Not everyone starts a career at Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong because of its reputation for paying good salaries and bonuses – there’s the kudos of having the GS logo on your business card to impress clients, friends and family. And there’s […]
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Court says sexual conduct between partner and associate not unprofessional
It reads more like something from 2005 than 2016, but the drunken events that led to Ryan Beckwith, a former partner in restructuring at law firm Freshfield Bruckhaus Deringer having sex with an associate who’d recently left his team, have not been deemed […]
« Lorsque j’ai rencontré un stagiaire en banque qui était paresseux… »
Alors que la température augmente en Europe et que le printemps est bien installé, les étudiants se disputent les derniers postes de stage d’été dans la banque ou fantasment sur celui qu’ils viennent de décrocher. Les plus chanceux toucheront £8k […]
How Millennials in consulting jobs handle 60 hour work weeks
How many hours do you really work in strategy consulting? We’ve been here before following complaints that consultants have been working until midnight and that it was all a bit much. Now, someone’s conducted a study looking at exactly how long Millennial consultants […]
Hong Kong and Singapore bankers drinking to excess to land Chinese deals
Bankers from Hong Kong and Singapore say they often end up drinking to excess when they meet clients from mainland China and try to forge strong relationships with them. China’s culture of corporate boozing has been thrown into the spotlight […]
Senior bankers need Paris and Frankfurt apartments, urgently. Women are more difficult clients
It appears that two of the investment banking industry’s biggest headaches are about to interact with each other to create a third, even worse pain. Everyone was already worried about the possibility of a “second wave” of coronavirus infections, as […]
All Your Horny Little Coronavirus Questions, Answered
As COVID-19, or coronavirus, continues to spread through communities around the United States, the CDC has been proactive in issuing all sorts of guidance for not getting sick. The organization has addressed a lot of concerns—travel, pets, pregnancy, personal protective equipment—thus far, […]
Banks are hiring junior credit traders after a strong first half
Trading floors are mostly still virtual, but this isn’t preventing banks from bolstering the ranks of their European credit traders after a strong first half to the year. Headhunters point to a slew of credit trading recruitment in recent months, which they […]
The other reason you don’t want to go back into the office
As banks slowly nudge staff back into their offices, it turns out that it’s not just toilet plumes that are causing stress: having people in COVID-proofed buildings is also very expensive. Deloitte Consulting puts the ‘seat’ cost of a banker in an office […]
La fois où je me suis rentré du cristal dans le vagin
Sur Instagram, ils sont partout. Sur le bord d’une fenêtre, les cristaux en train de « recharger leur énergie » ne traînent jamais loin d’un paquet de sauge séchée ou d’une chandelle artisanale. Ils se présentent aussi sous forme de jouets […]