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Sectors explained: Equity Capital Markets
Equity Capital Markets Guiding companies into the public sphere Stock markets may be the public face of the financial sector, but before a company’s shares can be traded they must be created, and it’s...
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Sectors explained: Global Custody
Global Custody Safe-keeping experts handling ever-more complex tasks Global custody used to be simply about the safe-keeping and administration of securities for pension funds and fund managers. But,...
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Sectors explained: Wealth Management
Wealth Management Sophisticated diplomats managing money for the world’s rich Private wealth managers help very rich and, occasionally, famous people manage their money, ensuring that it grows and that...
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Sectors explained: Corporate Banking
Corporate Banking Managing the banking business of the kings of capitalism Corporate banking, usually called commercial banking in the US, is the broad term applied to the various banking services...
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Sectors explained: Graduate jobs in hedge funds and private equity
Alternative Investments High-earning roles, reserved for a select group of graduates A typical investment is usually in stocks, bonds and cash. Alternative investments, however, cover a broader range...
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The top 25 Masters in Finance for getting a job in investment banking
Getting a graduate job in investment banking is arguably tougher than ever. Anyone securing a position now needs to have internship experience, gleaming extra-curricular activities, impeccable...
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Sectors explained: Graduate jobs in Fund Management
Fund Management Pension pots, portfolios and the art of long-term investment Fund managers invest money on behalf of their clients – including pension funds, institutional investors, retail investors,...
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Sectors explained: Graduate jobs in equity research
Research Robust ideas that fuel stock market trades Equity researchers, or analysts, are often the talking heads of the investment banks. When a bank offers an opinion on a particular company or stock...
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Sectors explained: Graduate jobs in Sales & Trading
Sales & Trading The wheeler dealers working the secondary markets Every day, millions of financial products are bought and sold in the secondary markets where traders and salespeople in investment...
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Sectors explained: Graduate jobs in Compliance and Risk Management
The internal police keeping the front office in check It is up to risk management teams in investment banks to make sure the bank doesn’t exceed its risk appetite and potentially make huge losses in...
View ArticleFive things senior private equity professionals say about working in PE now
This week was the London School of Economics’ Alternative Investments Conference. As we’ve already reported, one hedge fund manager in attendance stood up and said students should be prepared to work...
View ArticleBanks’ weird hierarchies: what analysts, associates, VPs, MDs do really
What do investment banking job titles really signify? The storm of acronyms is bewildering to anyone outside banking who thinks a company has only one managing director (MD), or only a handful of vice...
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Where in the world Goldman Sachs and JPM are 2nd tier
Information provider Dealogic has released its overview of banks’ performance across M&A, equity capital markets (ECM), debt capital markets (DCM) and syndicated loans in the first quarter of 2014....
View ArticleIs RBS still a good bank in which to start your career?
Ostensibly, RBS’s shriveling markets and international banking business doesn’t look like a great bet for anyone planning a glittering career in banking. In the past three years, RBS has cut more than...
View ArticleHow to get a commodities trading job at BP
When you think of BP jobs, you probably don’t think of commodities trading. The global petroleum company employs a massive 83,900 people, most of them in its core business of petroleum exploration,...
View ArticleWant to work for BlackRock? Here’s how to get in
Are you interested in working for BlackRock, the multinational asset management firm? We spoke to Jonathan Jones, BlackRock’s director of global campus recruiting. Here’s what he said about getting in....
View ArticleHow to get an entry level job in investment banking operations
Once you delve into the world of investment banking, you will soon hear the terms ‘front office’, ‘middle office’ and ‘back office’. When people talk about the front office, they’re talking about the...
View ArticleBanking vs. consulting. – McKinsey & Co. or Goldman Sachs?
If you’re an elite person looking for an elite career, you will probably have considered a career in investment banking. But you may also have weighed-up a career in strategy consulting. Banking and...
View ArticleM&A. vs. sales and trading. Which is the best career for you?
You want to work in a high-paying, client-facing ‘front office’ job in an investment bank. So, should you go for a job in mergers and acquisitions M&A, or for a job in sales and trading? How can...
View ArticleMeet 8 new analysts at Barclays Investment Bank. What makes them special?
Do you want to work for Barclays’ Investment Bank? What kinds of people does it really hire onto its graduate programme? In the U.K., Barclays has just registered its new crop of graduate hires with...
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