Sector: Investment Banking / M & A

Global restrictions on banking and bonuses – where’s it’s punitive, where it isn’t

In advance of today’s UK budget, next weekend’s G20 meeting, and the likelihood of further measures to curb banking pay and profitability, here’s a quick roundup of where we are right now in terms of global banking punitive rankings. Notably, the most worst place so far is probably Holland. However, the EU is keen on [...]

How to create an amazing CV if you work in fund accounting

With competition fiercer than ever within the fund accounting space, ensuring your CV fully sells your experience and achievements is essential. As part of our ‘How to create an amazing CV’ series (which also includes M&A and sales), here’s our advice on how to structure your CV and what to include in it if you’re [...]

Would you take a passage to India?

Credit Suisse has unveiled plans to double staff numbers in India and isn’t the only bank upping staff numbers in the region – Swiss rival UBS is also looking to double its Indian headcount and the likes of Merrill Lynch and Citi are also building their business on the subcontinent. M&A deals in India are [...]

Make hay in M&A – and equity capital markets

This year alone, Irish companies expect to spend €10bn on foreign M&A activity, while action is hotting up on the new IEX market as well, with four or five companies predicted to float, the recent International Association of Investment Bankers (IAIB) conference in Dublin was told. “We’re coming into an up cycle, so there’ll be [...]

Banks go big in Belfast

Belfast is emerging as a new source of banking and financial services jobs. It’s all happening in the ‘Titanic Quarter’ next to the City Airport, says Donna Parker, branch managing partner of Belfast recruitment firm Diamond Network. Political stability is fuelling growth in the North’s financial services industry, according to Parker. Local banks are seizing [...]

M&A boom fuels corporate finance hiring

Are you an Irish M&A banker looking to return home? Recruiters say there are opportunities aplenty. Corporate finance professionals with experience in London or New York are especially favoured by employers, according to Charlie Cullen, a consultant at Dublin-based recruiter Coxfitzsimons&wilkes. “There’s always room for people returning to the Dublin market with M&A experience – [...]

Dublin offers corporate finance openings for ACAs

Corporate financiers who are burning out in London’s overheated market may fancy heading west for a quieter life – recruiters say there are jobs to be had in Dublin. “There are a number of corporate finance openings in Ireland,” says Charlie Cullen, a consultant at Dublin-based recruiter Coxfitzsimons&wilkes. “Anyone who has got investment banking experience [...]