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I-Banking Resume #12: Bad Timing
Posted from BankersBall 6 days ago
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A fresh grad gets the shaft. How to get another (good) offer? What would you do to help this resume? Add your constructive criticism below. In the Candidate’s Words: “I took a job at a Bulge Bracket Bank last November and was scheduled to start September 22nd, unfortunately my bank neve... (original story)
The Building Formerly Known As Lehman Bros
Posted from BankersBall 6 days ago
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYOQ-WaihI8 (original story)
Barclays LED Display: More Drama Needed
Posted from BankersBall 6 days ago
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We miss the boldness of the old Lehman Bros display. You could always count on the old Lehman Bros building for a little bit of drama. It always managed to have the perfect blend of nonsensical object (fields of wheat, roiling waves) against an alarmingly bright background. I remember it was ominou... (original story)
Bottle Service Without Bankers
Posted from BankersBall 11 days ago
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Only the most ludicrously expensive will survive. The situation playing itself out among the Masters of the Universe – a sort of survival of the richest — will likely parallel what happens in New York nightlife. Mediocre clubs that hopped on the bottle service bandwagon will see the... (original story)
Duet Group
Posted from BankersBall 11 days ago
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London-based alternative asset manager started in 2002 by Henry Gabay and Alain Schibl. Managed $1.8BN in equity as of May 2008. Products include funds of funds, hedge funds, private equity and real estate funds. Headed by co-founders/co-chairmen Gabay and Schibl, as well as recent hire Osman Semerc... (original story)
I-Banking: Now Just as Crappy as Other Jobs?
Posted from BankersBall 11 days ago
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Bridging the pay gap between commercial and investment banks. Regardless of whether the Merrill Lynch Bank of America tie-up happens (there are reports that shareholders may not go through with it), the world of investment banking as we knew it is over. Let’s all take a moment and dribble a li... (original story)
Desperately Seeking Sad Bankers
Posted from BankersBall 12 days ago
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Your 15 minutes are here, and they’re piping hot. Are you a sad banker? Perhaps you still have a job, but you’re sad because you’ve had to cancel your mega yacht order, not to mention your daughter’s nose job (read that somewhere, really I did). Regardless of how sad you a... (original story)
PE & VC Comp Up in 2007/2008
Posted from BankersBall 13 days ago
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“What chu talking about Willis?” Bad timing, we know. But we missed a salary survey that was released earlier this month. It looks like salary numbers from early 2008 and bonus & carried interest numbers from last year paint a rosy picture of private equity compensation. With droves ... (original story)
What of Lehman Europe, Asia?
Posted from BankersBall 14 days ago
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Europeans may not need to be so glum. A suitor is near and pay checks will be out next week. While U.S.-based Lehman Bros bankers are basking in the relative security of “up to 10,000 jobs may be saved”, Lehman’s international units are feeling left a little high and dry, or in som... (original story)
All Is Not Well in Notting Hill
Posted from BankersBall 15 days ago
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How London bankers living in “Notting Hell” are faring in the midst of the Wall St meltdown. Expenses (even relatively minor) are being cut. Marriages are looking tenuous. And there are more men about. A longtime denizen of London’s posh Notting Hill has this to say about the scen... (original story)
Lonely Lehmanites Turn to (What Else) Craigslist
Posted from BankersBall 17 days ago
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Posters claiming to be ex-Lehman Bros workers are looking for ways to keep “busy”. Laid off bankers + free time = ???? You tell me. There’s a rash of posters on good ole’ CL using the Lehman sob story to score some sympathy from the ladies, among other things. Everything is ... (original story)
Finding That Elusive Finance Job
Posted from BankersBall 18 days ago
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Step 1: Find a Delorean. Step 2: Go back in time. Now, for the real tips. (1) Boutique banks are hiring, including Evercore Partners, Hawkpoint and Gleacher Shacklock. The Los Angeles-based boutique investment bank Moelis is reportedly opening a London office (headed by Kristian Bagger, ex vice-... (original story)
Broheims Make Out In Front of Lehman
Posted from BankersBall 18 days ago
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txDWRR5WRFQ Skip to 0:40 if you don’t have the patience. (original story)
Charterhouse Capital Partners
Posted from BankersBall 18 days ago
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Charterhouse, with offices in London and Paris, invests in large, Western Europe-based companies. CEO Gordon Bonnyman leads 20 executives. They manage €8.4BN; Charterhouse Capital Partners VIII, their last fund, closed in March 2006 with €4.0 BN. (original story)
Outside Lehman Reportage
Posted from BankersBall 18 days ago
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Black cars from a certain company. Two “Europe” livery cars with “Barclays” written on their signs spotted outside Lehman around 10AM. Tons of TV trucks hopeful for more dejected-looking employees exiting with boxes, but actually none to be seen. (original story)
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