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There are worries every day at Unicredit in London
It’s a while since we’ve given any thought to the plight of people working for Unicredit at London Wall. Events in Italy have brought them to our attention again. No one knows precisely how many people Unicredit employs down at the Wall. Headhunters put fingers in the air and suggest a couple of hundred credit [...]
Hedge funds want to hire technologists with gaming and research backgrounds
Hedge funds are still hiring technologists, more IT professionals within investment banks want to make the switch across…but hedge funds are increasingly recruiting from outside the financial sector. If you’re a developer working on a cutting edge trading platform in an investment bank, and think that you’ll be able to apply your skills in a [...]
Man Group’s strange choice of a former head of MTV to get ahead in China
While jobs are cut in London, another organization is making a push into China. The Financial Times reports that UK hedge fund Man Group has got a 5-10 year plan to push into China and that it intends to open a “fully fledged research and trading office in Beijing in the near future.” Working on [...]
Put your questions to the head of graduate recruitment at the Royal Bank of Scotland
Michael Maddick, head of graduate recruitment at Royal Bank of Scotland has agreed to answer some of your questions and offer some advice as this year’s graduate recruitment season kicks off. We’ve got the ball rolling with the Q&A below, but if you’d like to post your questions in the comment box at the bottom [...]
INTERN DIARIES: The traders have been very irritable; I have worked 114 hours on deals that will probably never happen
Every year, we run real-life anonymous diaries from interns in investment banks on our student centre. This year, our interns (in investment banking and trading) are on week 7 of their internships. Neither thinks their summer is going particularly well. The submissions are accessible via the links below. MARKETS INTERN DIARY: The traders have been [...]
INTERN DIARIES: A female intern at JPMorgan has passed away
Every year, we run real-life anonymous diaries from interns in investment banks on our student centre. This year, we will be running diaries from interns in investment banking (IBD) and trading. The submissions are accessible via the links below. This week, one of our interns says a markets intern has JPMorgan has tragically passed away. [...]
The rumour about Macquarie cutting 33% of its investment banking staff in Europe is not true
If you’re predisposed to neurosis and pessimism, an article in the Australian today might tip you over the edge. It claims that Macquarie has reduced the number of people employed at Macquarie Capital from 1,687 to 1,397 in the past year and that its European investment banking numbers are down by one whole third. This [...]
Q&A: A senior Credit Suisse banker explains why she thinks attitude is more important than expertise when she’s hiring
Marisa Drew is a managing director in the investment banking division of Credit Suisse, based in London. She is also co-head of the global markets solutions group and co-head of leveraged finance origination and restructuring and a member of the investment banking management committee. This is Marisa: How long have you been working in financial [...]
Our investment banking intern diarist has begun living on crisps and coffee
Every year, we run real-life anonymous diaries from interns in investment banks on our student centre. This year, we will be running diaries from interns in investment banking (IBD) and trading. The submissions have started and are ready to read if you click the links below. This week, both interns remain exhausted and both are [...]
A Q&A with the woman who went from Oxford to Goldman to a left-wing think tank that puts the planet first
We’ve been speaking to Lydia Prieg, a former physicist and fixed income trader at Goldman Sachs who left the firm voluntarily for a new career at political think tank the New Economics Foundation. This is Lydia: This is what she said: 1) What inspired you to go into banking when you left university? I’ve always [...]
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