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How Brexit has affected hedge fund hiring in the U.S.
There will always be demand for talent, and the U.S. is the largest market in the world. Given the uncertainty in England and across the European continent, it’s not surprising that financial services...
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Six ways to handle an annoying coworker
A career in the world of finance has many challenges. You need to juggle several balls and keep a few plates spinning at all times. To be competitive, you need to have up-to-the-second real-time...
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“Why I left J.P. Morgan Asset Management for a tech startup”
I’ve been told many times that your 20s are the scariest time of your life. Nearly five years in, I can understand why this opinion is so ubiquitous. For the first time, expectations are not set by...
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“Investment banking has been slowly dying since 2008. Pay has to shrink”
Investment banking as we know it is slowly dying. The combination of very low interest rates and an onslaught of regulations has killed the traditional model that worked so well until 2008. EU...
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Three networking mistakes that even experienced bankers make
Autumn is abundant with networking events for financial services professionals. You can expand your network, reconnect with colleagues and deliver your personal message, as well as that of your firm....
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When management consultants struggle to keep staff after a merger and when...
2015 was a bumper year for M&A activity in the management consulting sector: There were 384 deals globally, compared with just 143 in 2014, and most of those happened in the buoyant U.S. market....
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Same role, lower salary: There’s a reason some finance jobs pay more than others
Have you ever eaten at a restaurant with stellar Yelp reviews only to be disappointed by the meal? Or read a book you loved and then saw it averaged only minimal stars on Amazon? Online salary...
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Five basic things women need to do if they want to progress in financial...
While there are plenty of success stories of women who made it to the top in financial services, it is the worst-kept secret that the industry is still male-dominated. Female financial services...
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Donald Trump means more upheaval for the asset management industry
For the U.S. institutional asset management industry that is already dealing with significant change, including the decline of traditional defined benefit (DB) pension plans to name just one, the...
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The compliance hiring boom is not over. Here’s why
The anti-money laundering (AML) function for financial institutions, such as banks and broker-dealers, should be among the largest functions in a compliance department, if not the largest. The major...
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“How I moved to private equity while holding down my 100-hour IBD job”
Getting through the private equity recruitment process is time-consuming, high-pressure and painful. But when you’re working 80-100 hours every week in IBD, there’s the additional headache of actually...
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How to get your ideas heard in financial services
For almost four decades, I’ve trained undergraduates at Cornell University who moved on to succeed financial services. I haven’t taught them how to use spreadsheets. I haven’t taught them accounting....
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Christmas: A time when you can pretty much guarantee inebriated banking...
When you sit down for your Christmas meal next week, spare a thought for the sales team of investment banks across the City and Wall Street. Turkey dinners are great, but what if the meal on Christmas...
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Wall Street through the eyes of Hollywood – how realistic are movies about...
If you’re anything like me, you love the movies. For me, there is nothing like going to see a terrific film, especially if that film is about Wall Street. I am endlessly fascinated by the ways in which...
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Wealth management is growing, and struggling to hire
The wealth management industry is going through dynamic change, and change always creates opportunity. However, the issues experienced by the large wealth management firms have led to challenges...
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The skills you need to succeed in alternative investments are changing....
The buy-side, particularly private equity, hedge funds and other alternative investment firms, remains an attractive and highly competitive part of the financial sector for many. It’s easy to see why –...
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How blockchain will affect financial services employment
Every so often, a new technological development comes along which revolutionizes the financial services industry. Not since the introduction of the internet – more than two decades ago – has any force...
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Four principles to prevent your dream job from becoming a nightmare
Do not do as I did, but rather, do as I say, because what I did burned my career to the ground, while what I say is from the mouth of the proverbial Phoenix risen from the ashes. Now, the smell of ash...
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What I wish I knew when I joined Goldman Sachs
When I was coming out of undergrad, I didn’t have the recruiting opportunities that would lead to banking, but I did coming out of graduate school. I joined Goldman Sachs after getting my MBA from [a...
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How to handle harsh colleagues when you work in banking
Anyone working in the financial services arena knows that being a broker, trader, analyst or even C-suite executive is not for the meek. Trading floors, brokerage houses and other financial services...
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