Brooke’s Note: Given the nosebleed pace of advancement by software-based advisors, most methods of inserting sunshine into portfolios have been snapped up. Now one robo-firm is peeling off from the crowd by taking the opposite tack — delivering more bad news more quickly...
If you want to score a high-paying job selling or trading securities in the U.S., you’ll need more than just a good resume. You’ll also need to pass a six-hour, 270-question exam commonly known as the Series 7, or the General Securities Representative Exam (GSRE...
Throughout my professional life, I’ve tried to maintain a basic level of privacy. I come from humble roots, and I don’t seek to draw attention to myself...
Investment banks live and die by revenue league tables, clamouring for prime spots like Premier League football teams craving a Champions League spot...
What happens when you lose your job in an investment bank? And what happens if it was a really important job in an investment bank and you’re now off to do something less prestigious and possibly undefined? Do you change your profile details to reflect your unfortunate change of circumstances...
American universities produce the majority of the world's billionaires, according to this year's Wealth-X and UBS Billionaire Census report.Sixteen out of the top twenty schools with the most billionaire undergraduate alumni were located in the U...
The super-rich club has become less exclusive, with the amount of billionaires doubling since the financial crisis, according to a report from global charity Oxfam...
Alexander Dibelius has been elevated to the co-chairman of Goldman Sachs investment bank, away from his previous role heading up the bank’s German operations...
What do investment banking job titles really signify...
An Italian court indicted officials from ratings agencies Standard & Poor's and Fitch on Tuesday over accusations of market manipulation related to cuts to Italy's sovereign debt ratings during the euro zone debt crisis in 2011 and 2012...
Market Committee is expected to announce that its adventures in quantitative easing (QE), or permanent open market operations (POMO), are over. There will be no more $15bn a month bond purchases by a proxy for the U.S. state. For the first time in six years, markets will be on their own...
Assessing the health of the hedge fund industry is a complicated process. Frankly, it’s a confusing one. They had a rough year in 2013, getting trounced by cheap index funds, but most customers seemed to understand. Last year was a bull market and a correction was in order...
In an exciting new competition with attractive prizes and monetary rewards, FXTM Partners is offering existing and aspiring Introducers an opportunity to showcase their networking skills...
In collaboration with forex news portal Forex Circles, FXTM will be giving its clients access to free daily technical/fundamental analysis reports and daily market insights; we intend on making the trading experience as seamless as possible by helping traders predict price patterns and plan their...
People are leaving Goldman Sachs. And when they leave Goldman Sachs, they are (eventually) joining Deutsche Bank. Or at least this applies to two former senior Goldman staff whose new roles at the German bank were announced yesterday...
Private banks in Singapore are breathing life into a generally dull fintech job market in Singapore, although the skills they are demanding can make it tricky for IT professionals to join their ranks...
YouTube is in the early stages of exploring new subscription services, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki told Re/code’s Peter Kafka and Liz Gannes at Code/Mobile conference...
The World Economic Forum's ninth Global Gender Gap Report estimates that the world will not eliminate the gender gap until 2095 -- that's another 81 years. Good news for the women out there: the World Economic Forum believes that gender equality is achievable -- just not for another 81 years...
At Americana Manhasset, the salespeople know your closet better than you do. They call designers in Paris or Milan to find the perfect little black dress. They deliver soup when you’re ill...
Who earns £320k aged 33 in the City of London? Certainly not the ‘average’ front office banker, who according to the figures we most recently received from pay data company Emolument, is earning something close to £275k by that age...
