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1 week ago | 
efinancialcareers.com | Alex McMurray
Tech by 3 hours ago 9 minute readTechThe market for graduate quants in finance is arguably hotter than it has ever been. For top hedge funds, the acceptance rate for graduate roles is often less than 1%, even for top applicants. And yet, funds are constantly hiring for graduate jobs: how do you get one? Who is your Ideal Employer in finance? 💥 Answer our survey for a chance to win $1kThe answers may lie on a recent AMA from quant job forum QuantNet.
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1 week ago | 
efinancialcareers.co.za | Alex McMurray
Tech by 1 hour ago 9 minute readTechThe market for graduate quants in finance is arguably hotter than it has ever been. For top hedge funds, the acceptance rate for graduate roles is often less than 1%, even for top applicants. And yet, funds are constantly hiring for graduate jobs: how do you get one? Who is your Ideal Employer in finance? 💥 Answer our survey for a chance to win $1kThe answers may lie on a recent AMA from quant job forum QuantNet.
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1 week ago | 
efinancialcareers.com | Alex McMurray
Fintech by 8 hours ago 4 minute readFintechAt the intersection of finance and technology, it's not clear whether payments firm Stripe's technologists are valued more by peers in finance or in FAANG. Recent departures from the fintech are re-emerging at top firms on both sides of the aisle. Who is your Ideal Employer in finance?
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1 week ago | 
efinancialcareers.co.za | Alex McMurray
Fintech by 4 minutes ago 4 minute readFintechAt the intersection of finance and technology, it's not clear whether payments firm Stripe's technologists are valued more by peers in finance or in FAANG. Recent departures from the fintech are re-emerging at top firms on both sides of the aisle. Who is your Ideal Employer in finance?
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1 week ago | 
efinancialcareers.co.uk | Alex McMurray
Financial by 2 minutes ago 2 minute readFinancialAntonio Gatti is proof that it's never too late to look for an exit opportunity to private equity from banking. He made it all the way to partner before switching to the buy-side in 2020 with mid-market focused PE firm and Eataly backer Investindustrial; now he's moving again (for just the second time in his 25-year career), but he's staying in private equity. Who is your Ideal Employer in finance?
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1 week ago | 
efinancialcareers.com | Alex McMurray
Bonuses may have been up 24% year-on-year on the sell-side in 2024, but technologists did not feel the love. In our new 2024/25 salary and bonus report, bonuses for tech staff were up a meagre 5.7% overall. Tech associates had a particularly bad year; bonuses for them were down 30% despite their workload increasing.
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2 weeks ago | 
efinancialcareers.com | Alex McMurray
C++ might be the norm in algorithmic trading, but different firms have their own, niche, favourite languages. Jane Street is partial to OCAML. Qube Research & Technologies, based on its most recent hire, might be partial to Ada. Who is your Ideal Employer in finance? 💥 Answer our survey for a chance to win $1kQube hired Emmanuel Briot in Paris yesterday as a quantitative research director.
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2 weeks ago | 
efinancialcareers.hk | Alex McMurray
There are more things to do in investment banking than investment banking. Firms offer internships across a wide range of divisions; none are easy to get into, but some are harder to get an offer from than others. Who is your Ideal Employer in finance? 💥 Answer our survey for a chance to win $1kIn a recent report from Trackr, financial services internship applicants were asked how many applications they made, and how many offers they received.
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2 weeks ago | 
efinancialcareers.com | Alex McMurray
Now appears to be a good time to work at Palantir, the tech firm that once had a reputation for tempting away quants and juniors from banks. As other tech firms struggle in an uncertain economic period, Palantir's stock price has risen 43% since March. Pay isn't thought to be stellar but, in a talk published this week with Stanford University, Palantir's CTO Shyam Sankar declared that it can be a great place for personal development, especially as a graduate. Who is your Ideal Employer in finance?
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2 weeks ago | 
efinancialcareers.com | Alex McMurray
Prime brokerage fintech Clear Street has been rapidly hiring, both in its New York headquarters and abroad. The firm's UK contingent is growing particularly fast and, if its earliest employees are any indication, it's paying new hires pretty well. Who is your Ideal Employer in finance? 💥 Answer our survey for a chance to win $1k'Clear Street UK Limited' released accounts last month for 2024 via Companies House.
