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Merrill Lynch is one of the world's leading wealth management, capital markets and advisory companies, with offices on six continents. The company is a global trader and underwriter of secu... more>> Jobs
Corporate banking Relationship Manager
PERMANENT - London - City - £40000.00 to £60000.00 - N/A
Our client is looking to recruit an individual who has a track record and exposure to the corporate banking market. The bank is committed to expanding and growing its lending book with a focus on the more >>
Benelux Team, Client Analyst - London
PERMANENT - London - City - up to £45000.00 - N/A
The private wealth management group within one of the world's largest and most respected investment banks develops and manages relationships with wealthy individuals and family groups, advising them o more >>
Financial Analyst, UK / Ireland team - London
PERMANENT - London - City - up to £65000.00 - N/A
A financial analyst is required for the private wealth management group within a leading global investment bank. The role is based in London.
The private wealth manager develops and manages relat more >>
Fund Accountant - West End
PERMANENT - London - West End - £30000.00 to £40000.00 - N/A
A fund accountant is required for the alternative investments (fund of hedge funds) operation of a leading international financial investment consultant.
The alternative investment team researche more >>
Global Marketing Director
PERMANENT - London - City - £100000.00 to £120000.00 - bonus benefits
- One of the industry's leading global private equity firms.
- Global Marketing Director required to oversee activities across four continents.
- From a professional or financ more >>
Marketing Assistant - City
PERMANENT - London - City - £25000.00 to £30000.00 - N/A
A marketing assistant is required by a pre-eminent institutional fund manager independent of any broader financial services group. The firm invests funds on behalf of an impressive array of clients in more >>
Pricing Analyst
TEMPORARY - London - City - £25.00 to £26.00 - N/A
- Working for a Global Asset Management firm
- Ongoing temporary position
- Team-based environment
- Working for a Global Asset Management firm
- Ongoing temporary position
- Team-based en more >>
Company Accountant
PERMANENT - London - City - £30000.00 to £40000.00 - N/A
Senior Accountant
Summary:
A city based independently owned Asset Management company that specialises in financial planning and advising private clients as well as runs a very successful employee more >>
Fund Financial Controller
PERMANENT - London - £60000.00 to £80000.00 - bonus benefits
- Qualified ACA, ACCA or CIMA with fund finance experience
- Strong consolidations experience preferably cross-border / currency
- Gravitas and excellent communication skills
Join this entrepren more >>
Human Resources Relationship Manager
PERMANENT - London - City - £50000.00 to £55000.00 - benefits
An International Emerging Markets Bank is seeking a Human Resources Relationship Manager
The key purpose of the role is to provide overall Human Resources support to the business in the United Kin more >>
Business Analyst
PERMANENT - London - City - £45000.00 to £50000.00 - N/A
The Company
Our client is well known in the media industry and is part of a much larger media group with a diverse business. They are currently seeking a Business analyst to join the Global Solutions more >>
Senior Marketing Executive
PERMANENT - London - City - £27000.00 to £35000.00 - N/A
One of the top 20 Accountancy firms based in the City are looking for a Senior Marketing Executive to join their team and support the Marketing Manager. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a for more >>
Group Accountant - Fund of Funds
PERMANENT - London - West End - £55000.00 to £65000.00 - N/A
Group Accountant - Fund of Funds
Summary:
An excellent, well rounded opportunity has arisen in a top performing fund of hedge funds manager for an accountant seeking variety and a good team enviro more >>
Subject Matter Expert - Docklands
PERMANENT - London - up to £80000.00 - N/A
A subject matter expert is required for the European outsourcing service of an international premier global custodian. The role is based in London's Docklands.
Responsibilities will be to manage more >>
Fund Administrator - Docklands
PERMANENT - London - up to £29000.00 - N/A
Fund Administrator - Docklands
The world's leading provider of financial services to institutional investors including investment servicing, investment management and inves more >>
Derivatives Administrator - Docklands
PERMANENT - London - up to £25000.00 - N/A
A derivatives administrator is required for the world's leading provider of financial services to institutional investors including investment servicing, investment management a more >>
Pricing Manager - Valuations AVP - Docklands
PERMANENT - London - up to £65000.00 - N/A
A pricing manager for valuations is required at AVP level for one of the world's leading provider of financial services to institutional investors including investment servicing more >>
ASSISTANT COMPLIANCE MANAGER- INVESTMENT
PERMANENT - London - Excellent
An excellent opportunity has arisen for a dedicated Compliance Officer to join the Corporate Finance arm of a leading investment bank and provide compliance support to the business.
Reporting to th more >>
Associate Product Manager
PERMANENT - London - Competitive Salary Package
Henderson Global Investors are recruiting for an Associate Product Manager. The Product department is responsible for the new product development and ongoing product management of Henderson’s range of pooled vehicles including OEICs, Unit Trusts, Dublin ICVCs, SICAVs and Cayman Hedge Funds. more >>
Process & Controls Admin - Settlements (1 Year Contract)
TEMPORARY - London - City - N/A
A process & controls administrator is required for the settlements department at a highly prestigious asset management house. The role is a 1 year contract, and is based in London.
This role will more >>
News & Press
Credit Suisse Group reports net loss of CHF 2.1 billion in the first quarter of 2008
Net writedowns in leveraged finance and structured products of CHF 5.3 billion in 1Q08. Continued significant reduction in risk exposures during 1Q08: risk exposures declined 41% in leveraged finance, 25% in commercial mortgages. Other than the areas affected directly by the credit crisis, most of our businesses performed well in 1Q08, with revenues near or above those in 1Q07. Steady inflows in Private Banking: net new assets of CHF 17.1 billion in 1Q08, including CHF 13.5 billion in Wealth Management. Strong BIS tier 1 ratio under Basel II of 9.8% as of the end of 1Q08. more >>
Aubrey Capital Management Expands Its Conviction Based Equity Offering Into Europe
10 April 2008, Aubrey Capital Management Ltd wins a new mandate managing a European Conviction Equities product for Fondaco Lux S.A.
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State Street Investor Confidence Commentary
In markets as horrible as these, clutching at straws can seem like an act of rationality rather than desperation. However, those wishing to read too much into a 3 point rise in this month's Investor Confidence Index are whistling in the dark. As any seasoned commentator will remind you, even dead cats bounce.
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State Street Investor Confidence Index Rises from 65.8 to 68.8 in January
Boston, January 22, 2008 – State Street Global Markets, the investment research and trading arm of State Street Corporation (NYSE:STT), today released the results of the State Street Investor Confidence Index® for January 2008. more >>
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Recruiters
Finance Professionals City
Finance Professionals City is one of the top recruiters in the London finance markets, voted by candidates and clients as Best Contingency Recruiter 2007, awarded by Here Is The City. Established in 1997, the firm has built its successful track record and strong market reputation by offering expert career advice to candidates at the mid to senior level, from graduate to director.
Hamilton Chase Financial Markets
Hamilton Chase is a City based financial recruitment consultancy specialising in financial markets. Our consultants are passionate about City markets; come from a City background; and are experienced recruitment specialists. Whether you're a client or a candidate, you'll receive an exceptionally high level of personalised service when and we pride ourselves on delivering an open and professional service at all times.
Hanover Search & Selection
Hanover Search & Selection is a market leading Executive Search Firm specialising in the Financial Services market. Established for almost 15 years, Hanover's brand is renowned for consistently providing first class service to both top tier global clients and candidates alike. Our areas of expertise include: Actuarial and Risk, Asset Management, Investment Banking, Wealth Management and Life, Pensions & Insurance.
JCL Allemby Hunt
JCL Allemby Hunt is a specialist Financial Markets search and selection consultancy. We provide a highly professional, targeted service to our clients, specifically within Asset Management, Alternative Investment, and Banking, utilising our considerable market knowledge and contacts to produce reliable, efficient and cost effective recruitment solutions.
Selby Jennings
Selby Jennings recruits throughout Europe, the US and Asia for Investment Banks, Hedge Funds, Fund Management, Brokerages, Corporate Finance Boutiques, Energy Trading Houses and Financial Consultancies into the following areas across all asset classes: Analysis, Development, Marketing, Origination, Quant Analysis, Quant Development, Research Analysis, Risk Analysis, Risk Control, Risk Management, Sales, Structuring, Trading.
Employers
Credit Suisse
Credit Suisse is a world-leading financial services company, advising clients in all aspects of finance, around the world, around the clock.
Dresdner Kleinwort
Dresdner Kleinwort operates an integrated business model, the elements of which are; leading capital markets expertise, an international cross-border advisory platform, innovative risk management solutions across all asset classes, strength in the home markets of Germany and the UK, with an international presence and capability in key product areas to support a global client base.
Henderson Global Investors
Established in 1934, we are a leading independent global asset management firm. Providing its institutional, retail and high net-worth clients access to skilled investment professionals representing a broad range of asset classes, including equities, fixed income, property and private capital. Headquartered in London, Henderson is one of Europe's largest investment managers, with £59.2 billion (at 31 December 2007) AUM.
Jefferies
Jefferies, a global investment bank and institutional securities firm, has served growing and mid-sized companies and their investors for over 40 years. Headquartered in New York with more than 20 offices around the world, Jefferies provides clients with capital markets and financial advisory services, institutional brokerage, securities research and asset management.
Merrill Lynch
Merrill Lynch is one of the world's leading wealth management, capital markets and advisory companies, with offices on six continents. The company is a global trader and underwriter of securities and derivatives across a broad range of asset classes and serves as a strategic advisor to corporations, governments, institutions and individuals worldwide.
Morley
Morley one of the biggest active asset managers in the UK and the third largest asset manager overall and, since entering the European property market in August 2004, now one of the largest property fund managers in Europe. With over thirty years of experience, Morley has developed a very strong, varied and innovative product range that invests across all major asset classes and markets.
RBC Dexia Investor Services
Ranked among the world's top 10 global custodians and headquartered in London, RBC Dexia Investor Services offers clients an integrated suite of products including global custody, fund and pension administration, securities lending, shareholder services and related investor services that meets the needs of institutional investors worldwide.
Best Selling Asset Management Books
The Investor's Guide to Understanding Accounts by Robert Leach
Category: Investment Ratios
Many investors ignore company accounts because they think they are too difficult. But, as the great investor Peter Lynch said "Investing without looking at the numbers is like playing bridge without looking at the cards". The mission of this book is to explain to ordinary investors, with no accounting knowledge, what to look for in a set of accounts and how to interpret what you find - so that you have an accurate 'health check' on a company in ten simple steps. Robert Leach considers the entire subject from an investor's point of view, by asking - and then answering - the questions whic.....
Interpreting Company Reports and Accounts 9/e by Geoffrey Holmes and Alan Sugden and Paul Gee
Category: Investment Ratios
Interpreting Company Reports and Accounts guides the reader through the conventions and complexities of company accounts, explaining how to assess the financial and trading position of a company from year to year, how to spot undue risk taking and ''cosmetic accounting'' and where to look for clues on the quality of management. Packed with interesting real world examples, this is a highly practical book which shows readers how to analyse company reports and accounts, both qualitatively and quantitatively. The analysis is illustrated with over 200 extracts/examples from published accounts, r.....
Simple But Not Easy by Richard Oldfield
Category: Stockmarkets
Described by the author as "a slightly autobiographical and heavily biased book about investing", Simple But Not Easy has plenty of interest to the experienced professional, and is aimed also at the interested amateur investor. The theme of the book is that investment is simpler than non-professionals think it is in that the rudiments can be expressed in ordinary English, and picked up by anybody. It is not a science. But investment is also difficult. People on the outside tend to think that anyone on the inside should be able to do better than the market indices. This is not so. Picking .....
The Naked Trader, 2nd edition by Robbie Burns
Category: Trading
It's back - and this time it's even more revealing. In this completely updated and expanded edition, top trader Robbie Burns gives you the lowdown on the strategies you need to make money from the stock market without having to sit at a screen all day. Robbie quit the rat race in 2001, and believes you can do it too. The original Naked Trader flew off the shelves as the glowing reviews from readers mounted up. This new edition contains loads of new stuff: more essential tips, more key facts, more ideas, more insights, more real-life tales and an awful lot more toast. Robbie, aka the Nake.....
Magic Numbers by Peter Temple
Category: Investment Ratios
Written by a leading finance expert, this book offers simple explanations on how to calculate and interpret key financial ratios. This information is essential for the accurate assessment of a company's financial condition and the true value of its shares. This book is packed with many worked examples from actual company reports and readers will also find many online reference sources-including company Web sites and free software offers. Plus, this book features a supporting Web site at www.magicnumbersbook.com. Magic Numbers is essential reading for individual investors and non-financial exec.....
Big Money, Little Effort by Mark Shipman
Category: Stockmarkets
From the best-selling author of 'The Next Big Investment Boom', this book provides everything you need to know about making the world's money markets work to your advantage, enabling you to turn basic investments into a winning portfolio. 'Big Money, Little Effort' shows you how a straightforward, manageable and stress-free investment system, if properly applied and monitored, can protect you from the volatility of the world's stock markets while ensuring consistent returns on your original investment. In an industry awash with different (and often very vocal) opinions, the author removes the.....
The UK Stock Market Almanac 2008 by Stephen Eckett
Category: Trading
The Almanac is a unique reference work and provides you with the data to tackle the markets in the year ahead. The main section consists of a 52-week diary, supplemented with articles, facts, figures and trivia unique to the Almanac. This is an extremely valuable and massively informative companion to the financial year making the Almanac the one essential book for the serious trader or investor. Essentially three books in one, the Almanac consists of: 1. 2008 Financial diary - A 52-week, one week per page, diary Each page of the diary includes key financial dates including: impor.....
How to Read a Financial Report, 6th Edition by John A Tracy
Category: Investment Ratios
Lurking somewhere amidst all the figures in a financial report is vitally important information about where a company has been and where it is headed. But without a guide to isolate and interpret those numbers, the dizzying array of columns and rows doesn't add up to a hill of beans. That's why thousands of professionals and savvy individuals have referred to this bestselling resource that shows anyone how to make sense of all those numbers. Updated throughout, this edition features new information on tax reform, depreciation methods, spotting fraudulent reporting, and recent FASB rulings. Als.....
The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham
Category: Stockmarkets
The classic bestseller by Benjamin Graham, The Intelligent Investor has taught and inspired hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. Since its original publication in 1949, Benjamin Graham's book has remained the most respected guide to investing, due to his timeless philosophy of "value investing", which helps protect investors against the areas of possible substantial error and teaches them to develop long-term strategies with which they will be comfortable down the road. Over the years, market developments have borne out the wisdom of Graham's basic policies, and in today's volatile m.....
Marber on Markets by Brian Marber
Category: Trading
This is not your average book on technical analysis. Why? Because the author is not your average technical analyst; Brian Marber is unique âÂÂand so, as a result, is this book. Here, Marber sets out to write about his approach, in a language readers can understand and enjoy, telling them why he does what he does, and how he came to do it, including details of market pitfalls and the occasional Marber pratfall. The book does not claim to be comprehensive, but instead aims to be honest and to present the reader with the techniques and indicators that Marber himself uses, and has used succ.....
Investments, 6th Edition by Zvi Bodie and Alan Marcus and Alex Kane
Category: Investment Ratios
BKM is the leading btextbook in the graduate investments market. It is recognised as having the best blend of practical and theoretical coverage, while maintaining an appropriate rigour and clear writing style. Each copy is packaged with free access to the educational version of Standard & Poor's Market Insight. This rich online resource provides 6 years of financial data for 100 top companies in the US......
The Harriman Book Of Investing Rules by Philip Jenks and Stephen Eckett
Category: Stockmarkets
For the first time, the tactics, strategies and insights relied on by 150 of the world's most respected financial experts are revealed in a concise, digestible form. Learn how you really make money in the markets from: - fund managers of billion-pound equity funds - traders in the options and futures markets - industry-rated analysts - economists from top business schools - writers on leading financial newspapers Each provides focused and practical rules on how to succeed in the market. Often counter-intuitive, their rules tell you exactly what to do and what not to do. No padding; j.....
7 Winning Strategies For Trading Forex by Grace Cheng
Category: Trading
Many traders go around searching for that one perfect trading strategy that works all the time in the global FOREX (foreign exchange/currency) market. Frequently, they will complain that a strategy doesn't work. Few people understand that successful trading of the FOREX market entails the application of the right strategy for the right market condition. 7 Winning Strategies For Trading Forex covers: - Why people should be paying attention to the FOREX market, which is the world's largest and most liquid financial market - How understanding the structure of this market can be beneficia.....
Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies by McKinsey & Company Inc
Category: Investment Ratios
The #1 guide to corporate valuation is now better than ever! In today's economy, it's essential for business professionals to excel at measuring, managing, and maximizing shareholder value. Valuation, hailed by financial professionals worldwide as the single best guide of its kind, shows managers at every level how to create value for their companies. The new Fourth Edition has been updated and expanded to provide critical insights into the business conditions that characterize today's volatile global economy. Along with all-new case studies, it takes a fresh look at topical issues in finan.....
The Complete TurtleTrader by Michael W Covel
Category: Stockmarkets
This is the true story behind Wall Street legend Richard Dennis, his disciples, the Turtles, and the trading techniques that made them millionaires. What happens when ordinary people are taught a system to make extraordinary money? Richard Dennis made a fortune on Wall Street by investing according to a few simple rules. Convinced that great trading was a skill that could be taught to anyone, he made a bet with his partner and ran a classified ad in the "Wall Street Journal" looking for novices to train. His recruits, later known as the Turtles, had anything but traditional Wall Street backg.....
A Beginner's Guide to Charting Financial Markets by Michael Kahn
Category: Trading
This book is about arming you with one simple tool that will enhance your investment decision-making process - the chart. It is not the Holy Grail and even if applied exactly as offered there is no guarantee that you will be successful. But owning a high quality hammer is no guarantee that the user will build a beautiful house. The hammer is a tool and in most cases the user will still need other tools - and knowledge - to build that house. Despite its enormous and still growing popularity, technical market analysis still gets a bad rap. Purveyors of this art have been called tealeaf reader.....
Accounts Demystified, 4th Edition by Anthony Rice
Category: Investment Ratios
This is the new edition of the bestselling guide to understanding and using business accounts and accounting principles, written in a way that even the financially nervous novice can easily absorb. Accounting is generally viewed as a highly technical and complex subject. However, accounts are actually based on simple principles. It's not company accounts that are complex, it's all too often the way that they are explained. In this simple, easy read book, the author guides you through all the major accounting concepts. Discover how to master company accounts, understand balance sheets, pr.....
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