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What does it do?  \n7 /  What’s the front office, middle office, and back office of a bank?  \n10 /  The best time to apply for an investment banking job  \n12/  How to get a banking job:  \n14 routes in  \n16 /  Where to work for the best lifestyle (and pay) in finance  \n18 /  How to write a banking CV  \n22 /  What is M&A and what do M&A analysts do?  \n27 /  Day in the life: Junior Investment Banker, London  \n29 /  What is sales & trading and what do salespeople & traders do?  \n35 /  How to get a capital markets job in an investment bank  \n40 /  What are bank research jobs– and what do research analysts do?  \n44 /  How to get a job in private equity  \n49 /  Day in the life: David, Private Equity Associate, KKR, New York  \n51 /  Day in the life: Beatriz Duarte, Senior Associate, Blackstone, London  \n53 /  How to get a job in asset management  \n58 /  How to get a job in a hedge fund  \n65 /  Day in the life: Trainee hedge fund analyst, Point72 Academy Investment Analyst Program  \n67 /  Day in the life: Equities analyst, Citadel Global Equities, Miami  \n70 /  What do quants do – and how do you become one?  \n77/  Day in the life: Quant researcher, Citadel Securities, Miami  \n79 /  How to get a risk management job in banking and finance  \n83 /  How to get a financial services technology job  \n89 /  How to get a compliance job in banking and finance  \n94 /  How to get an accounting job in banking and finance  \n98 /  Day in the life: Software engineer, Citadel Securities, New York  \n100 / How to get an operations job in banking and finance  \n104 / What are financial services custody jobs and how do you get one?  \n109 / Day in the life: Akhila Chaganti, Associate, Deutsche Bank Singapore  \n111 /  How to get a job in fintech in 2024  \n116 /  Day in the life: Matthew Low, Director of Product, Bolt, San Francisco  \n118/  Glossary  \n122 / Directory  \nSeptember, 2024  \n[efinancialcareers.com](efinancialcareers.com)  \n2  \nBack to contents page  \nINSIDE KNOWLEDGE ~~ ~~  \nIntroduction  \nello and welcome to the  \nHetFheiainncaniacliCaal rseeerrvsicguesieetcotocr,arewrierstte  \nfor the 2024-25 recruitment season.  \nAs ever, we wish everyone interested in this demanding, competitive and rewarding industry the best of luck. 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Some areas of the financial services industry, like private equity, are suffering more than others, but few people begin their careersin the private equity industry anyway. By comparison, big hedge funds, which aim to make returns in any market are seen as  \nincreasingly desirable and competitive first employers.  \nOur aim is to guide you into the roles that you want to find. These are usually in what people sometimes call “high” finance, which includes investment banking, sales and trading, private equity, and hedge funds.  \nNot all the jobs in an investment bank are for “investment bankers,” however. We’ll also be exploring the many other functions that you could work in-of risk, compliance, operations, and technology. And we’ll take a look at ","cbCaic4e3BNyW7oZ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaic4e3BNyW7oZ","pdf",4428582,127,"English","# Introduction\n## Recruitment season overview\n# What is an investment bank? 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