Now that 90% of people in finance are working from home, succeeding on a day-to-day basis is partly about holding successful meetings on the likes of Zoom or Bluejeans. Given that virtual meetings aren’t necessarily as easy as they look, […]
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Trading during the coronavirus: pay as a % of PnL
It’s only March but bonuses are already likely to be a touchy subject in investment banks this year: chances are that they’ll be cancelled or reduced dramatically, particularly as various banks are giving employees the sorts of employment assurances that usually come at a cost. Although health considerations will […]
7 Essential Tips for Working From Home During the Coronavirus Pandemic
In the midst of the new coronavirus pandemic, many companies are implementing voluntary or mandatory work-from-home policies. That means lots of us are dealing with an unusual challenge: working from home for the first time, full-time. Even if you’ve done […]
The coronavirus will be good for active management jobs
Having worked in this industry through the Asian Crisis, the Dot Com Bubble, Events of September 11th, and the Financial Crisis. I have never seen markets like this. There are always similarities and effects in the market, but this is […]
The actual horrors of working from home in finance
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 […]
No bonuses for 2020
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 […]
The truth about salaries and bonuses at Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank’s 2019 compensation report is out. For anyone with the bandwith to still be wondering what salaries are bonuses were like on average at Deutsche’s corporate and investment bank for last year, all is now clear. Last year, the overall bonus pool […]
Trading floors locked down as air purifiers shipped-in
It’s not just social distancing or working in back-up offices miles away from London and Wall Street that might slow the spread of the virus in banking. Banks are also implementing strict isolation procedures for trading floors. And some in the industry are putting […]
“20 hours a day of absolute misery”
The week has barely begun, but some people in finance are already exhausted after another day of plunging stocks and circuit breakers despite huge policy interventions from central banks. Some have had enough. “People look exhausted from all the drama today,” says a senior emerging […]
Bankers say too little is being done to protect them from the virus
Before the coronavirus, ‘wellness’ was a big issue in banks. Whether it was ‘Talks at Goldman Sachs’ or client cycling events at Barclays, the emphasis was on nurturing employees in both body and mind. However, the past few weeks have shown […]
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