The value of Scottish food and drink exports to Japan has surged to almost ÂŁ100 million, strongly supported by the countryâs growing taste for Scotch whisky, External Affairs Secretary Fiona Hyslop said today. Latest available export figures show the overall value of food and drink sales to Japan rose by 9% to a record ÂŁ98.7 million in 2015, compared with ÂŁ90.3…
Whatâs the average investment banking salary and bonus for someone in their 20s, 30s and 40s? And does it really make sense to quit aged 25? How much are they getting paid? There is a new trend afoot in investment banking. Senior banking recruiters complain that the juniors they hire today are only joining for the âCV pointsâ: that they do a couple of years a…
What are banking salaries like in London? What can you expect to get paid at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and elsewhere? What kind of salary should you expect when you work for an investment bank in London? While bonuses in investment banking traditionally varied widely according to performance, banking salaries were historically dependent upon job title. It…
First and foremost, you should strive to read The Wall Street Journal and The Economist often, if not daily, as well as other news sources. To help you get familiar with the history and state of Wall Street, here is what could best be called a âstarterâ reading list. This is by no means an exhaustive list, as new titles are published all the time. The House of…
Financial services businesses, including the investment banks, generate and store more data than any other business in any other sector â broadly because it is such a transaction-heavy industry, often driven by models and algorithms. Despite accumulating a wealth of information on capital market transactions, trades, financial markets, and other client and market…
How do you get into investment banking? These are the ten best routes to follow. If youâve tried applying for a job in an investment bank, youâll know that getting in isnât easy. Front office investment bankers still earn considerably more than almost anyone else, except footballers and âcelebrities, â and banks are accordingly inundated with applications. If…
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James, a recruiter for our Investment Banking Division based in Hong Kong, shared some advice for candidates considering opportunities across Asia during a recent recruiting trip to the US. What is your background with Goldman Sachs? Iâve been with Goldman Sachs just over 7 years now, always in campus recruiting. I actually started in our Frankfurt office and…
Graduates with a good understanding of their chosen business area and role at Barclays have a higher chance of being offered one of the bankâs trainee positions. This is because theyâll be equipped to convince recruiters that they truly want the job and have the required competencies to do it. Carry out thorough research The bank recruits graduates into six broad…
What were your expectations going into the interview? There was not a lot of information on the internet with insights into private equity interviews. I found a few sites which described the more common aspects of PE such as M&A, and LBOs, but not a lot of advice for the interview process for real estate private equity. I really didnât know what to expect…
Jefferies Group hired six members of Deutsche Bank AGâs U.S. metals and mining investment banking team, including managing director Dan Chu, according to people familiar with the matter. The bankers agreed last week to join Jefferiesâs global metals and mining group, said the people, asking not to be identified as the details are private. Chu will be global head…
Once an investment analyst or broker has several years of experience under his or her belt, he or she may earn a promotion to investment product specialist. Or he or she may hire on in this position at another bank. The position is a key management position, and at some banks the product specialist my report directly to the chief investment officer. The investment…
Aspiring investment bankers should choose their undergraduate majors carefully to maximize their chances of landing a top job after graduation. Three cheers for economics, business and finance majors! In reality, the fact that hundreds of undergraduates apply for every available role means that both experience and an understanding of finance sets you apart from…
Acquisition Of An International Oilfield Services Company Against the backdrop of a highly competitive auction process, Simmons & Company International Limited advised our client in acquiring a market leader in the field of integrity maintenance services. Sale Of A Far Eastern Based Privately Owned Energy Services Company Simmons & Company advised…
As part of BMO Financial Group, BMO Capital Markets is uniquely positioned to help you execute your China strategy. Our network extends across China s key trade regions. We have the local expertise and bank support network to support all your business activities. Opportunities to make acquisitions or forge joint partnerships are growing as the Chinese government…
Hereâs a roundup of incoming investment banking analysts in the U.S. who will join their firms once they graduate this year. The early bird gets the worm, as they say. Investment banks have largely just closed their graduate programs to applications, but there are students who already have job offers secured for when they graduate later this year. Hereâs a roundup…
If youâre hoping to get a graduate job at HSBC, you will need to live up to these high standards. Just joined Many of these 20-something hires have joined HSBC since July, and a few of them have put their academic and career histories online. Weâve summarised the public profiles of some of the firmâs best new Asian employees. If youâre a student hoping to get…
The rules include an expectation that interns be the last ones to leave the office at night, and a suggestion that the interns bring a pillow or yoga mat to the office, as it makes sleeping under your desk a lot more comfortable . The email also included a allusion toHe wrote: I would recommend reading the GS Elevator twitter feed for some social cues. It…
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MEXICO CITY/NEW YORK Martin Werner, co-head of Goldman Sachs investment banking business in Latin America, will depart the Wall Street bank at the end of this year, according to a person familiar with the situation. Werner, who also runs Goldman s investment banking business in Mexico, told the Mexico office last week he was retiring after 16 years at the bank…
Intermediaries for M&A deals come in two flavors: investment bankers and business brokers. An investment banker likely provides a fuller service for a Seller, but that fuller service usually means higher fees. Investment banking firms are more expensive because they have more overhead. In other words, they have more professionals (including specialized…
HSBC has chosen the chief executive of AIA Group as its next chairman â whose first major task will be to identify a successor to CEO Stuart Gulliver. The UK bank said in a statement on March 13 that Mark Tucker will succeed Douglas Flint as group chairman on October 1. Flint has been chairman of HSBC since 2010. It is the first time the bank has picked an outsider…
I got to thinking about this very question the other day⌠I looked through my inbox recently and realized something: 5% of my emails fell into the âWhat should I do with my life?â category. 4% were related to GPA rounding . 1% had to do with models and bottles and/or prestige. Itâs ok, I just ignore these. So what about the remaining 90%? Networking. How to call…
Chris Rogers joined the healthcare corporate finance team at Ziegler in 2014. He has over 18 years of healthcare investment banking experience and has executed over 50 transactions including strategic advisory assignments, public/private equity financings and fairness opinions principally for emerging growth and middle market companies in the healthcare services…
Using code words to talk about deals isn t new, investment bankers have using them to talk about sensitive business since investment banking was created. Code makes it possible to talk about a deal any time, anywhere. The thing is, as is intended, the code names don t always come out. Recently though, there have been a few names floating around here and there…
The Investment Management Division, comprised of Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) and Private Wealth Management (PWM), provides asset management and wealth management solutions to world-class institutions and individual investors globally. Today, we are one of the worldâs leading asset managers, with over 700 investment professionals managing over $1 trillion…
