Les entreprises font des progrès en matière de parité. Mais pas assez. En particulier dans les instances dirigeantes. Le gouvernement planche sur un nouveau critère à intégrer dans l’index de l’égalité professionnelle. Mais aussi sur de nouveaux quotas. Notamment dans les “codir” […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
La Finance : chaudron magique ou maléfique ? Le soleil se lève péniblement dans la brume londonienne. Il est déjà 7h en ce mois d’automne, il est temps de prendre la direction du métro ; direction Canary Wharf. Cela fait déjà […]
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 […]
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, […]
Working long hours as an analyst or associate in an investment bank has long been seen as a rite of passage: today’s senior staff did it when they were juniors, today’s juniors do it now, and when today’s junior staff are senior they’ll expect the same of […]
Who are the key employees at top U.S. investment banks? – The relationship managers who bring in business from corporates? – The fixed income traders, who drove last year’s huge increase in revenues and profits? – The risk managers who prevent everything from […]
I was in my mid-20s when I learnt burnout was a blessing in disguise. It’s a horrible, soul-sapping experience I wouldn’t wish on anyone. Ever. However, in hindsight it was almost necessary to teach me some valuable personal and professional […]
Yesterday was a bad day for Thomas Gottstein, CEO of Credit Suisse. Having taken the job last year and promised to move the bank to a “growth phase” in 2021, he’s now faced with a mini-financial crisis in the form […]
I began my career at Goldman Sachs. Like most people who get hired there, I was pretty excited and when I got the job offer I went shopping for a new suit. That was unfortunate: I was a young man with little taste. […]
Contrary to popular belief and contemporary memes, it’s never been easy to get a graduate job. There were always hoops to jump through. It’s just that the hoops have multiplied and have got more weird. As we reported earlier this […]
As Goldman Sachs grows its businesses in the European Union, the number of juniors it employs in Frankfurt and Paris is rising, and the firm appears to be running into some problems retaining them. Sources at Goldman Sachs in Frankfurt […]
