Craig Coben

1 week ago | globalcapital.com | Craig Coben

Every once in a while, a mid-tier bank gears up for a major hiring spree to take on the likes of Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs in the hope of winning marquee advisory and capital markets mandates. Whenever I read these stories, my reaction isn’t to study the bank’s strategy, but rather to look up who’s running investment banking there. Nine times out of ten, that tells me everything I need to know.

3 weeks ago | businessandamerica.com | Craig Coben

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is a former global head of equity capital markets at Bank of America and is now a managing director at Seda ExpertsThe rise of artificial intelligence in investment banking has ushered in a familiar ritual of hand-wringing. If machines can automate the grunt work — compiling pitch books, crunching financial models, triangulating data — what happens to the juniors?

3 weeks ago | ft.com | Craig Coben

The writer is a former global head of equity capital markets at Bank of America and is now a managing director at Seda Experts The rise...

3 weeks ago | globalcapital.com | Craig Coben

Dear Craig,I’m a first-year director in capital markets, and my group leader just called me in because — apparently — the juniors have been complaining about me. The gist is: I work them too hard, my feedback is too harsh, and I send emails late at night and over weekends. Honestly, I’m frustrated. I only ask them to do what’s absolutely necessary, and I’m pretty clear in my guidance.

3 weeks ago | stgallenbusinessreview.com | Craig Coben

Mr. Coben, could please give our readers a brief overview of your career in your own words. I’m American and received my education in the United States. I never really expected to go into finance; I did my undergraduate studies at Yale and studied law at Harvard.