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& Morgan Stanley reached the same conclusion about hiring. Why banker layoffs are about more than cost-cutting

 "At least seven more top Barclays bankers have resigned to join to UBS Group in the United States. They include: Laurence Braham, Richard Hardegree, Richard Casavechia, Ozzie Ramos, Jason Williams, Neil Meyer and Ken Tittle. (Reuters) 

Freya van Oorsouw, Credit Suisse's head of financial sponsors, is joining Deutsche Bank. (Financial News)

BNP Paribas hired Credit Suisse's event driven team in London. (The Trade)  

Former Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley fixed income trader Beatriz Martin shrunk UBS's fixed income business for Sergio Ermotti in 2012. Now she's doing it again. (Reuters) 

Goldman Sachs is opening an Abu Dhabi office, which will initially focus on asset management. (Bloomberg) 

“I don’t have one friend in their 50s who has remained in their corporate jobs. These are women who have run companies, but they’re all doing other things now—sitting on boards, starting businesses and usually working from home.” (Bloomberg) 

Chris Hladczuk spent a year at Goldman Sachs and speaks of it often. "I love Goldman because it taught me how to win. It taught me to grind. And it taught me how to remain ridiculously calm during a crisis." (Business Insider)"

"The French don’t warm up to foreigners easily. It can be quite lonely. Paris is an incredible city. It’s a great place for a startup — if you’re French.” (Bloomberg) "

"Working from home encourages drug taking. “Yeah, maybe my eyes are red, but no one can see that on Zoom." (Bloomberg) "

SOURCE:

https://www.efinancialcareers.com/news/2023/05/banking-jobs-paris

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