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Every UK recruitment consultant at Michael Page makes £24k profit. Profits from UK banking recruitment are down 50% on last year
You may be wondering how financial services recruiters are faring. Fortunately, Michael Page, Robert Walters and Hays have all released their quarterly results. The picture is blurred, but two things are clear. Firstly:London financial services recruiter are losing their jobs. Secondly:London financial services recruiters will probably be earning a lot less this year. Losing jobs [...]
This is how you can earn £100k+ working in HR for an investment bank
Things aren’t looking very good for recruiters at investment banks. At last week’s roundtable for heads of recruitment there was a lot of talk of shifting banks’ recruitment staff into internal mobility functions until hiring picks up again. However, it is not all horrible if you work in HR at an investment bank. Some members [...]
These are the back and middle office roles paying £100k+, where banks are struggling to find staff
In January, Astbury Marsden issued a salary survey suggesting the average ‘operations and middle office’ professional working in an investment bank in London this year, was expecting to earn £90k. The latest salary survey from Robert Walters suggests this isn’t out of the question. Even better, while banks restrict recruitment to replacements only for much [...]
Lunchtime Links: Statistical proof that working for Goldman Sachs will grow you as a person
If you’ve been wondering about working for Goldman Sachs on the grounds that it no longer appears to pay the enormous premium it used to, then fret not: even if it pays less impressively, Goldman has other things to offer. According to Financial News, which has been given advance access to the Sunday Times ranking [...]
GUEST COMMENT: There is a surfeit of roles in OTC client clearing
It is not often the case in this market that demand for candidates exceeds supply, but this remains the situation for OTC clearing roles. Candidates with experience in this area are highly sought after and hard to come by. Driven by regulatory changes and pressure to centralize clearing, client clearing is a growing and high [...]
A list of the financial services contractors in London who can still earn £500+ a day
We are in possession of an advance copy of the Robert Walters 2012 salary survey. Therein, is information about which contract jobs are very remunerative in salary terms and which jobs aren’t. It’s not easy to earn £500+ a day in the London contract market, but it does happen. Here’s who’s still getting that kind [...]
An interview with Robert Walters, chief executive of Robert Walters
What will 2012 hold for financial services hiring? Is RBS a precursor for disaster elsewhere? Will hiring in Asia really go the way of hiring in Europe? We asked Robert Walters, chief executive of the eponymous recruitment firm. This is what he said: Q: Is 2012 going to be a bad year for financial services [...]
Tax accountants in investment banks are very optimistic about their pay; risk professionals don’t do much work
All in all, financial services firms in the UK pay £63bn a year in taxation. Next year, the UK banking levy will increase, leading banks like HSBC, Barclays and Standard Chartered especially, to pay even more (although the bonus tax has disappeared). Little surprise, then, that tax accountants in investment banks are feeling perky. Apparently, they [...]
The two accounting roles in investment banks which have recently become very prestigious
Finding accountants to work on regulatory reporting issues in investment banks has traditionally been something of an uphill struggle for recruiters. Similarly, management accountants have never been among the most well-regarded individuals within the organisation. Times are changing. In recent months demand for regulatory accountants has spiralled, while the role of management accountants working on [...]
GUEST COMMENT: There IS hiring in compliance advisory
For compliance professionals, advisory is a very popular area. The main reason for this is that these roles require an individual to sit on the trading floor with the front office working closely with products and traders. As a result, they develop an innate understanding of the way the broader business works. One common myth [...]
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