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HOME CAREER TIPS MARKET INFO Buy Side / Investment Banking Technology Sector January 2019 started off with a lot more activity that what we saw in previous years. There was demand from both the buy side / sell side for developers (Java / C++) and Application Support specialists. However, in March, hiring slowed down amidst news
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We often get told that “soft skills” are very important to progress in one’s career and in life in general. But, what exactly is that and what can one do to cultivate better soft skills? We are privileged to have Khyati Kapai on the podcast to talk about that. Khyati is the Founder and Principal Consultant of Yzer Solutions which
READ MORE Edward Wong is a Finance Technologist professional who is currently working for QuantDesk, which incorporates quantitative AI-bots that will automate high-frequency trades (HFT) and in the past, he was involved as an Application Architect playing an important role in the delivery of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. We will unpack all of that and more during the course of our discussion with
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Totally humbled and privileged to be talking to the APAC CIO and Managing Director of Daiwa Capital Markets John Zendano today. He started his career with the United States Air Force loading C130 cargo planes and got his first taste of finance and Investment Banking by working for Nomura as an Operations Clerk in 1983. He has since been making
READ MORE HOME CAREER TIPS MARKET INFO Buy Side / Investment Banking Technology Sector Most sought after Tech Programming Skill: This has to be Python! Not just scripting skills in Python but proper Python OOD skills. One of the reasons for this trend is a growing understanding and adoption of Devops and SRE (Reliability Engineering) practice by the financial sector
READ MORE Often in our line of work as Tech Recruiters, we tend to work with HR professionals but we mainly see them as “interview coordinators” or the ones who eventually come up with the salaries after all the interviews are done. But, there’s plenty more to HR and today on the podcast, we have Mugdha Karanjekar who was an HR business
READ MORE Today on the podcast we have Anik Dey who is the Head of Product at EMOS.ai which is an AI startup backed by Hong Kong Science Park and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and aims to accurately detect human emotions by analyzing verbal and non-verbal cues in a video. We want to ask Anik a few questions about
READ MORE HOME CAREER TIPS MARKET INFO [Investment Banking Technology sector] Strong hiring sentiment: It’s been a buoyant market. Candidates have been receiving multiple offers Compared to a year ago, salary increases for good developers (Java / C++) have been generous, some in the range of 20% or so. With technology continuing to be a strong focus for the banks,
READ MORE Today we have Chet Bondada on the show. He’s head of Prime Finance Tech for Deutsche Bank in Hong Kong. He’s also someone who’s extremely passionate about Finance Technology in general and a mentor to FinTech startups in Hong Kong. Today, the goal of our podcast is to unpack some of the jargon we hear about FinTech. We’re going to
READ MORE As we are trying our best to accomplish various things in life like climbing up the career ladder or trying to run the next ultra marathon or planning the next awesome vacation, we sometimes tend to take life for granted. We assume we will continue to be hale and healthy, we assume that nothing will rock the boat of our
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Samson Chan - Managing Director
Barclays, Equities Technology APAC
Samson Chan - Managing Director
Barclays, Equities Technology APAC
Samson Chan - Managing Director
Barclays, Equities Technology APAC