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| UBS lay-offs show up the sorry plight of researchers in Asia |
| “Equity research tends to be quite heavily staffed; a bank could have 40 to 50 people covering different sectors. In a good year this makes sense because you need very specific coverage of the market. But in a bad year like now, they don't need that many people, so that's why we are seeing consolidation,” says Bryan Lim, director, Value Search. |
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| Six significant things that your recruiter should be doing to help you find a job this year |
| As job seekers face up to bonus season in an uncertain employment market, recruiters are (like it or not) increasingly becoming career advisors. Because finding work is not so easy at the moment, candidates should get all the help they can from their consultants. Here's what recruiters should be doing for you: |
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| You have just been "upgraded": Someone cheaper, more junior, and yes, more capable has stolen your job |
| Downturn or not, financial firms regularly cull their bottom performers and replace them with better people. But at the moment these so-called “upgrades” seem to be forming the bulk of recruitment in Hong Kong. |
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| Even China is feeling the crunch: CICC cuts jobs, while other i-banks slash bonuses |
| Western investment banks aren't the only ones to be trimming headcounts in Asia; and Hong Kong isn't the only place suffering these retrenchments. |
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| Guest Comment: Asian private equity specialists defend their profession |
| Some Asian private equity specialists, including Bain's James Hildebrandt, have taken the opportunity to defend their profession against the detractors. |
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