Hedge funds cut bullish holdings in crude as record U.S. output added to a global supply glut, spurring the longest losing streak in prices in six years. Money managers reduced net-long positions in West Texas Intermediate by 2.3 percent in the week ended Oct. 28, U.S...
Barclays is set to hire more than 100 gradates for full-time analyst jobs across Asia next year – but as application deadlines loom, competition for these places is fierce, says Yukiko Hiizumi, Asia Pacific lead of campus recruitment at the British bank...
The holiday shopping season is fast approaching, with Black Friday and Cyber Monday just a few weeks away. But don't stress: Your smartphone can help score you great deals. Problem is, with so many apps available — more than 1...
Patience is a virtue. When it comes to investing, that's why women often do better than men. My household is filled with girls. When raising them, my husband and I always tell them that their gender does not limit them...
(Reuters) - J.P. Morgan Chase & Co learned about hackers who stole the bank's contact information for 76 million households and 7 million small businesses through a corporate event that it sponsors, the New York Times and Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter...
Around 100 of the UK’s finest minds in the financial technology sector gathered Tuesday for the Financial News and WSJD inaugural Fintech Conference in London, writes Amir Mizroch...
Adding to the long list of suits against downed Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, all of which have to wait for Japanese court action to finish in 2015, three Japanese creditors of Mt. Gox have filed a lawsuit against their former Bitcoin exchange...
A week after I visited the last bitcoin mine in northeast China, I was able to arrange a trip to a larger, even more secretive operation. These exclusive photos provide a glimpse inside one of China’s largest bitcoin mines. Arriving at the site, I did not expect it to be so busy...
Technology is the place to be. While investment banks continue to lick their reputational wounds inflicted by the financial crisis, top graduates and MBAs are all seemingly gravitating towards jobs at Google, Microsoft and Facebook...
Georgia-based bitcoin merchant processing specialist BitPay has announced a new tool aimed at spreading bitcoin adoption through popular social network Facebook...
If you’re one of the supposed near 30% of Barclays’ investment bankers hitting the job market now, it’s a tough time...
Weekly digest compiles the latest news from the world of stocks and finance, currency forecasts, as well as interesting and informative articles for traders. Top news of the week: Fed statements boost greenback, pressing gold and silver; oil drops below $87...
If you think "gravedigger" or "swamp night security guard" is the scariest job in America, the trick is on you. CareerBuilder released the results of a new online survey conducted this summer that asked 3,103 American workers across industries what jobs they found most "frightful...
Jimmy Lee, vice chairman of JPMorgan and renowned investment banker, has been doling out career advice to young bankers who want to succeed...
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...
