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Sectors explained – Alternative Investments
A ‘normal’ investment is usually in stocks, bonds and cash, made with a view to earning interest or dividends, or because the value of the investment is expected to rise over time. Alternative investments cover a broader range – from wine to art and real estate. We will look at hedge funds and private equity. [...]
Daily Dispatches: Cuts everywhere but SocGen is still looking to hire in Asia
Societe Generale is laying-off i-bank staff in the West but plans to expand private banking, corporate and investment banking operations in China, Japan and Singapore. (The Wall Street Journal) Loads of firms are announcing global cuts, here’s a round-up. (The Sydney Morning Herald) Credit Suisse shuts down its Taipei branch as the firm restructures its [...]
My Masters (blog 3): I’m climbing up a 13-metre pole in cold drizzle, but this is actually a great exercise in teamwork
I am halfway up the 13-metre high pole, with each new step a mental drain. The sun has given way to more drizzle yet again. Such is British weather: a tempestuous child. I am at an offsite location with my London Business School (LBS) mates and we are here to participate in puzzles and high-rope [...]
Count your blessings if you work in the buy side in Hong Kong
While recruitment on the sell side has been slow going with hiring freezes and job cuts, buy-side recruitment has remained buoyant in Hong Kong even in these uncertain markets. Simon Roberts, managing director, head of Asia Pacific, Sheffield Haworth, says: “The buy side still seems to have the appetite to hire in Hong Kong, we [...]
Tricky interview question: You have 10 sets of gold bars and only one is defective. How do you work out which one?
A candidate for an analyst position at a private equity firm in Hong Kong was asked the following question… The question You have 10 stacks of gold in front of you. Each stack is made up of 10 gold bars. One of these stacks contains defective bars that all weigh 10.1kg, rather than the standard [...]
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: We’d rather take the big redundancy package than keep on working with you, say Amex staff
They survived an ongoing retrenchment exercise. But some of the staff at American Express are not heaving a sigh of relief. Instead, they are bitter. The reason: Being retained means they will have to forego a severance package should they choose to resign and accept an offer of a new job with a rival bank. [...]
Career CPR: Is it humanly possible to go from the big four to the buy side?
In the latest instalment of our Career CPR series, we hear from a CPA who is hoping to get into the buy side. Read his dilemma and offer your advice in the comments box below The dilemma: I’m a big four certified public accountant in Hong Kong with a background in transaction services performing financial [...]
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 [...]
Non-bankers now beat bankers in battle to break into private equity
A limited number of vacancies and high recruitment standards are thwarting the ambitions of bankers who want a career in Hong Kong private equity. Non-banking candidates from sought-after industries, however, have a better shot of landing a PE role. Although firms such as Pacific Alliance are “picking up a few people” and new start-ups continue [...]
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