It’s long been a cliché that if you look around the trading floor of an investment bank, you’ll see a lot more men than women – in trading roles, at least. However, if you look at the compliance function that polices […]
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Voici la journée-type d’un trader systématique dans un hedge fund…
Certains des meilleurs jobs dans le trading actuel sont pour les traders systématiques travaillant avec des hedge funds quantitatifs. Ce sont des traders qui conçoivent des stratégies de trading en utilisant des modèles informatiques, qui tradent automatiquement. C’est un travail qui […]
What is the minimum amount of Python you need to know for a trading job?
To work as a trader today you need a wide range of skills. You still have to be numerate, cool under pressure, and have an excellent memory. But this is no longer enough. Increasingly, traders have to be able to […]
Senior traders are returning to the office. This is why
It’s August, and in any normal year that would mean one thing: analysts. – This is the time of year when the graduate trainees arrive in investment banks. Needless to say, 2020 is a little different. The analysts have turned up, but […]
Virtu’s results are proof of the best places to work in 2020
If you thought the 108% year-on-year increase in U.S. investment banks’ fixed income currency and commodity (FICC) trading revenues in the second quarter was something special, you’re far too easily impressed. 108% is nothing. Just ask people in Virtu’s electronic market making business: they […]
« La plupart des traders ont adoré cette période de télétravail »
Je suis trader dérivés actions pour une grande banque d’investissement depuis plus de 20 ans. De tout le temps passé à ce poste, les deux derniers mois ont été les meilleurs, et de très loin. Pour la première fois de […]
European banks lost money because they relied on junior traders
Now that first quarter results for European and U.S. banks are in, it’s apparent that the volatility in the first quarter led to exceptional profits for some U.S. banks’ equities trading businesses, driven by volatility trading in their domestic franchises. However, European banks could not […]
Massively higher profits at Virtu Financial and layoffs on hold
All that was promised is true, and more. After disclosing already that its income more doubled in the first quarter of 2020, Virtu Financial revealed today that its revenues actually rose 177% year-on-year to over $1bn, and that net income turned from a $13m […]
« J’ai vite remarqué que les postes stratégiques à la City étaient réservés aux Anglais. Sauf le trading… »
La Finance : chaudron magique ou maléfique ? Le soleil se lève péniblement dans la brume londonienne. Il est déjà 7h en ce mois d’automne, il est temps de prendre la direction du métro ; direction Canary Wharf. Cela fait déjà […]
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 […]
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