Hong Kong and Singapore banking professionals looking for new jobs in the post-bonus hiring season will face an additional challenge: interviews via video conference. Even as some staff have returned to the office in the two Asian financial centres, banks […]
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Leaked email suggests Big Four employees work longer hours than bankers
If you work for a Big Four professional services firm you’ll earn a lot less money than if you work in the front office of an investment bank. That’s fair: the deal is that you’re supposed to work shorter hours at the Big Four. However, this deal may […]
The problem with graduate jobs at investment banks
If you’re trying to get a graduate job at an investment bank this year, you’ll need determination. Around 60 people apply for each graduate role in the UK’s financial and professional services sector, and candidates who succeed often end up applying for hundreds of jobs. […]
This is how much Edward Eisler is paying his ex-Goldman colleagues at Eisler Capital
As we noted last week, the imminent announcement of bonuses for 2020 doesn’t seem to be dissuading some Goldman Sachs managing directors from leaving for Citadel before those bonuses have even been paid. Edward Eisler may not be quite as aggressive as […]
Computer science student shares long journey to job offer
In theory, studying a degree in computer science should leave you well-placed to find a job when you graduate irrespective of the COVID pandemic. – Together with home aides and fast-food workers, software programmers have some of the most in-demand […]
Young bankers are wondering if there are easier ways to get rich
It’s not uncommon for first year investment banking analysts to get the winter blues a few months into the job and to start wondering whether they’ve made the right life choices. Usually, this results in an emotional conversation over coffee […]
Deutsche Bank’s feel-good future
What a difference a year (and a bit more than 40% on the share price) can make. At the Deutsche Bank Investor Day, CEO Christian Sewing was able to take the virtual stage with significantly more spring in his step, and to […]
Help! I’m deciding whether to work in mainland China, or work in Hong Kong
I’m graduating next year with a finance degree from the University of Hong Kong, but I haven’t yet secured a job offer, despite having good grades and two internships under my belt. I’d like to work in private wealth or […]
“The Big Four in Singapore is a Gen Z/millennial paradise. I don’t even mind leaving at 11pm”
I applied to my Big Four firm in Singapore as an auditor not because I was particularly ambitious, but because I thought it would be a stable graduate job (I have a BBA in accountancy from the National University of […]
“I’m on track to retire aged 34 and I don’t work in finance”
You don’t have to work in finance to retire young. Nor do you have to leave finance and work for a technology company that’s going public. I’ve never worked for either, and if I wanted I could retire aged 34. I attended […]