Sarah Butcher

1 week ago | efinancialcareers.com | Sarah Butcher

When we reported in March that Kamal Jabre, HSBC's global head of M&A, would be staying with the bank even as it pulls back from M&A and equity capital markets (ECM) in the UK, Europe and the US, there was some incredulity. Get Morning Coffee ☕ in your inbox. Sign up here. Today, it turns out that Jabre won't be staying at HSBC after all. He got a new job with JPMorgan. Bloomberg reported Jabre's escape this morning.

1 week ago | efinancialcareers.it | Sarah Butcher

As has been reported on Wall Street Oasis and elsewhere in recent weeks, Benjamin Lee, a 23 year-old analyst at mid-market investment bank Intrepid in Los Angeles, died last month. Lee is understood to have taken his own life. Get Morning Coffee ☕ in your inbox. Sign up here. In a statement for eFinancialCareers, a spokesperson for Intrepid said: "We are deeply saddened by the tragic news of our colleague Ben’s passing.

1 week ago | efinancialcareers.dk | Sarah Butcher

Nomura has hired a new managing director for its London FX business. He comes from Barclays. Get Morning Coffee ☕ in your inbox. Sign up here. Gokay Gecili joined Nomura this month as a managing director in CEEMEA FX and rates trading. Gokay was previously to be found at Barclays, where he worked for nine years and was made a managing director (MD) in 2022. It's understood that he worked on Barclays' Turkish rates trading desk under Tunk Buyuksolak.

1 week ago | efinancialcareers.com | Sarah Butcher

You don't have to be the sort mathematical genius that gets a job at Citadel Securities to understand that the market making firm is extremely profitable with comparatively few employees. Get Morning Coffee ☕ in your inbox. Sign up here. The Financial Times reported yesterday that Citadel Securities generated $3.4bn in net trading revenues in the first three months of 2025 and $1.7bn in profits. It did so with around 1,700 employees.

1 week ago | efinancialcareers.sg | Sarah Butcher

As has been reported on Wall Street Oasis and elsewhere in recent weeks, Benjamin Lee, a 23 year-old analyst at mid-market investment bank Intrepid in Los Angeles, died last month. Lee is understood to have taken his own life. Get Morning Coffee ☕ in your inbox. Sign up here. In a statement for eFinancialCareers, a spokesperson for Intrepid said: "We are deeply saddened by the tragic news of our colleague Ben’s passing.