Not everyone starts a career at Goldman Sachs in Singapore because of its reputation for paying good salaries and bonuses – there’s the kudos of having the GS logo on your business card to impress clients, friends and family. And there’s the […]
Author: Ilanit Sirella
It’s just not easy for banks to train graduate hires remotely
After two decades in banking, the training and onboarding new graduates pretty much runs on autopilot for most managing directors. Over time, you delegate more and more of the responsibility to your team until you get to a point where the process […]
The old-fashioned way of making friends at Goldman Sachs
Marty Chavez always gives good interviews, and even now (perhaps especially because) he’s been out of Goldman Sachs for a year, he still has a decent amount of insight into the corporate culture of investment banking and the likely trends – […]
Virtu’s results are proof of the best places to work in 2020
If you thought the 108% year-on-year increase in U.S. investment banks’ fixed income currency and commodity (FICC) trading revenues in the second quarter was something special, you’re far too easily impressed. 108% is nothing. Just ask people in Virtu’s electronic market making business: they […]
How Startups Are Disrupting the Insurance Industry By Goldman Sachs
Insurance is typically considered one of the most traditional industries in financial services and, until recently, it’s proven fairly resistant to change. But new consumer behaviors, technologies and business models are spelling disruption for the space. We sat down with […]
Why can’t the CFA Institute run its exams like this?
With CFA exam takers already fretting about the possibility that the exams in December, which were postponed from June, will be cancelled because of the virus, there are increasing calls for the testing process to be moved online. All the more so because the CAIA, […]
New reading list for technology jobs at JPMorgan & Goldman Sachs
If you want to future-proof your technology career in finance, you probably need to learn about quantum computing. As we’ve noted often before, banks are lining up quantum computing research teams and JPMorgan already boasts achievements in areas like quantum cryptography. Helpfully, therefore, quantum researchers […]
Gros coup de pouce sur les salaires chez Goldman Sachs
Il n’est pas toujours facile de trouver la juste mesure en matière de rémunération pour une banque comme Goldman Sachs. Payer trop, c’est risquer de se faire étriller, en particulier en cette période où de nombreux foyers sont en grande difficulté. […]
Antisémitisme, anticapitalisme… Les Rothschild, une famille face à la haine
Depuis toujours, les banquiers bicentenaires catalysent les attaques antisémites, aujourd’hui derrière un masque anticapitaliste et complotiste. Un mythe très français en pleine résurgence. Des croix gammées sur la banque Rothschild à Lyon ; une interview du publiciste d’extrême droite Alain […]
Virtual internship upset as intern forgets to mute mic
Virtual internships are now happening at most large investment banks. And inevitably there are a few issues when it comes to bedding people in. One of the issues appears to have occurred during a training session at a leading bank sometime […]