Company: Macquarie

Macquarie Capital’s Kalpana Desai’s seven steps to career success as a woman in banking

Last week the top-20 women in Asian banking and finance were celebrated at a lunch in Singapore organised by FinanceAsia and The Financial Women’s Association of Singapore. One of those honoured, Kalpana Desai, Macquarie Capital’s head of Asia, honed in on career issues. During the panel discussion, Desai, who took on her current role in [...]

By Shree Ann Mathavan, November 8 2011 • 1 Comment

GUEST COMMENT: Psych assessments – get used to them, they’re here to stay

Answer the following multiple choice question. Psychometric assessment is: a) torture b) used if the hiring manager has concerns about a candidate’s mental stability c) already used for both graduate and lateral recruitment and increasingly becoming standard practice in banking recruitment. According to the two key providers of psychometric testing, SHL and Chandler Macleod, the [...]

By Edwina Hodgkinson, August 4 2008 • 5 Comments

Macquarie brings hiring hope to Japan

Macquarie is breathing some life into a generally dormant Japanese financial recruitment market. The Aussie bank, which took on 100 new hires in the second half of last year, is continuing its recruitment drive. Andrew Low, Asia head of Macquarie Capital Advisers, comments: “Japan is becoming an increasing focus and we are pleased to be [...]

By Simon Mortlock, June 4 2008 • 0 Comments