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Look to old firms for new jobs in wake of electronic trading slowdown
The electronic trading market making phenomenon may not be able to withstand too many more punches and the firms that once paid handsomely for top talent are now struggling to hang onto dwindling market share. But new opportunities are on the horizon, including slapping a hefty price tag on access to market moving data minutes […]
Coming to London: toilet cleaner jobs and the most punitive bonus regime in the world
After nearly 12 months of relentless interviewing and detailed research, the U.K.’s Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards has finally spat out an enormous 568 page report full of recommendations for improving banks. There’s no guarantee the Commission’s recommendations will be adopted, but they’re likely to become the clothes horse for future regulatory outfits. Arlene McCarthy, the […]
Three charts suggesting you shouldn’t work for a European bank in Europe
European investment banks are having a tough time. In the U.S. they’re suffering as a result of new ‘Foreign Banking Organisation’ rules requiring that U.S. subsidiaries are capitalised more heavily. In Europe, American banks are eating their dinner. European banks’ loss of market share in their home territory is laid bare in the charts below, from U.S. […]
How to reject a promotion without torpedoing your career
Turning down a promotion in the current climate might seem insane, but sometimes there are very good reasons to reject advancement. The trick is how to do it without it being a career-limiting move, resulting in you vanishing into corporate obscurity, never to re-emerge. How can you ensure that turning down one job doesn’t mean […]
Deloitte Ban Leaves Firm Vulnerable to Talent Poaching
In an industry-altering move, state authorities have banned Deloitte from working for New York state financial institutions for a full year following its botched investigation into Standard Chartered’s money-laundering protections. The move is a landmark victory for prosecutors who have long maligned the consulting industry’s cushy relationship with the very banks they’re asked to investigate. […]
Ladies: Your Rock May Be Sinking Your Career on Wall Street
Billionaire hedge-fund manager Paul Tudor Jones found himself with his foot squarely in his mouth last month when he called motherhood a career “killer” for macro traders, noting, rather graphically, that “as soon as that baby’s lips touched that girl’s bosom, forget it.” Sadly, Jones doesn’t appear alone in his thinking; some Wall Street bosses […]
Five tips for winning a new job after you’ve been fired
Half of my two-decades-plus career has involved managing people in some capacity, and one of the most grueling and important tasks has been recruiting the best reporters and editorial staff. While jobs in editorial pay a fraction of what people expect to earn in finance, they are equally coveted by those who want to report, […]
Is the Fed Driving Veteran Money Managers into Retirement?
The number of hedge funds that closed their doors increased for the third straight year in 2012. Same song, different tune this year. It seems a different big-name fund closes each day, with clients redeeming billions from once high-profile money managers who just can’t seem to beat the S&P. There are plenty of valid reasons […]
The big bank which quietly lost 80% of its staff
If the threat of job loss is a measure of trauma (which it seemingly is) then the bankers who once worked for Dresdner Kleinwort in the City of London are among some of the most traumatized around. After being shunted over to Commerzbank in mid-2009, their numbers have progressively dwindled. Very few ex-Dresdner bankers are […]
The science of manipulating recruiters into giving you a job
If you really want a particular job and you make it through to interview stage having done your preparatory power poses, equipped with a set of sensible questions to ask and ready with some pointers on charisma, you may think you stand a good chance of getting through. Maybe so. But you could probably improve your chances of gaining […]
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