Avec la crise du Covid, de nombreux entretiens d’embauche se déroulent en visioconférence. Lors de ces entretiens bien différents de ceux qui ont lieu en physique, managers et RH devront veiller à se montrer bienveillants, attentifs et organisés. La crise […]
If you’re learning a coding language with a view to becoming employable in a technology role in financial services, should you choose something like Python, which is well-used across the industry, or should you go for something a little more […]
In February 2014, London’s Underground was partially shut down by a strike that forced many commuters to find new ways to get to work. The disruption lasted just 48 hours, but when three economists (Shaun Larcom, Ferdinand Rauch and Tim […]
What a difference a couple of weeks makes. In mid-December, I asked a collection of wise guests on my BBC radio programme How to Vaccinate the World about the importance of second doses. At that stage, Scott Gottlieb, former head of […]
Here’s a holiday quiz question for you: what do puzzles, poker, and misinformation have in common? The answer is at the bottom of this column. Let’s try an easier question first. In Santa’s workshop, if it takes five elves five […]
Tom Kelley is a sensitive soul. Shortly after sending the manuscript of his first book, The Art of Innovation, to his publisher, he visited Kepler’s, his local bookshop in Menlo Park in Silicon Valley. “I literally started to cry,” he confessed […]
One consequence of working from home is that mistakes are made. People miss messages; spinning plates fall to the ground; the falcon cannot hear the falconer; a New Yorker journalist broadcasts his genitals to everyone else on a Zoom call. […]
Chinese millennials are joining up to the lying flat movement as they reject long working hours – but bankers wont be joining them. Chinese 20-somethings are rejecting the country’s 9-9-6 “hustle” culture, where people work 12 hours a day from […]
If you’re going to exhaust yourself working in a junior investment banking job, you might as well choose a sector specialism that will make it worth your while. While technology, healthcare, and financial institutions group (FIG) are the darling sectors […]
As we’ve observed here before, it’s not entirely easy leaving Jefferies if you’ve worked there for a few bonus rounds. On one hand, the U.S.-based bank generously pays its people all-cash bonuses without any deferrals. On the other, if you leave within a few […]
Si vous êtes dans le monde de la finance, vous connaissez sans doute déjà le hedge fund WorldQuant. Issu de Millenium Management en 2007 et fondé par Igor Tulchinsky, il est à l’avant-garde des méthodes de trading quantitatif. On y retrouve de […]
Over the last decade, the biggest names in private equity have transformed into global alternative asset managers covering a broad range of asset class and activities, making them among the best paid and most attractive places to work. The likes […]
Véritable artisanat d’art reposant sur le contact humain, mais aussi importante industrie du luxe, la chaîne de fabrication des diamants subit les conséquences économiques engendrées par la pandémie de Covid-19, raconte le Financial Times. Au début du mois de juin, […]
L’Équateur est étroitement dépendant de la Chine, qui se fait rembourser en pétrole ses prêts au pays latino-américain. Avec la crise économique qui s’annonce après la pandémie, cette dépendance risque fort de s’accroître. Résultat, les gisements d’Amazonie vont devoir tourner […]
Les banques françaises ont isolé leurs traders, interdit les déplacements et introduit une série d’autres mesures alors qu’elles naviguent à vue face à l’extrême volatilité du marché, tout en se conformant aux nouvelles directives strictes du gouvernement, destinées à ralentir […]
Pinkies up, folks. The best bars in Beverly Hills are glitzy, glamorous and—let’s be honest—probably in a hotel. Welcome to the 90210, a neighborhood where steakhouses and swanky Italian restaurants abound. But cocktail bars? They’re few and far between. If you’re looking for a great […]
That isn’t your Postmates delivery at the door—it’s a towering rabbit with a mustache and a boombox and paisley ears, and it’s here to sing you a song. One person’s singing telegram is another’s nightmare fuel, or some combination thereof this […]
Finance is an industry with long hours, where unexpected termination is rife. To survive, most people abide by the moto: work hard, party hard (and sometimes harder). Junior bankers in particular have mastered the art. I’ve seen people who’ve had very little sleep during […]
Si vous aspirez à travailler pour Goldman Sachs, ne vous attendez pas nécessairement à porter un costume. Aujourd’hui, vous y croiserez davantage de banquiers portant un pantalon en coton plutôt qu’une paire de mocassins Ferragamo et des chemises avec leurs initiales brodées sur les manches. Ainsi, seulement […]
1- Mangez un petit-déjeuner israélien Commencez votre journée à Tel-Aviv par un petit-déjeuner chez Manta Ray, à deux pas de la mer. Les locaux viennent ici pour l’incroyable mezzé fait maison, qui se compose d’une sélection de salades israéliennes. Mais aussi pour […]
Si vous vivez en couple ou si vous entretenez une relation sérieuse depuis le début de la pandémie, vous avez probablement appris à mieux connaître les tenants et aboutissants du répertoire sexuel de l’autre. Il n’y a rien de mal à rejouer les classiques ou […]
As COVID-19, or coronavirus, continues to spread through communities around the United States, the CDC has been proactive in issuing all sorts of guidance for not getting sick. The organization has addressed a lot of concerns—travel, pets, pregnancy, personal protective equipment—thus far, […]
Sur Instagram, ils sont partout. Sur le bord d’une fenêtre, les cristaux en train de « recharger leur énergie » ne traînent jamais loin d’un paquet de sauge séchée ou d’une chandelle artisanale. Ils se présentent aussi sous forme de jouets […]
It’s not just Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan that are making breakthroughs in quantum computing. After Goldman Sachs recently revealed the success of some of its Monte Carlo simulations using quantum techniques developed by start-up QC Ware, Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC), said today […]
With recruitment of juniors at banks and buy-side firm at record highs this year, all talent is at a premium, but headhunters on both sides of the Atlantic say talent that ticks diversity boxes is at even more of a premium […]
As we’ve observed here before, it’s not entirely easy leaving Jefferies if you’ve worked there for a few bonus rounds. On one hand, the U.S.-based bank generously pays its people all-cash bonuses without any deferrals. On the other, if you leave within a few […]
JPMorgan has promoted some new managing directors. Last year, promotions were delayed and happened in July due to COVID. This year, they’re back on schedule, and are up – 116 people made MD at JPMorgan’s corporate and investment bank (CIB) last year; […]
After a difficult 2020, it’s starting to look times are changing for students in search of investment banking jobs. As deal volumes go through the roof and current juniors complain of intolerable workloads, most banks are desperate to hire new junior staff as soon as […]
JPMorgan still has a lot of its staff working from home, and it will still have plenty of people working from home in future. Writing in the banks’ shareholder letter that prefaces its new annual report, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says the bank […]
After Easter, there will be more people working in the offices of investment banks in London. One Credit Suisse trader says mid-April is his unofficial return date. Goldman Sachs is reportedly lining people up already ahead of in-office internships, and JPMorgan technologists say they’re […]
Si vous êtes dans le monde de la finance, vous connaissez sans doute déjà le hedge fund WorldQuant. Issu de Millenium Management en 2007 et fondé par Igor Tulchinsky, il est à l’avant-garde des méthodes de trading quantitatif. On y retrouve de […]
There is probably no hotter profile in the investment banking market right now than that of a junior investment banking analyst or associate with the ability to build a financial model and residual enthusiasm for the role after a year of exceptional […]
If you’re a quant in the finance space, you’re probably already very familiar with hedge fund WorldQuant. Spun out of Millennium Management in 2007 and founded by Igor Tulchinsky, it’s at the forefront of quantitative trading methods. Big names cluster there: last year, […]
