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| We plan to double our regional headcount by 2015, says Ranjit Khanna, Coutts' head of South East Asia and Global NRI |
| Ranjit Khanna, head of South East Asia and Global NRI, Coutts, has been in banking for almost 23 years. He talks to eFinancialCareers about the fiercely competitive world of private banking in Asia. |
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| Most financial professionals in Singapore would consider quitting the sector. Here's why |
| Singapore's all-round appeal and the lack of hiring appetite from financial institutions are not enough to prevent people moving sectors. Financial employees are more than willing to consider local opportunities in other industries, especially oil and gas. |
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| Mr Bond: Here's another classic case of bankers enjoying big fees at the expense of potentially damaging unwinding in the long run |
| The burgeoning growth of Asia's private banking sector has made this investor class an irresistible source of liquidity for primary bond-market deals. DCM bankers are fully aware of this. They have created a practice to incentivise private bankers to push new deals to their HNW and UHNW clients through offering private bank rebates: a 25-30bp discount on bonds they help to place. |
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| If you don't have the right personality for investment banking, it will often take interviewers only five minutes to find out |
| Clients, core experience and a well-written CV: sorry, they're not enough to save you from the axe or secure you a new job in investment banking. Such is the scarcity of opportunities in Asia that front-office bankers need to do much more than just look good on paper; they must promote their personality and, crucial, they must have the right type of personality. |
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| The Trader: Why working in the grey market means working (very) fast |
| In the grey market, if you follow strictly what the model tells you, you are way too slow. Market sentiment, client demand and issuer action drive the grey market left and right. Prices often move around for no apparent reason (well, prices always change for a reason, but sometimes you don't know what that is, or you aren't fast enough to find out). |
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