Much as banking can be an interesting and lucrative career for young people hoping to repay student debts and build personal capital, it also has its downsides: the hours, the hierarchy and – if you work in the investment banking division at […]
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The graduates banks in Hong Kong really want to hire
Fluency in Cantonese and links to China are the most important qualities that employers look for when recruiting graduates in banking and finance in Hong Kong. Western banks prefer to hire graduates and junior bankers who are fluent in mandarin […]
Goldman Sachs détaille comment des jeunes de 22 ans gagnent 165k € par an
On aurait pu imaginer Goldman Sachs serait peu encline à diffuser une présentation détaillant le volume de travail des banquiers juniors. Après tout, c’est justement ce genre de présentation, mise au point l’an dernier par un groupe de treize analysts […]
Why you’re rejected for banking jobs. And what you can do about it
If you’re applying for jobs in investment banks, it’s inevitable that you will be rejected. Not once, not twice, but many times. At Goldman Sachs, for example, only 1.5% of intern applicants were accepted this year. At more senior levels, […]
Women in banking: “Male bankers get all the top jobs”
I’ve worked in a markets role in investment banking for over 20 years, mostly in Europe. I have excellent product knowledge, a strong client list, and proof of consistent P&L generation. In theory, it should be easy for me to […]
“I’m a male banker in my 40s. This is how I hire women”
I’m a man in my mid-40s. I’ve been a managing director in an investment bank and I’ve been a managing director in a hedge fund. Wherever I’ve worked, I’ve gone out of my way to shortlist women for jobs on […]
Goldman Sachs’ account of how 22 year-olds earn $180k a year
You might have thought that Goldman Sachs would be a bit sick of the idea of a presentation detailing the amount of work that junior bankers do. After all, it was one such presentation last year, compiled by a group […]
Les nouveaux banquiers qui gagnent maintenant plus de 860k € chez BNP Paribas
À une époque, BNP Paribas n’avait pas de managing directors. Ce n’est plus le cas. Alors que les banques suisses comme UBS tentent de réduire le niveau de hiérarchie en jouant sur les intitulés de postes de ses cadres, BNP […]
Ils sont trentenaires, traders et milliardaires…et vivent comme des étudiants
Lorsque Chase Coleman III, descendant de la famille Stuyvesant – celle du dernier gouverneur néerlandais de New York – a lancé à tout juste 25 ans le hedge fund Tiger Global en 2001, il allait apparemment travailler tous les jours […]
Students who discovered a back door into elite banks face reality
As Wall Street goes back to the office, it looks like the next round of graduate interviews are going to be conducted in person rather than online. That’s apparently quite a disappointment to a lot of students, because it means […]