City AM handed out its annual financial gongs earlier this month and Lazard’s Will Lawes walked away with the dealmaker of the year award. Lawes’ achievement is noteworthy because he only moved into banking three years ago, when he joined […]
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Traders of the future will lead a far more contemplative life
Traders are usually very well paid. But that pay comes with long hours. UK equity markets currently open between 8am and 4:30pm. That doesn’t sound so bad, but traders have to be at their desks at least an hour before […]
The best and worst M&A sector teams to work for, by bank, in the U.S. and EMEA
With just a few weeks to go before year end, 2019 has been a down year for M&A bankers. Overall global deal volumes are down 9% in the first nine months of the year according to Dealogic. In North America, […]
The top women working in technology in investment banks
When Joanne Hannaford, EMEA head of technology at Goldman Sachs, started her career 30 years ago, she says there were plenty of women interested in the area. In the early 1990s computing was considered to be, “a really great job for a […]
“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 […]
“Python already replaced Excel in banking”
If you wanted to prove your mettle as an entry-level banker or trader it used to be the case that you had to know all about financial modelling in Excel. Not any more. These days it’s all about Python, especially on the trading […]
Why M&A bankers deserve their pay
With two months until year end, M&A bankers are steeling themselves for their annual compensation discussion with their bosses. Global M&A volumes are down 9% this year, and 26% in Europe, giving bosses the whip hand when it comes to revealing […]
The Case for Investing in Japan By Goldman Sachs
Despite Japan’s aging population and mounting public debt, the country offers a host of investment opportunities, according to Katie Koch, co-head of Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s (GSAM) Fundamental Equity business. Koch recently returned from GSAM’s annual Investor Tour, held this year […]
“I’m dating an investment banker and I need some advice”
I’m writing here to ask for help from people working in the investment banking industry. I’m a 25 year-old guy and I’ve been dating a 23 year-old female investment banker for the past six months. She’s a junior in the […]
Inside KPMG’s private members club
Four years after it opened in 2015, the Financial Times reports that KPMG is thinking of doing away with Number 20, the five storey converted townhouse in London’s Mayfair which provided a space for clients and ‘KPMG hosts’ to relax and to […]
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