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1 week ago | efinancialcareers.com | Alex McMurray

Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) are rare in the world of trading, but they do exist. Numerai, a 'crowdsourced' crypto hedge fund that invites any DIY quant to build a trading model, is one such firm, but it just lost its CTO to a firm with a much more singular vision. Who is your Ideal Employer in finance? 💥 Answer our survey for a chance to win $1kJames Elford has joined Don Wilson's DRW Trading as a senior research engineer in its London office, after three years with Numerai.

1 week ago | efinancialcareers.com | Alex McMurray

At JPMorgan's investor day earlier this year, the bank's co-head of payments Umar Farooq said its crypto division Kinexys is "in a category by itself" due to its scale and "world-class team." The team, which is continuing to grow, took a significant hit earlier this year when one of its co-heads, Tyrone Lobban,tragically passed away. Who is your Ideal Employer in finance?

1 week ago | efinancialcareers.com | Alex McMurray

JPMorgan's digital bank, Chase UK, has had an admirable last few years. It received the 'Best British Bank' award two years running, contributed to a 430% profit increase in its respective JPMorgan entity and even joined the London skyline. Internally, the process of building the bank has faced challenges; one of the tech executives navigating those challenges has now departed. Who is your Ideal Employer in finance?

1 week ago | efinancialcareers.com | Alex McMurray

Earlier this year, we spotted Hudson River Trading (HRT) hiring engineers from hedge fund D.E. Shaw's research division. More have since defected to the high-frequency trading (HFT) firm; the most recent to do has left after a two-decade stint at the fund. Who is your Ideal Employer in finance? 💥 Answer our survey for a chance to win $1kBrannon Batson announced yesterday that he is joining Hudson River Trading as a hardware engineer, based in New York.

3 weeks ago | efinancialcareers.com | Zeno Toulon

Job titles in investment banking are pretty confusing. Luckily, for the bankers who escape to private equity, things do get a bit more straight forward – even if the names are still (a bit) misleading. Get Morning Coffee ☕ in your inbox. Sign up here. A recent report from infrastructure recruitment consultancy One Search, however, sheds some light on the topic. At junior levels – the associate and vice president (VP) tier – the primary concern of a private equity professional is analysis.