12/27/2022
Fiona – Commodities and Global Markets EMEA – Futures Ex*****on Trader
What bankers hope for and fear in 2023
Danger looms in 2023, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t anything to look forward to, either. The 1,500 of you who responded to our survey answered questions about your bonus expectations, job security fears, and even your inflation worries. But these […]
12/06/2022
Katariina – CLO/ABS Trader
How chess helped me become a trader at Citadel Securities
When Citadel and Citadel Securities hire, they like to hire people who have “demonstrated a commitment to excellence,” in the words of Matt Mitro, the two firms’ joint head of graduate recruitment. That excellence doesn’t necessary have to be in […]
11/28/2022
Amanda – VP, Service Operational Management
"It’s not easy being an unemployed junior banker in a bad market"
Young people in banking who find themselves looking for a job in 2023 are in for a shock. Anyone who came into the industry in the past two years has no idea what a down market looks like. I’ve experienced […]
11/24/2022
Xiuying – Wealth Management Administrator
Chinese bankers are losing their jobs as banks reverse growth strategies
China is taking a beating from investment banking job cuts as firms reduce headcount in the Asia-Pacific region. Credit Suisse has become the latest bank to cut heavily, with around 20 China-focused bankers understood to be losing their jobs, according […]
11/15/2022
Evelyn – Senior Investor Relations Associate
Here's how bad banking bonuses will be this year
You don’t need us to tell you again; banking has been having a bad year. Advisory fees down, bad market conditions, and so on. But how bad is bad – and how badly does it affect your bonus? Well, it depends. […]
11/14/2022
Caitlin – Data Scientist
Sorry, but work-life balance is not better in a fintech
That people work long hours in banking is well known. It’s equally well known that the fintech sector is more accommodating of remote work and innovation. But if you suppose that this means people in fintechs have a better work-life […]
11/11/2022
Sang – Head of Human Resources
Who killed Credit Suisse?
At some point in the not too distant future, Credit Suisse as we currently know it will cease to exist. In the coming restructuring, the capital markets and investment banking division will spin off under Michael Klein, a veteran US banker […]
11/10/2022
En faillite, le vendeur de meubles Made.com va être racheté par le groupe d'habillement Next.
Interview avec Julien Callède, le cofondateur de la célèbre marque "Made.com" - Made With Love From San Francisco
Deux français et une anglaise ont fait le pari de bousculer le marché de l’ameublement. Six années d’existence, et déjà plus d’un million de meubles vendus. Julien Callède, cofondateur de la société Made.com, nous livre la recette d’une « Success Story ». TradingInsider […]
11/08/2022
Charlotte – HR Advisor
Banking HireVue interviews: everything you need to know
They’re not new by any means, but a lot of people still balk at the thought of a HireVue interview. The reputation of the digital interviews precedes them. There’s no human being, just an impersonal screen backed by an AI which will […]
11/01/2022
Venla – AI Researcher
JPMorgan wants to make its bankers and traders into engineers
Think you need to be a coding savant just to compete with software engineers these days? JPMorgan has other ideas. While everyone rushes to learn languages like Python and Java, becoming hyper-proficient at coding is a lot less necessary than in […]