With investment banks’ virtual internships now underway, it’s perhaps inevitable that there will be the occasional hiccup. One such issue seems to have occurred to some of the interns affiliated to Barclays’ New York office. Barclays isn’t commenting on exactly what happened, […]
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Barclays boosted its German M&A team with a hire from Hong Kong
Barclays has hired a Hong Kong-based managing director from Morgan Stanley to strengthen its merger and acquisitions team (M&A) in Germany. Arthur Schuetz joined the British investment bank earlier this month as a managing director in its Frankfurt office after […]
Êtes-vous vraiment certain de travailler dans une banque Tier One ?
Jadis, les gens avaient l’habitude de parler de banques d’investissement « bulge bracket », terme vague qui désignait alors les principales banques américaines comme Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan et Merrill Lynch. Sauf que depuis la crise financière de 2008, le terme de […]
Rokos Capital Management hired a top technologist from Barclays
Former Brevan Howard star trader Chris Rokos’ $6.8 billion hedge fund has roped in yet another senior executive from Barclays, continuing its hiring spree in London as it expands its UK operations. Dan Azzopardi, a former director at Barclays Capital, […]
The crucial difference between making MD at Barclays and Goldman Sachs
If you want to make MD in an investment bank, should you work for Barclays or for Goldman Sachs? Statistics released by each bank on this year’s MD promotions suggest it depends upon your career path. Surprisingly, it looks a […]
Time for traders to quit Barclays and Deutsche Bank for BNP Paribas?
BNP Paribas wants to be one of Europe’s top investment banks when it comes to sales and trading. Today’s results from the French bank suggest it’s well on the way to achieving this – largely thanks to the travails of its rivals, […]
Has Barclays become the best alternative to working for a U.S. bank?
Can’t get a job at a top tier U.S. investment bank? Maybe you should give Barclays a go? It’s seemingly going through something of a renaissance. “If you look beyond the U.S. investment banks, Barclays is now top of the pile,” says […]
Barclays’ ex-ECM chief on how to make your own boutique work
Julian Macedo, the former co-head of CEEMEA equity capital markets at Barclays, has taken the increasingly common route of quitting a big bank to go it alone, but he has no ambitions to start the next Robey Warshaw. Instead, he […]
What the most powerful ex-Goldman Sachs banker plans next. Barclays’ scary signal
Sometimes it makes sense to leave Goldman Sachs. By quitting the firm to join the Trump administration, Gary Cohn has not only enriched himself to the tune of around $284m, he’s also leapfrogged Lloyd Blankfein in terms of global influence. As […]
The 2017 pre-bonus job cuts have begun and they’re happening here. Why firms reject you unfairly
When banks announced bonuses at Christmas, any extra staff were dismissed in December. Now that bonuses are announced in January, surplus staff are dismissed early in the New Year. Now is the time when the pink slips fly. Last week, […]