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• Alibaba swoops for Goldman banker, J.P. Morgan bulks up in asset management

  by Thomas Zhang 06 August 2015

  These are the most important people moves in Asian banking in the past week.

• Chinese investment bankers going home struggle to adjust

  by Thomas Zhang 05 August 2015

  Chinese bankers moving home from New York or London have found the transition much more difficult than they'd envisaged.

• From investment banking to the buy-side and back again

  by Thomas Zhang 03 August 2015

  It's no news that young banking analysts are moving to PE firms in large scale. Yet some of them are quietly moving back to banks. What went wrong?

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  BNP Paribas moves Germany head to Vietnam, Jefferies leaking bankers in Asia

  by Thomas Zhang 30 July 2015

  These are the most important people moves in Asian banking this week.

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  Why I left my banking job in London to start a small hotel in China

  by Thomas Zhang 30 July 2015

  We talk to a Chinese banker who used to work in London for almost ten years, but has given up banking and is running a boutique hotel in Yunnan now.

• Hong Kong vs Shanghai: which offers the best lifestyle for a young banker?

  by Thomas Zhang 28 July 2015

  When young Chinese bankers wonder whether to work in HK or Shanghai, there are some lifestyle choices to make, such as where to live and where to eat.

• Investment banks in Hong Kong are desperate for VPs

  by Thomas Zhang 26 July 2015

  Banks didn't recruit many analysts in the financial crisis. Now over five years has passed, they find themselves in shortage of VPs amidst a growing market.

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  New accounting firm is doubling Singapore headcount, and paying big

  by Thomas Zhang 23 July 2015

  Grant Thornton has launched in Singapore and will be doubling headcount.

• What does a Chinese banker do when IPOs are banned?

  by Thomas Zhang 22 July 2015

  IPOs are suspended for now in China. But Chinese bankers' lives don't get any easier. There are many other business activities keeping them busy.

• As IPOs freeze, M&A bankers emerge as the new hot property in China

  by Thomas Zhang 19 July 2015

  The Chinese stock market slump has resulted in IPOs being frozen. But investment banks are looking to alternate revenue sources.