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Wall Street Beats London’s City in Pay for Middle Office Workers
Middle office professionals should move to Wall Street if they’re chasing money, but stick to the City of London if they want more career opportunities. Pay for senior risk and compliance professionals working in banking in New York outstrip those for equivalent roles in London, Continental Europe and Asia, according to the 2013 salary survey […]
Surprise! Royal Bank of Scotland is Hiring
Royal Bank of Scotland has cut 36,000 jobs since 2008, is continuing to scale back its investment bank and has just been fined £390m charge for its part in the Libor-rigging scandal. Yet, through the fog of negative headlines, RBS is quietly expanding. Jill Duthie, head of sourcing for UK and Europe, said that while […]
Financial services recruiters’ predictions for 2013
Is this year going to get any better? After a 2012 where 40,000 jobs were lost in investment banking alone, and cuts continued to be rolled out throughout the year, financial services professionals will be hoping for an easier ride. We’ve already garnered the views of heads of recruitment within banks, fund managers and professional […]
Worst Places in the World to Be Laid Off and Lose Your Job
The axe is being sharpened, or liberally swung, in financial centres across the globe, but if it’s hanging over your head, you might ask yourself where in the world is the worst place to lose your job? The answer, according to our research, is the US, swiftly followed by Switzerland. Both countries have redundancy, or […]
Want to work in Hong Kong or Singapore? This is the reality
We talk to Richard Farmer, director, professionals, Randstad, about the plight of Western banking professionals looking for work in Asia. Compared with a year ago, are you receiving more applications from candidates in the West (who don’t have Asian experience) for banking jobs in Hong Kong and Singapore? Prior to the global financial crisis of […]
Why you should want to work for the Nordic watchdogs
Financial watchdogs in the Nordic region are beefing up their operations in response to the financial crisis. Although not hit as hard as many countries by the maelstrom, regulators in Sweden, Denmark and Norway recognise the need for staff who understand the complex global structures the region’s banks and insurers are locked into. But does […]
Why risk and compliance are becoming a route to the top
Pre-meltdown, risk and compliance used to be seen by many as one of the more unglamorous, and certainly unsung, ends of investment banking… not any more. With Nordic banks sailing through this summer’s stress tests, and wanting to keep it that way, and the new Basel III capital adequacy standards continuing to focus minds, a […]
These are the schools that will get you a job in Scandinavian financial services
The Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden, and the Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, feature heavily in the wish list of most Nordic financial employers. A couple of others jostle for top position, too. Kaare Bringa, managing partner of Boyden Global Executive Search, Norway, considers the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration to be a top […]
Changing regulatory landscape spurring demand for compliance staff
The European-wide focus on compliance and regulation is making hiring and retaining compliance and risk expertise a much greater priority for Nordic banks. European banks are currently battling with a whole raft of new regulations, such as MiFID II and Basel III. On top of this a more robust approach by financial regulators, such as […]
Ireland would like to hear from Nordic financial services professionals
The Celtic Tiger may have whimpered into the corner some time ago, but Ireland is still keen to attract Nordic financial professionals for roles on the emerald isle. According to recruiters on the ground, there are still opportunities to be had for ambitious Nordic bankers, with the much stricter regulatory, capital requirements and compliance climate […]
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