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Will Linked-in help or hurt your banking career?

Once upon a time, a typical job-search process involved simply browsing job advertisements in newspapers, writing a CV and cover letter and...

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Will Linked-in help or hurt your banking career?

Once upon a time, a typical job-search process involved simply browsing job advertisements in newspapers, writing a CV and cover letter and...

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Payment institutions: what role can they play for corporates?

The global financial crisis was a stark reminder for many companies that effective working capital management and strong counterparty risk management...

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FATCA: A shake-up in the World of Finance and Banking Secrecy?

A new American tax law has the potential to shake-up not just the U.S. tax reporting system, but also the way financial institutions do business...

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China's 5 year financial sector and the new 5-year plans

As with its predecessor, the new 5-year Development Plan attaches importance to continuing financial sector reform in four main areas: (i)...

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Why private banks should stop poaching and start coaching

With the growth of the high-net-worth population in Asia–Pacific significantly outpacing the rest of the world, it is no wonder that the demand for...

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Collateral management wisdom

As the rest of the world scurried to locate adequate collateral in order to secure transactions against mounting counterparty risk and to gain access...

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How facebooked is your bank and do you twitter?

In the banking industry, growth is back on the agenda.

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Asian Banking & Finance hiring hotspots

Increasing market strength and new government regulation will see new permanent roles created this quarter in China.

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Compensation policies as a strategic value creator

In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, compensation practices in the Financial Services industry have come under significant scrutiny by...

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Empty thrones

Throughout the last two quarters, most hiring managers in banks were grappling with multiple offers and counter offers, thinking the worst of them.

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The future of banker compensation

The compensation landscape at financial institutions is undergoing dramatic change. New approaches to remuneration are being implemented to comply...

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Do banks still make good employers?

The banking industry has been getting a bad wrap in recent times, but is this scrutiny justified, and is working in banking now radically different...

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Payment situation of Chinese companies: how will it affect Singaporean companies?

Coface conducted a corporate credit risk management survey in China, in the fourth quarter of 2010. Over 1000 companies in mainland China...

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Evolving regulatory reform

According to a recent joint KPMG and Oracle survey of executives from financial institutions across the region, the recently proposed reforms Basel...

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