astrophysics? Perhaps you’re a mathematically inclined accountant who trades CFD’s in her spare time or places the odd spread bet on the FTSE 100? Almost every week the Evening Standard [...]
Scandinavian risk managers reaping reward of growing influence
Risk and compliance jobs were one of the highlights of last year, and 2010 looks set to be no different, with boardrooms and senior management now taking much more notice of what risk managers and executives are saying – and prepared to pay good money for rock-solid advice. Danske Bank rounded off last year by [...]
NBIM staff cash in on record year
Employees at Norges Bank Investment Management, the Norwegian government pension fund, saw their average pay rise by 258% last year compared with 2008, as the fund reported its best year ever, fuelled by the booming international equity and fixed income markets. The fund, the largest sovereign wealth fund in Europe, returned 25.6%, equivalent to NOK613bn [...]
Growing opportunities for green and ethical fund managers
Sweden and Norway are rapidly developing a reputation as something of a hub for green and responsible investing, in turn leading to growing opportunities for asset and fund managers, as well as local banks, to carve out a niche within the ethical, environmental and responsible investment arena. In January Swedish firm BMC announced it was [...]
Where the Nordic jobs will and won’t be in 2010
Want to know where the jobs will and won’t be in the Nordics next year? Here’s our considered opinion… 2010 WILL BE A GOOD YEAR FOR JOBS AND HIRING IN…. International banks Credit Suisse will be opening a Stockholm office later this year and is unlikely to be the only international bank targeting the Nordics [...]
What was and wasn’t hot in the Nordic region in 2009?
2009 WAS A GOOD YEAR FOR…. Bonuses On the one hand, clearly, it was a bad year for banking bonuses, what with performance-related remuneration becoming as much a public whipping post in the Nordics as everywhere else in the world and the spectre of tougher regulation still very much on the cards. But look at [...]
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