Sector: Capital markets

This is where you should be working, bank by bank, market by market

If you aspire to work for a bank that’s the global market leader in your product area, but for some reason are ignorant as to which bank that is, we have the answers. Derived from figures from analysts at JPMorgan, who last week released a detailed analysis of each banks’ revenues, by product, for 2010 [...]

By Sarah Butcher, 4 April 2011 • 12 comments

GUEST COMMENT: Do M&A bankers actually add value?

Earlier this year, Guy Kawasaki, the US venture capitalist, made the following comment to the New York Times: “With investment banking, you make a lot of money, and you get a distorted feeling of how wonderful you are. You’ll be flying around in corporate jets and you’ll be attending board meetings, but you don’t really [...]

By Mergers & Inquisitions, 2 June 2010 • 14 comments

Can Pandit handle it (and should you steer clear of Citi if not)?

If Meredith Whitney’s right, Citi’s going to the dogs no matter how hard Vikram Pandit tries to bed it down amongst the roses. Whitney says Pandit faces an “impossible feat” in turning Citi around. The associated costs, according to Whitney, are simply too “seismic” and the revenue streams too feeble. From the Whitney perspective, Pandit’s [...]

By Sarah Butcher, 15 May 2008 • 11 comments