Bankers

Why top bankers deserve to be paid huge salaries

9 Apr 2013

I sympathise with the outrage in this Barclays memo. The very people who plunged the bank into trouble and who should have been sacked, or at least seen their pay cut, still think they deserve...

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Foreign banks in China to tame pay and slow hiring: Robert Walters

21 Feb 2013

Hiring in Beijing will remain low as global economic uncertainty continues and employers strive to control costs, according to Robert Walters's annual survey, which did not forecast specific...

6:07AM

Government looks for a new director of public prosecutions

30 Nov 2012

We have been talking for some months now about the interest on the part of Director of Public Prosecutions Kevin Zervos in becoming a judge. We see that the first shoe in that scenario dropped...

2:53AM

IPO preview: investment bank spin

26 Nov 2012

The IPO of one of the mainland's largest property insurers, The People's Insurance Company of China, which is currently undergoing bookbuilding as it seeks to raise up to US$3.6 billion, is...

2:17AM

Wall St bankers in line for poor 2012 bonuses

14 Nov 2012

Wall Street banks are deflating their employees' pay expectations to avoid a replay of last year when cutbacks on bonuses and increased deferrals surprised bankers and traders.

2:58AM

The making of tycoon Guo Guangchang

5 Nov 2012

When three graduates from Shanghai's prestigious Fudan University set up a small venture about two decades ago, they probably never expected the company would become an icon of the mainland's fast...

11:18AM

Opinion

Michael Cox

The last straw for Terry Wong?

2:53PM

Jake Van Der Kamp

iBonds are little help in easing inflation and a bad bet financially

3:55AM

Putonghua rises in jobs importance

Wanted: job candidates who speak Putonghua.

9:57PM

Dealmakers return to face job nightmare

A few weeks ago, as they headed off for summer holidays, bankers thought better days for dealmaking must surely be ahead. Wrong.

12:46PM

Lai See

Government that ditches records must have something to hide

3:00PM

External learning expands horizons

Banks and other financial institutions offer comprehensive training programmes to introduce recruits to the sector and give them a good grounding in the skills needed to build a successful career...

1:05PM

Growing buzz about Hong Kong's next 'God of Fortune'

While the battle for the city's new chief executive has yet to formally kick off, bankers and brokers have began speculating about who will be the new 'God of Fortune' - the financial secretary....

9:45PM

Events

Today: French Chamber of Commerce breakfast: 'Women leadership: Becoming entrepreneurs of ourselves'. Hong Kong Bankers Club.

British Chamber of Commerce breakfast: 'Selecting and...

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