Ce fut une année difficile. Alors que l’année 2017 se termine, la trêve des confiseurs vient à point nommé. Cette période de l’année peut être épuisante pour tout le monde, mais dans le secteur bancaire, cela est encore plus vrai. […]
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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 […]
Voici pourquoi certains banquiers juniors réussissent à devenir managing directors et d’autres pas…
Il y a deux types de juniors dans la banque : ceux qui ont une vision d’ensemble et ceux qui ont le nez collé sur leur écran. Devinez qui devient managing director (MD) ? Pas les seconds. Quand j’étais MD […]
How I made friends with the MDs at my bank
Yes, smoking is a dirty habit. It’s for addicts or nihilists, depending upon your perspective. But the more us dirty, nihilistic smokers are vilified, the more we pull together – and this has its advantages. I work in banking and […]
The 10 most impressive new managing directors at Goldman Sachs
Last week. Goldman Sachs promoted its largest ever number of managing directors: 509 people were elevated to the level below partner. All of them are special, but some – by virtue of the speed of their promotion and the business areas […]
This is why some junior bankers make MD and most don’t
There are two types of juniors in banking: those who see the big picture and those who just grind it out with their noses to the screen. Guess which makes managing director (MD)? Not the second. When I was an […]
Juniors are still joining Terra Firma, but plenty of MDs have left
If you’re a graduate who’s thinking of joining a private equity fund, Terra Firma has plenty to recommend it. It offers what’s said to be an “excellent” graduate training programme, along with a savings scheme that should amount to 40% […]
Are Rothschild’s new MDs the most fortunate people in finance?
Rothschild is not like other banks. While most banks pay and promote people at the start of each year, Rothschild pays and promotes on July 1st (changing to April 1st as of next year). Rothschild’s bonuses and titles have therefore […]
This Wall Street trading firm keeps hiring managing directors
If you’re looking for a senior level job on Wall Street, you could do worse than trying Cantor Fitzgerald. Cantor keeps hiring – and at very senior levels. As we reported last month, Cantor hired Greg Dabal from Credit Suisse to […]
“I’m an MD in an investment bank. 21 year-olds have no interest in me”
Banking isn’t sexy any more. It’s a cliché, but as with all clichés it’s absolutely true. I’ve spent 14 years working in finance in NYC, latterly as a managing director. I’ve experienced the growing lack of sexiness first hand. Ten years ago, […]