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2 days ago | 
efinancialcareers.com | Alex McMurray
In a parallel universe where OCAML didn't exist, Jane Street would probably be using Rust. It sponsors Rust conferences like RUSTAsia, and often copies over features from the language to OCAML. In this universe, however, there are things about the language that mean OCAML is still the firm's language of choice. Who is your Ideal Employer in finance?
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3 days ago | 
efinancialcareers.com | Alex McMurray
Working in Citi's data team can't be an easy ride. The bank has tens of thousands of regulatory reports to sift through, and hundreds of thousands of lines of data. Now, one of the top technologists in its London data team has taken an executive gig at another US bank. Who is your Ideal Employer in finance? 💥 Answer our survey for a chance to win $1kSuman D'Souza has joined JPMorgan as its EMEA chief data officer.
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4 days ago | 
efinancialcareers.dk | Alex McMurray
Last year was a period of massive change at hedge fund Two Sigma, after its feuding co-founders both stepped down as CEOs, but the change may not have been as pronounced in its London office. Companies House accounts for 2024 reveal that headcount in Two Sigma's London entity was largely unchanged. Who is your Ideal Employer in finance? 💥 Answer our survey for a chance to win $1kIn both 2024 and 2023, 'Two Sigma International Limited' had an average of 93 employees.
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4 days ago | 
efinancialcareers.nl | Alex McMurray
After a rough start to the year, most major hedge funds are back to posting positive returns. It's not just money that's coming in though; senior traders from banks in London are making their way over to the buy side. Who is your Ideal Employer in finance? 💥 Answer our survey for a chance to win $1kSahil Manocha, for example, just joined Schonfeld's London office as an event-driven and delta one portfolio manager.
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4 days ago | 
efinancialcareers.com | Alex McMurray
If you're a fintech CEO in London, chances are you're looking at how Revolut does things to see how you can replicate its success. A few months after founder Nik Storonsky unveiled the fintech's product development strategy. A founder that has taken inspiration from him in the past has promptly copied it. Who is your Ideal Employer in finance?
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5 days ago | 
efinancialcareers.co.uk | Alex McMurray
Investment banks love touting the uses of LLMs, but they face a problem when trying to implement them. AI models are complex and obtuse, so it's hard to explain to investors why a model has interpreted data the way it has. Barclays, however, has a solution. Who is your Ideal Employer in finance?
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2 weeks ago | 
efinancialcareers.com | Alex McMurray
When hedge fund Citadel announced it was moving its headquarters from Chicago to Miami in 2022, the city was dubbed 'Wall Street South.' Millennium's decision to build a technology hub in the city that same year added fuel to that fire. Since then, other hedge funds have been increasing their presence in the city. Balyasny, Schonfeld and even the investment office of Saudi Arabia are building there too. Miami's draw includes its weather and its low taxes.
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2 weeks ago | 
efinancialcareers.com | Alex McMurray
Electronic trading firms like Citadel Securities handle a lot of data, sifting through tens of terabytes of data per day for trading strategies. Its latest hire in London is no stranger to wrangling massive amounts of data. Who is your Ideal Employer in finance? 💥 Answer our survey for a chance to win $1kKonstantin Nazarov joined Citadel Securities this month as an engineer.
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2 weeks ago | 
efinancialcareers.lu | Alex McMurray
Es sind herausfordernde Zeiten für Beschäftigte in der Finanzbranche. Die meisten arbeiten viel – manche allerdings noch mehr als andere. Unsere Umfrage zu Gehältern und Boni 2024/25 zeigt: Finanzprofis in der APAC-Region hatten es im vergangenen Jahr vergleichsweise gut – mit einer Einschränkung. Zwar war ihre durchschnittliche Wochenarbeitszeit mit 48,5 Stunden am niedrigsten, hat allerdings am deutlichsten zugelegt. Im Vorjahr hatte sie noch bei 47,7 Stunden gelegen.
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2 weeks ago | 
efinancialcareers.sg | Alex McMurray
Bank CEOs can show up in all manner of unusual places. You might find David Solomon on the London Underground, or Jamie Dimon in the Yellowstone mountains. Where you can't find ex-DBS CEO Piyush Gupta, however, is a café in Bali. Who is your Ideal Employer in finance? 💥 Answer our survey for a chance to win $1kIn a post on LinkedIn earlier this week, ex-DBS employe Janney Hujic said she had stumbled across Gupta while in Indonesia, and that he was enlightening.
