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” […]
Could bitcoin replace gold as a store of value? According to long-time cryptocurrency enthusiast Mike Novogratz, founder of Galaxy Digital, bitcoin, blockchain and decentralized finance are poised to disrupt the payment and financial services ecosystem. Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s Katie Koch, co-head […]
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. […]
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 […]
Barclays’ results for 2020 are out. The British bank appears to have done its very best to pay people well in its investment bank, even though profits at group level were pressured by writedowns against potential non-performing loans. The bonus pool across Barclays as a […]
For millennials in investment banking (defined as those who reached adulthood after 2000, and who therefore joined the industry no earlier than 2004), the trial of British hedge fund celebrity Crispin Odey is likely to be a curious time capsule. It’s sort […]
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 […]
Microsoft’s new Herzliya campus in Israel is opening, as the future of office-based work is uncertain. The technology company says distinctive design features mean the building is prepared for the pandemic and beyond. These include a ‘flexible grid’ where offices […]
COVID-19 has highlighted society’s reliance on digital connectivity, whilst exposing the access inequalities of developing countries. The tech industry is uniquely positioned to broaden digital access through 5G cloud-based storage solutions which could significantly lower the cost of devices. The […]
For millennials in investment banking (defined as those who reached adulthood after 2000, and who therefore joined the industry no earlier than 2004), the trial of British hedge fund celebrity Crispin Odey is likely to be a curious time capsule. It’s sort […]
Why don’t financial services recruiters respond when you apply for jobs? The populist response to this common question usually involves some recruiter bashing, but I’d like to provide a different and more balanced perspective (if not a full-blooded case for […]
Discussions of Agile in banking seem very 2019: these days agile development is a given and the supposition is that banks are using it to move onto the public cloud and push into areas like artificial intelligence. This is mistake. In […]
If you’re trying to get a job at hedge fund Millennium Management, prepare to fail. As might be expected, getting into the fund is challenging. The latest investor letter from Millennium founder Izzy Englander clarifies precisely how challenging it is. “We hire roughly […]
Banking information platform MergerLinks has now issued its lists of the top 10 investment bankers in both Europe and the Americas for 2020. If you’re wondering who managed to get the most deals done last year, we’ve combined the top 10 names in Europe […]
It’s not easy saying goodbye to a job at a hedge fund. Not only are you walking away from the opportunity to earn exorbitant amounts of money (unless of course you’re moving to another hedge fund), but you may well be constrained […]
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” […]
AfCFTA, the largest global free trade area by countries participating, could transform the continent’s economic prospects. It aims to be a model of cross-border cooperation in an era of growing isolationism. The agreement must overcome implementation challenges to realize its […]
