Following yesterday’s announcement of a new U.K. lockdown from November 5th to December 2nd, Richard Gnodde, CEO of Goldman Sachs International, has emailed London staff saying that only those designated as, “in-office essential” should come into the London office from Thursday. Gnodde says […]
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Women bankers worry that lockdown will affect their bonuses
With some banking teams (mainly in markets) looking at record revenues, and some (mainly in advisory) heading for a year to forget, the Q2 results stage doesn’t necessarily seem too early in the year to start worrying about the 2020 […]
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 […]
Saving 70% of my salary: bankers on life in lockdown
When bonuses are awarded for 2020, it seems almost inevitable that they will be substantially lower than in 2019 – despite the misplaced excitement of some traders. Once, this would have induced shrieks of rage. It may still, but the reality is that COVID-19 […]













