Investment banking sales and trading careers explained
If you want to work in sales and trading, you’ll need to be interested in buying and selling. Sales and trading roles in investment banks are all about markets (and
Career Guide: Sales & Trading
The sales and trading divisions of investment banks have traditionally been the engine rooms of profits, employing thousands of people trading trillions of dollars worth of securities across equities, fixed income, commodities and foreign exchange every day. Far more people work in sales and trading - as well as research - which collectively comprise the markets divisions of investment banks than in M&A or capital markets. The sector is changing dramatically, but graduate jobs are still fiercely fought over.
Investment banking sales and trading careers explained
Skills you’ll need to work in sales and trading
If you want to work in sales and trading, you’ll need to be analytical, with an ability to draw together disparate information to form a bigger picture. “A good analyst-level
Career paths in sales and trading
The first thing you need to know is that sales or trading careers are often ends in themselves. If you start as a trader, you might simply go on to
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A day in the life of an associate equities trader at Morgan Stanley
What is life really like working in trading at Morgan Stanley? Heather Cameron Watt, an associate in equity trading, gives us an insight.
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How to make it into the Markets division at Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Sheila Houghton-Brown is an analyst, senior relationship management in the fixed income sales team in Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Global Markets division. She joined the bank in 2013, having previously
How much you’ll be paid in sales and trading in investment banking
The first thing to say about pay in sales and trading roles within investment banking is that since the financial crisis, the glory days are over. Once, it was possible
Jobs you’ll do in sales and trading at an investment bank
Jobs in and around the trading floor of an investment bank are usually divided into three categories: front office (the outward facing jobs for salespeople and traders that involve dealing