My Own, Personal Networking Blunders and What You Can Learn from Them

“I was sitting in a meeting with my MD the other day and I mentioned how I was “just a peon.” Then he immediately objected and said, ‘No, no, no, I don’t think of Analysts like that…’ “

So this is what they really did at JP Morgan investment banking.

Most career fairs are boring – but this one was getting more interesting by the moment.

Plus, I had just found a female banker who shared my sense of humor: was this a dream?

At the Career Fair

How to Get Into Investment Banking If You Were a Male Escort in Tokyo in a Former Life

Just how old is “too old” to get into finance?

If you want to work in distressed investing, do you need to start at a bank’s Restructuring group first?

What if you’re a serial entrepreneur?

Oh, and what if you were a male escort in a former life?

Today we’re going to take a look at Experienced Transitions and how you might get into finance / investment banking if you’re NOT an undergraduate, MBA student, or recent graduate.

Help Me, M&I, You’re My Only Hope

1. I’m 50 years old, but recently got interested in investment banking. Can I get in?

Credit Derivatives Trading in Tokyo: Interview

Continuing our series of interviews with bankers / financiers in different parts of the world, today we’re speaking with a friend of mine from Stanford who worked in credit derivatives trading in Japan and then founded his own trading firm… after only 1 year of work.

A lot of readers are interested in going to Asia, and an equal number are interested in starting their own investment firms one day – so I figured this would be a good read.

1. Tell us about yourself.