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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
If you can’t get one of the comparatively few graduate jobs on offer in investment banks, there’s always the Big Four accountancy and professional services firms (EY, KPMG, PWC and Deloitte). – They hire far more people than banks do, and they […]
I’m a developer in an investment bank. I’ve worked in finance since I left university five years ago and I don’t plan to work in another industry, but I would like to call out and try to change some of […]
How much will you earn if you leave your investment banking role for a job in private equity? If you work for the big funds like Carlyle Group and Apollo Management, you could earn a lot. The two behemoths of the buy-side reported […]
It’s not easy to get into Evercore. The boutique M&A firm has some of the hardest interviews in banking, according to Wall Street Oasis. The implication is that Evercore is in no hurry to offer its jobs to any old body. […]
