• Recent global gender gains are under threat from growing conservatism. • The universally agreed language of equality is also under attack. • Governments must lead on fighting retrograde forces, supported by civil society. “It was the best of times, […]
Vixen Media Group, owner of some of the most popular porn online, says it will send $250,000 of equipment and props to performers so they can keep working from home during the pandemic. Studio porn performers are taking a serious […]
It’s early in the year to be thinking about your bonus, but given there probably won’t be much in the way of summer holidays in 2020 and people like to have something to look foward to, thoughts are already straying […]
La pandémie de coronavirus pénalise de nombreux étudiants, dont les stages ont été annulés. Chez eux, nombre d’entre eux rongent leur frein. «Les absences de stage ne doivent pas pénaliser les étudiants pour l’obtention de leur diplôme». Depuis le début de […]
Finance is an industry with long hours, where unexpected termination is rife. To survive, most people abide by the moto: work hard, party hard (and sometimes harder). Junior bankers in particular have mastered the art. I’ve seen people who’ve had very little sleep during […]
When the financial crisis struck in 2008, some banks cancelled graduate hiring altogether or asked students who were due to join in the summer to defer joining for a whole year. So far, there’s little sign of that happening with the crisis induced by […]
If you liked being stuck at the office all day in endless meetings, you’re going to love being stuck at home all day in endless virtual meetings. That seems to be the shared experience in Wall Street and London as the first week […]
If there were a year in which the phrase, ‘Your bonus is to still have a job,’ it’s likely to be this one. As Beatrice Weder di Mauro of the Centre for Policy Research told the Financial Times: “If anybody had told you […]
As the coronavirus gathers pace and banks shunt traders to out of town locations and split teams in an effort to reduce cross-contamination, it’s becoming clear that unless the virus ebbs this will probably only end one way: top traders will be asked to work in […]
Are you interviewing for a new banking or finance job? You might have to sign a contract stating that you haven’t been exposed to the coronavirus first. Finance recruiters in London say that U.S. banks and private equity funds began […]
