Young people in banking who find themselves looking for a job in 2023 are in for a shock. Anyone who came into the industry in the past two years has no idea what a down market looks like. I’ve experienced […]
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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 […]
“I’m a male banker in my 40s. This is how I hire women”
I’m a man in my mid-40s. I’ve been a managing director in an investment bank and I’ve been a managing director in a hedge fund. Wherever I’ve worked, I’ve gone out of my way to shortlist women for jobs on […]
JPMorgan & Goldman bankers quitting for $2m jobs in Europe
Good news for young European bankers who want to leave for private equity. Despite the brutal war on Europe’s eastern fringes, private equity activity on the west of the continent is unabated. And one of the most storied funds is […]
The perfect boyfriend/girlfriend for the junior banker
If you can sustain a relationship during the early years as a junior in investment banking, then well done. It’s not easy, but a surprising number of people achieve it. It just takes commitment – and the right kind of […]
What 22-year-old female bankers spend their bonuses on
After an abnormally lavish bonus round at U.S. banks, fortunate recipients of this year’s payouts have the problem of what to do with them in a world where asset prices seem inflated and buying the crypto-dip isn’t that appealing. Business […]
Five reasons I became a banker. Ten reasons I quit
Why did I leave banking? Big question! The best place to start is, why did I join? 1. Every economist at Cambridge University was applying to banking; 2. I had no better ideas re. what to do with my life; […]
Banker claims his attractive spouse won him deals
How important is it to have a ‘presentable’ spouse as either a senior male or senior female banker? – Someone who has the ability to look smart (lustrous hair, no goaty beard) and to make charming conversation about topics of at […]
JPMorgan banker’s exceptionally intense lockdown
The lockdown intensity stories keep on coming: from the client who shut himself in his children’s bedroom and slept in their bunkbed during a four day remote roadshow, to ex-Barclays ‘Big Dog’ Roger Jenkins, who got stuck alone in a hotel the U.K. after […]
How New York banking families on lockdown plan to survive the summer
If you’re a banker in New York City, chances are that you’re working from home and that you will continue doing so until Labor Day, at least. If you have children, this is an issue. – Particularly if you’re part […]














