When Citadel and Citadel Securities hire, they like to hire people who have “demonstrated a commitment to excellence,” in the words of Matt Mitro, the two firms’ joint head of graduate recruitment. That excellence doesn’t necessary have to be in […]
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Citi bankers still enjoying working from home post-power cut
It’s coming up for 48 hours since Citi’s London office was hit by the power cut that afflicted East London, and some of its bankers are still not back in the office. They tell us that they’re making the most […]
Les hedge funds attirent les jeunes de 28 ans avec des postes très bien payés, mais pas sans risques
Millennium, le hedge fund fondé par le trader Izzy Englander en 1989, a longtemps eu la réputation de recruter un certain type de personnes. – Connu depuis toujours pour autoriser ses collaborateurs à travailler depuis quasiment n’importe où, il était […]
McKinsey & Co. suggests traders are still a dying breed
If you’re looking for confirmation that 2020 has been an exceptional year for some people in the front office of major investment banks, strategy consulting firm McKinsey & Co, has just provided it. However, if you’re hoping that this excellent year will […]
“Crazy hours as a trader left me on prescription meds”
When Tracy Timm walked away from her job in credit sales at RBS’s Stamford building eight years ago, she was not in a good way. “I was doing CrossFit and eating reasonably well, but I was definitely drinking way too much and burning the […]
This is what you do all day as a systematic trader at a hedge fund
Some of the best jobs in contemporary trading are for systematic traders working with quantitative hedge funds. These are traders who design trading strategies using computing models, which trade automatically. It’s a job that might sound low maintenance – you design […]
“I’m sick of working long hours as a European trader”
If you’re a trader in the U.S., I take my hat off to you: you’re in the right location. If, like me, you’re a trader in London, you have my pity. At the time of writing this article, the market […]
Citi government bond trader latest to join Millennium
A government bond trader who left Citi three months ago has become the latest person to join hedge fund Millennium Capital Management in London. We reported the resignation of Jorge Deza Neira, a managing director on Citi’s European government bond […]
Comment: What does a hedge fund execution trader do all day?
If someone told you they were a trader for a hedge fund, would you be impressed? Probably. But hedge fund traders are not as important as you might think they are. On the sell side traders are right at the top […]
Comment: My female trader colleague said she got pregnant to avoid losing her job
When’s the best time to get pregnant if you work in an investment bank? According to my female colleague on the trading floor, it’s August. That way you can announce your pregnancy to your boss in October and make sure that […]
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