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Asian hiring hotspot: Reinsurance
The demand for reinsurance and consequently, specialist talent, is climbing in Asia. Last month a special report by Fitch Ratings estimated that Asia’s contribution to total global reinsurance premiums was less than 10 per cent – disproportionately low compared with its large population and high economic growth. Fitch therefore reckons the region has strong potential [...]
It’s “pretty intimidating” when your new boss used to be the president of Nasdaq: Read part I of our interview with Michael Syn, head of derivatives at SGX
Here’s the first of a two-part Q&A. Q: Was working for the Singapore Exchange something you always envisioned yourself doing? I’ve known the SGX team since 2007, and of course have been a user of SGX markets, such as the Eurodollar pit, for much longer than that. I was in regular contact for a few [...]
Guest Comment: Here is the (green) future of your Hong Kong career
With more investors focusing on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, the clean technology sector is booming in Asia. While the debate continues on how committed China is to becoming ‘green’ or whether the growth of solar PV manufacturing there is for domestic use or export, the fact remains that in 2010 China invested more [...]
Daily Dispatches: Working in risk is now officially “sexy”, especially in Asia
Folks in risk are bringing sexy back. (The Financial Times) Fidelity has grand ambitions to hire in Singapore and Hong Kong. (AsianInvestor) Banks with emerging market M&A deals are feeling mighty pleased. (Bloomberg) A mutual fund manager argues that HSBC has “lost its way”. (MoneyShow.com) The death of Murdoch’s BSkyB takeover is seriously bad news [...]
The Agent: Let me tell you many reasons why investor relations is actually a very important job
In this era of information, self-marketing is key to business success. That’s essential why investor relations (IR) is growing in importance. The IR role used to be shared among finance, communications and secretarial heads. Queries could be easily managed throughout the day because most of them came from retail investors. Institutional investors would go straight [...]
What investment banking job titles really mean
If you already work in banking, you’re probably fully cognisant with what it means to be an MD, analyst or associate. However, just in case you’re not and just in case you want to know what being an MD, analyst or associate truly entails, someone claiming to be a fund manager and professional empiricist has [...]
Dispatches: Singapore beats Hong Kong in global expat earnings poll
Singapore has the largest proportion of expatriate high earners compared to 24 countries around the world, says a HSBC survey. The Expat Explorer study by HSBC found that 45 per cent of the expats in Singapore have an annual income of US$200k or more. The worldwide average is 21 per cent. (Asia One) AIG will [...]
Hong Kong and Singapore turn the screws on Tokyo
Finance tech jobs in Japan have been steadily moving to other parts of Asia for some time, and now it seems Tokyo is losing out to Hong Kong and Singapore in more sectors than ever before. “IT is the hardest hit, but other areas are also suffering. The flow of financial services jobs from Tokyo [...]
Hong Kong Hunter: being rejected 100 times just makes you a stronger job seeker
“I am sorry to inform you that your application to our bank has been rejected. I give you my best wishes for your future endeavours.” This is not something new for job applicants at any level, however, it might have an even bigger impact on younger professionals, who might feel insulted or even belittled. Ideally, [...]
Finance sector bosses speak their minds about staffing issues
Singapore’s Institute of Banking and Finance held its annual conference today and because the theme was “talent and leadership strategies” we decided to go along. Here’s what three senior industry players chose to highlight during a panel discussion. If you agree or disagree with their assessments, leave your comments at the bottom. OCBC breaks down [...]
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