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The hourly wage of junior investment bankers is $16
A new survey of graduate employers from the British Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR) suggests university students who go into graduate jobs in investment banking aren’t getting such a great deal. In 2012, the median salary for graduates going into investment banking roles was £38k ($60k), says the AGR. Past AGR surveys indicate that graduate […]
GUEST COMMENT: The hardest working investment bankers are typically of this nationality…
Raj annoys me. Analyst training emphasised that the whole experience should be taken more like a marathon rather than a 100 metre sprint. Raj took that advice and threw it in the bin. He’s giving Usain Bolt a real run for his money. No pun intended. Raj and I were hired onto the same team […]
GUEST COMMENT: The fact is, we’re treated like tools – not people
Banks say it all the time: people are their most valuable assets, preventing people walking out the door is the top priority, and so on. And so on. However, just because they say something it doesn’t mean they do it. Superficially, things have improved. Things like paternity leave are now quite common. Less superficially, however, […]
What it’s like to work in sales at an investment bank
If you’re thinking of going into a graduate job in a sales position in an investment bank when you leave university, we advise you familiarize yourself with the very detailed account of the life of an investment banking saleswoman published in the Guardian today. Here are the salient points: 1.You will have to get up […]
eFinancialCareers Q&A: The equity saleswoman who escaped to become a partner at St. James’s Place
After graduating from Oxford, Sophie de Rouet worked in equity sales at UBS, Bear Stearns and Merrill Lynch before leaving banking to become a partner at wealth management firm St. James’s Place in 2009. Bearing in mind that St. James’s Place is hiring and you may be interested in making a similar move, we asked […]
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