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Looking back, I Should Have Invested the Money I Spent on an MBA
With the MBA designation now on my resume, there is a sense of accomplishment behind me. Yet I am no longer seen as myself, but viewed by others through the “MBA” stereotype. There is also the sense that I am judged by the actions of generations of MBA students and hindered by my new alma […]
How to Crack the Mysterious and Almost Impenetrable Hedge Fund Job Market
Hedge funds are often portrayed by the press as a nameless species of investors living off the inefficiencies of the financial markets. Hedge fund managers, who control billion-dollar global funds, and sometimes earn billion-dollar salaries, are regarded as financial superstars. Less reporting space, however, is devoted to the multitude of start-up and under-performing funds that […]
How to Stay Motivated When Your Friends and Colleagues Have Just been Laid off
For those left on a trading desk, it’s hard to stay motivated. With cutbacks in staff, deals on the decline and the market slowdown driving down profits, it’s no wonder that many are fretting about their upcoming bonus, and more importantly, the future of their own job. In an interview with eFinancialCareers, Peter Bregman, author […]
Hot Job of the Day: Head of Development for Electronic Trading for a Leading Global Investment Bank
This job is so hot we can’t even tell you which of the global banks you’ll be working for. You’ll have to go to Michael Page to find that out since they’re the ones who the posted it. When we say hot, they don’t get much hotter than this one. It’s a Managing Director position […]
Is this the end of the broker-dealer?
The financial industry is undergoing a shift from its tried and true traditional formula to one of increasingly sophisticated technology and software, being driven by regulatory might. With all the might and speed behind the technology driving trading and planning today, is there even a need for a broker/dealer anymore? As evidence, consider how well […]
Hot job of the day: Director of Marketable Alternatives
For those of you who always wanted to be the head of something different, here’s a job for you, Director of Marketable Alternatives for an independent investment consulting and advisory firm. The Meketa Investment Group of Westwood, MA provides strategic investment services to large institutional clients. According to them, they offer a team-oriented, stimulating environment […]
Monday’s Headlines: Advocates at brokerage Themis Trading work to limit HFT
Traders at the small Themis brokerage in suburban Chatham, N.J., are making plenty of friends and enemies in their fight against high-frequency trading, according to the New York Times. According to the Times, On any given day, this lightning-quick, computer-driven form of trading accounts for upward of half of all of the business transacted on […]
Competition for Talent at Event-Driven Hedge Funds
Despite weak to negative performance as of late, event-driven or “special event” hedge funds are selectively adding personnel, and more importantly, scooping up senior talent from competing funds. With the European financial crisis and continued economic woes stateside, hedge fund managers are betting that in the long run, bottom feeding is probably the safest strategy, […]
This may not be the best time for U.S. financial professionals to work in the UK and Europe
With the European financial crisis weighing heavily on the collective consciousness here and abroad, just what does that mean for finance hiring in the UK and Europe and for American finance professionals looking for jobs there? In an interview with eFinancialCareers, Mehul Pau, head of fixed income and currencies at Cavendish Bloom, a London-based executive […]
BlackRock Looking to Hire for its Global Real Estate Securities Business
Asset management giant BlackRock announced today the launch of its global real estate securities capability. The new investment platform stems from BlackRock’s long-term experience in the real estate investment business and its proven expertise in Fundamental Equity investment. Industry veteran Mark Howard-Johnson has been appointed the Global Head of Real Estate Securities Management to lead […]
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