eFinancialCareers SA

1 month ago | efinancialcareers.co.za | Zeno Toulon

Financial by 5 hours ago 2 minute readFinancialIf you’re a US middle market bank looking to expand your European sales footprint, there are worse places to look than the scores of ex-Credit Suisse professionals still looking for work (or waiting to get axed) on the continent. Get Morning Coffee ☕ in your inbox. Sign up here. Ben Allen joined Piper Sandler last week to be the firm’s head of sales and trading for Europe, based out of Paris.

1 month ago | efinancialcareers.co.za | Sarah Butcher

Goldman Sachs is planning another round of job cuts in the coming months. Get Morning Coffee ☕ in your inbox. Sign up here. Sources at the bank say the firm is planning another round of cuts, affecting 3-5% of staff. They're expected to happen in May. The cuts are Goldman's standard annual cull of underperformers. A spokesperson for the bank said: "Like other banks, this is part of our normal annual talent management process.

2 months ago | efinancialcareers.co.za | Zeno Toulon

Financial by 21 minutes ago 2 minute readFinancialInvestment banking bonuses for American banks were announced last month. They’ve been paid by now, and the bankers who’ve had new jobs lined up (possibly even from last year) have started finishing off their garden leave. Get Morning Coffee ☕ in your inbox. Sign up here. Sean Murray joined Morgan Stanley in New York yesterday. A chemicals managing director (MD), he joined from Goldman Sachs, where he spent three years.

2 months ago | efinancialcareers.co.za | Sarah Butcher

Financial by 4 hours ago 2 minute readFinancialPost-bonus moves are underway and not just at Canadian banks in Asia. JPMorgan has also lost one of its top fixed income salespeople in Asia. He's thought to be going to Morgan Stanley. Get Morning Coffee ☕ in your inbox. Sign up here. Sources say that Francesco Forte, JPMorgan's co-head of local markets sales, is joining Morgan Stanley to run fixed income currencies and commodities (FICC) sales for APAC.

2 months ago | efinancialcareers.co.za | Alex McMurray

Brainteasers in quant job interviews often have a 'right' answer, but sometimes the goal is simply to figure out how you think. A recently unveiled brainteaser from Giuseppe Paleologo, head of quantitative research at hedge fund Balyasny on X, is closer to a social experiment than a test. Click here to follow our new WhatsApp channel, and get instant news updates straight to your phone 📱. His question reads as follows:An evil witch has given you an evil curse. She tosses an evil coin.