Tag: Market Risk

REVIEW MY CV: How should I go about switching from the City to the Gulf?

Another eFinancialCareers reader has bravely put forward their CV for some (constructive) criticism in a bid to enhance their job-hunting potential. Below is their profile (with all personal details removed) and little about their search for new employment so far. Can you offer some tips about where they may have been going wrong and what, [...]

How to create an amazing CV if you work in market risk

The profile of the market risk professional has seldom been higher, and after teetering on the precipice of a boom for over a year, it seems the mooted recruitment is finally happening. “It’s been a buoyant couple of months for market risk professionals across a wide range of asset classes,” says Priya Mariannie, consultant, banking [...]

Five roles facing a skills shortage in the City

Should you be considering a move to the City of London any time soon, it’s worth noting that the jobs market appears to have come full circle from this time last year and a skills shortage is looming. Certainly, that’s the suggestion of recruiters Astbury Marsden, which has concluded that the number of skilled candidates [...]

New breed of sophisticated risk manager required within UAE banks

An appetite for more sophisticated risk management tools from Middle Eastern banks is driving them to poach the more experienced talent from within Western and Far East rivals. A recent study by the British University in Dubai argued that UAE banks needed to be using a more diverse range of risk management tools and practices [...]