Company: Deutsche Bank
Put your questions to the EMEA head of graduate recruitment at Deutsche Bank
Faye Woodhead, head of graduate recruitment for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) ex-Germany at Deutsche Bank, has agreed to respond to some of your questions on graduate jobs and internships. We’ve started the process by asking Faye a few questions below. Please post your questions in the comments box at the bottom of [...]
A Q&A with the COO of FCA, the seeding business of FRM Capital Advisors, on what it will take to get your hedge fund seeded by them this year
Last week, hedge fund research and investment specialist Financial Risk Management (FRM) and Deutsche Bank, announced the formation of a new hedge fund seeding platform. We asked Patric de Gentile-Williams, COO of FRM’s seeding business, FCA, what kinds of fund they envisage investing in. Here’s the full interview: Q: How many hedge funds you [...]
2011: Want went up and what went down in the Irish financial services job market?
This year has been a tumultuous one for most people working in the financial services industry globally, but those employed in the Irish market are arguably more accustomed to the tough times. In fact, many suggest that 2011 was a vast improvement on the previous 18 months. However, which sectors or jobs roles benefited from [...]
Don’t panic: Northern Trust may be cutting, but there are still plenty of funds jobs
Northern Trust’s decision to axe 220 jobs in Dublin as a result its acquisition of Bank of Ireland Securities Services (BOISS) in February is unfortunate, but those taking redundancy will find no shortage of other job opportunities. The redundancies at Northern Trust are down to duplication of roles after the firm completed the BOISS acquisition [...]
All this advisory work, and no one in Ireland to take advantage of it
One of the upsides of all the restructuring and capital raising within the Irish banking sector is the lucrative advisory fees on offer, which could potentially spur a raft of front office hiring within the local corporate finance firms. Unfortunately, though, the benefits of this are largely being felt overseas. In the last week alone, [...]
Irish banks looking in-house for corporate finance advisory work
Ireland’s largest banks are either raising cash through rights issues or selling assets in order to bolster capital reserves. While the international investment banks will be vying for the lucrative advisory fees on offer, it’s also music to the ears of the firms’ internal corporate finance divisions. Bank of Ireland is seeking line up a [...]
Dublin has lost its shine on the global stage
The astronomical growth of Dublin’s financial sector over the last few years was largely down to its ability to attract huge numbers of back office jobs within international organisations. Now, however, its appeal appears to have diminished. The turmoil surrounding Ireland’s financial sector, particularly within its domestic banks, is no secret and now it appears [...]
Ireland’s wealth a magnet for private bankers
Barclays Capital popped up last year, Swiss firm Helvetia Wealth has already opened a Dublin office this year, Merrill Lynch has expanded, and Goldman Sachs is in talks to set up in Ireland – the US behemoth could create 500 jobs over three years through private banking, wholesale banking and capital markets functions. Conor Walsh, [...]
Riches bring smiles to private bankers
With Ireland’s millionaires multiplying faster than rabbits, jobs for private bankers are going through the roof. Last year the Irish became the richest people in Europe, according to a report from Bank of Ireland Private Bank. And our wealth is predicted to nearly double from €812bn in 2005 to €1,556bn in 2015. Ireland’s 33,000 millionaires [...]
2006: Good year vs. bad year
What was hot and what was not in the Irish financial services industry over the past twelve months? Here’s our considered opinion. Good year Fund industry: Ireland’s fund industry continued to boom. Assets under administration have trebled in the past five years, bringing the total to a gargantuan $1.2 trillion. Pay hasn’t quite trebled, but [...]
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