Things are looking up for Deutsche Bank. The first half of 2022 has been kind to its all-important fixed income sales and trading business. Its share price is down, but by far less than Credit Suisse’s. And it’s not being […]
Careers
This is how your pay should progress as a banker in your 20s and 30s
Pay progression in banking is a hot topic. Wall Street Oasis has a thread where financiers humble brag or complain about their full-year earnings since graduating college. There are those who’ve hit the million-dollar mark in investment banking just eleven […]
Under 34 year-olds in finance have no idea what’s coming
We’ve been here before. It’s something of a trope that whenever things turn bad in the markets, some wisecrack points out that an entire generation have been fed on a diet of milk and honey and has no idea what […]
JPMorgan’s developers would now like another pay rise
As pressure for salary increases rises in conjunction with inflation, one cluster of banking employees is shaking the stick for another pay rise with more rambunctiousness than the rest: mid-ranking developers at JPMorgan think they’re due a little extra. “We […]
Senior bankers’ WFH “rebirth” cut short by needy juniors
As anyone with experience of the hedge fund industry will tell you, one of the biggest signs of impending trouble for a portfolio manager is “thesis drift” – the phenomenon where the investments stay the same, but the reason for […]
U.S. banks are looking for a new kind of generalist in Hong Kong
US banks are on the hunt for bankers to lead advisory teams specialising in environmental, social and governance (ESG) as they play catch up with European peers. US banks want senior bankers with ESG expertise, with at least one big […]
Credit Suisse keeps hiring MDs as revenues collapse
However you look at it, the first quarter was not a good one for Credit Suisse’s investment bank. Net revenues at the division were down 50% year-on-year and the investment bank made a loss of CHF297m after being caught out […]
The graduates banks in Hong Kong really want to hire
Fluency in Cantonese and links to China are the most important qualities that employers look for when recruiting graduates in banking and finance in Hong Kong. Western banks prefer to hire graduates and junior bankers who are fluent in mandarin […]
Why you’re rejected for banking jobs. And what you can do about it
If you’re applying for jobs in investment banks, it’s inevitable that you will be rejected. Not once, not twice, but many times. At Goldman Sachs, for example, only 1.5% of intern applicants were accepted this year. At more senior levels, […]
Why you need a spring week internship in an investment bank
If you’re a first year university student and you’re not about to start a spring week internship in an investment bank, then bad luck. Spring weeks (known as sophomore internships in the U.S., or as discovery programs and spring insight […]